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IBM blade slashes security threat
News The IBM blade aims to reduce security threats, such as viruses and denial-of-service attacks, by performing real-time analysis of network activity so malicious traffic can be diverted. IBM has launched a blade server that is specifically designed... [04 Sep 2008]
Start-ups try to cut slice of Google pie
News Advertisers on social networks, he said, could eventually benefit from a single tool that could trace how ads are performing with other types of media. Google wouldn't be Google without its ownership of the estimated $10.4bn annual search... [30 Jul 2008]
Google: Server efficiency needs different approach
News The measurements are based on measurements of about 5,000 servers performing four different Google applications, he added. Chipmakers have been applying lessons learned in mobile computing to servers in an effort to increase efficiency by lowering... [25 Jun 2008]
Betfair CTO moves on
News Yu said in a statement: "He introduced processes and rigour that resulted in our site becoming more stable, performing better, and having more headroom than ever. Betfair CTO Rorie Devine is leaving the company by "mutual consent" in an amicable... [21 May 2008]
Developers claim Vista UAC 'bypass'
News Many see it as a hindrance to performing everyday tasks, as it requests confirmation for many actions where no user confirmation was needed in Vista's predecessor, XP. Software developers from NeoSmart, a not-for-profit technology-development... [29 Apr 2008]
Motorola to split in two
News Despite the fact that recent months have seen a flurry of speculation about Motorola's handset division, which many have seen as performing poorly, the announcement has caught the industry off guard. Motorola is to split into two companies... [27 Mar 2008]
Software sector 'worst performing in UK'
News The software and computer services sector was the worst performing sector on the UK stock market last year. Top 10 software stories of 2007 Check out the software stories that made waves last year here. [16 Jan 2008]
Which cities top the wealth league?
News Exceptions to the rule include the university cities of Cambridge and Oxford which are performing well on the back of knowledge economies dominated by public sector employment. The rise of high tech 'knowledge' jobs is helping break down England's... [07 Jan 2008]
IT managers getting their staff down
News More than a third (37 per cent) of organisations that are performing well have 'accessible' management teams, whereas more than half (56 per cent) of declining companies display bureaucratic tendencies and a quarter have a 'secretive' environment. [12 Dec 2007]
Beep beep! Move over for IBM's super Roadrunner
News Roadrunner, to be delivered to the US Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory in summer 2008, will be capable of performing more than a quadrillion operations, or a petaflop, when it's fully operational. [13 Nov 2007]
Thomas Cook outsources to Accenture
News In a statement, Kevin Campbell, Accenture's chief executive of outsourcing, said: "High performing companies like Thomas Cook have found they can be more strategic, streamline operations, reduce risk and improve overall business performance by... [06 Nov 2007]
Expanding companies place faith in tech
News Separate research by the Economist Intelligence Unit supports this view, showing that better performing mid-sized companies attach more importance to technology than their counterparts. Expanding businesses have a greater appreciation of how IT can... [25 Sep 2007]
IBM supercomputers getting peta all the time
News Put another way, a Blue Gene/P operating at a petaflop is performing more operations than a 1.5-mile-high stack of laptops. IBM has devised a new Blue Gene supercomputer - the Blue Gene/P - that will be capable of processing more than three... [26 Jun 2007]
Fighting against the data deluge
News Speaking at BI vendor SAS' recent customer conference, Accenture's director of research Jeanne Harris said analysing this data is one of the key attributes of successful businesses: "Companies that are high performing are more analytical than... [24 May 2007]
Apple fixes 'hack-a-Mac hole'
News The update, QuickTime 7.1.6, repairs the problem by performing additional checking. Apple has released a QuickTime update to fix a security flaw that was used to breach a MacBook Pro at a recent security conference. [02 May 2007]
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