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AstraZeneca simplifies outsourcing rules

News Services provided by IBM under the deal include server and storage hosting, service desks, PC management, network and comms and computer operations support. The contract extends to server hosting and storage for scientific, commercial and supply...

Tags: astrazeneca, offshoring, outsourcing

[19 May 2008]

RIM reveals BlacBerry roadmap

News RIM points to a product roadmap that travels from the big boys capable of investing in a BlackBerry Enterprise Server infrastructure; to SMEs dabbling with the slimmed-down BlackBerry Professional offering - launched late last year; and then...

Tags: rim, touchscreen, blackberry

[14 May 2008]

Tech not to blame for Terminal 5 fiasco

News He made it clear there is room for tech improvement, saying greater server capacity is needed to cope with the quantity of data produced by the various systems in the terminal. The opening day problems at Heathrow's Terminal 5 (T5) were largely...

Tags: problem, baa, ba, heathrow

[08 May 2008]

BT adds smart phone to home broadband package

News Obviously the work environment would be where the restriction is but essentially if there's an Exchange server environment there's no reason why a BT ToGo Total Broadband customer [couldn't get their work email on the device].

Tags: broadband, smart phone, bt

[08 May 2008]

IBM tools to curb data centres' power-hungry appetite?

News The world's largest technology services company is offering software that tracks and caps data centre energy consumption, including power for air conditioning to cool server computers. IBM has launched tools to reduce computer energy consumption as...

Tags: data centres, ibm, green

[01 May 2008]

Red Hat: Linux consumer desktop not on the cards

News Red Hat has always been about the corporate market, the enterprise market, the server market," said silicon.com sister site ZDNet.com blogger Dana Blankenhorn. Red Hat has quashed speculation that it was planning a consumer desktop version of Linux...

Tags: linux, red hat, microsoft, eye

[21 Apr 2008]

Security experts criticise Phorm

News A browser request is first sent via a switch to a machine on the ISP network, which then redirects the user to the Phorm Webwise server to have an anonymised cookie attached to it, allowing Phorm to serve targeted ads to the user.

Tags: threat, ads, phorm

[18 Apr 2008]

Virtualisation: IT managers warned of security challenges

News You can shift a workload from server A to server B but if the security policy doesn't follow, [virtualisation] has broken it. Herrod added that server virtualisation should be less of a concern than PC virtualisation security.

Tags: security, challenge, virtualisation

[16 Apr 2008]

AMD tech chief resigns

News The company has struggled with intensified competition from, and market-share losses to larger rival Intel, as well as technical problems with its eagerly anticipated server processor code-named Barcelona.

Tags: cto, intel, amd

[15 Apr 2008]

White Stuff settles on secure EPOS network

News Other potential uses include distributing music electronically, rather than on CDs through the post, or even piping it through from a central server to each store. Clothing retailer White Stuff is due to complete the rollout of a secure store...

Tags: pci, eft, white stuff

[02 Apr 2008]

BT wins £62m outsourcing deal from KPMG Europe

News BT will be responsible for KPMG's wide area network and local area network refresh and management, deployment of Cisco IP telephony, integration with an existing Microsoft Office Communications Server platform, video and audio conferencing.

Tags: bt, offshoring, outsourcing

[31 Mar 2008]

Thin clients the route to skinny emissions?

News While PCs consume about 85W on average, thin clients, including their server, get by with 40W to 50W. The use of thin clients can play a substantial part in reducing European businesses' CO2 emissions, according to research.

Tags: pc, thin client, co2

[28 Mar 2008]

Microsoft strikes back at open source critics

News Microsoft said, however, its new interoperability principles operate across its high-volume products: Windows Vista (including the .Net Framework), Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Office 2007, Exchange Server 2007 and Office SharePoint...

Tags: microsoft, open source, .net framework, volume

[18 Mar 2008]

Barclays data centres get green with HP

Barclays data centres get green with HP

News The HP Dynamic Smart Cooling system avoids cooling an entire warehouse of servers by using sensors on each server rack to focus cooling where it's needed most. Heyworth said: "Each sensor comes back into a central console and if a server is working...

Tags: cooling, environment, datacentre, energy

[13 Mar 2008]

Nottingham Building Society to rip and replace systems

News The implementation is part of a fundamental root and branch replacement, including network infrastructure, server systems and storage area networks, costing the organisation a year's profits. Nottingham Building Society is about to begin final...

Tags: building society, storage, servers, branch

[11 Mar 2008]

Cloud computing - the data centre of the future?

News Microsoft and Google are also rumored to be developing pay-per-drink computing services, such as hosted server processing and storage. Cloud computing, the notion of outsourcing hardware and software to Internet service providers, is showing the...

Tags: datacentre, cloud, providers, hosting

[11 Mar 2008]

Don't forget to secure your BlackBerry, companies told

News It said the BlackBerry architecture can be insecure if no firewalls are used to separate the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) router component from the central BES server on the internal network. Companies are being warned to make sure they...

Tags: blackberry, hacker, security, balance

[10 Mar 2008]

Inflation-busting tech budgets predicted

News XP currently dominates the server marketplace with 71 per cent of the businesses using it but in two years' time Vista is likely to make up around 75 per cent of the market. Tech spending in the UK is likely to increase at a quicker rate than...

Tags: spending, vista, recession, virtualisation

[10 Mar 2008]

Microsoft to broaden web-based business tools

News It will also begin to offer a free download of a software called Search Server 2008 Express that allows companies to search files and documents inside their network. Instead, companies can rent space on a computer server from a service provider for...

Tags: microsoft, apps, email, business

[03 Mar 2008]

Virtualisation gets thumbs-up

News With Microsoft entering the virtualisation fray with the Hyper-V application on its just launched Windows Server 2008, businesses are taking more interest in the technology. Speaking about virtualisation at the launch of Microsoft's latest server...

Tags: virtualisation, ncc, os, microsoft

[29 Feb 2008]

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