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Oracle's 10g light enough for SMEs
News Grid computing unites pools of servers, storage systems and networks into one large system that better tackles complex computing jobs by sharing the workload across multiple machines. Oracle on Tuesday revealed features planned for its forthcoming... [22 Oct 2003]
Andreessen looks forward - as Opsware looks to Europe
News Although ostensibly in London to speak at a conference and launch Opsware's latest base - in a continent-wide systems management software market that IDC reckons will be worth $2.6bn by 2007 - Andreessen emphatically denied his chairman tag will... [02 Jul 2003]
Sun slots storage pieces into N1 plan
News For example, a company could dedicate more storage and servers to handle a spike in workload arising from the processing of monthly financial reports. Sun Microsystems is set to unveil the storage management component of its N1 plan to gather... [08 Apr 2003]
IBM fleshes out autonomic software plans
News The software can study traffic patterns to predict changes in computing demand and then automatically bring more resources online to handle the changes in computing workload. IBM is offering up further details of software designed to help... [07 Mar 2003]
High-tech employers don't understand their staff
News Some of the major reasons that workers cite for their unhappiness are: amount of workload, a lack of a chance for professional development, boring job tasks and insufficient recognition. If you can't change the workload that much, then you need to... [10 Feb 2003]
What will the next version of Linux be called?
News Anyway," Torvalds wrote later, "people who are having [virtual memory] trouble with the current [test version], please complain, and tell what your workload is. Linus Torvalds and other central Linux programmers are debating whether the next... [03 Oct 2002]
IBM: It's Blocking Missiles
News They simply felt the demand did not justify the increased workload," Lefelar said. By Ian Fried Uncle Sam has enlisted IBM to help prevent enemy missiles from ever reaching US soil. IBM plans to announce Monday that it has won a deal to supply the... [19 Aug 2002]
MPs don't want email
News The truth of the matter is email is not efficient if you have a heavy workload. MPs could block email campaigns from lobby groups because they can't cope with the growing number they get every day. Some MPs have complained that their in-boxes are... [22 Jul 2002]
ITNet scoops £3.5m council contract
News The scope of the contract includes the transition of the mainframe workload from current supplier ICL and the hosting of services within ITNet's Birmingham data centre. Controversial outsourcer ITNet has been awarded a £3.5m contract to manage the... [08 Apr 2002]
Unisys bags e-government contract
News Famed for its heavy paper-based workload, the Planning Inspectorate has long been the butt of many a bureaucratic joke. Long waits for planning permission could be a thing of the past under a new e-government contract with Unisys. [11 Dec 2001]
Code Red: Pat on the back for Microsoft and the media
News Earlier on today Microsoft came under attack from system administrators for the unnecessary workload the Code Red service packs caused when a patch would have sufficed. The Home Office has issued a statement on the low impact of the Code Red worm... [01 Aug 2001]
Attrition is worn out
News In a statement posted on the Attrition site it admitted the volunteer run service had grown too big and without funding, it is impossible to continue. The site has also been subject to much abuse which the owners found particularly discouraging. [23 May 2001]
Appliance: The server of giants
News Appliance servers consist of server hardware components and workload balance software, such as filer appliance server, manufactured by the likes of Compaq, Dell and IBM. The study found that appliance servers, which take care of the corporate... [17 May 2001]
FBI rejects calls for global cybercops
News We've had a lot more companies report incidents to us, the growth in our workload over the past three years has at least doubled. Delegates at yesterday's World Ecommerce Forum in London were calling for a tougher stance on cybercrime as the... [19 Oct 2000]
Paisley University outsources campus network
News Paisley University in Scotland has outsourced its network management to communications company, Milgo, in an effort to ease the workload of its IT support staff. In a three-year, £150,000 management and maintenance deal, Milgo will support Paisley... [03 Mar 2000]
