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Week in Review: Microsoft cuts ties with Yahoo

Week in Review: Microsoft cuts ties with Yahoo

TOP STORY Posted at 4:01PM, 9th May 2008
Microsoft finally gives up on its long and protracted takeover bid. We also looked at ID cards, sewer broadband, lie detectors, future wireless, and a new botnet king is crowned. Read more

Deduplication leads new storage tech

Deduplication leads new storage tech Posted at 10:42AM, 9th May 2008
The compression method and other innovations are key to managing storage costs in the face of smaller IT budgets, a Gartner analyst has said. Read more

End of the road for 3.5 inch, fibre channel

End of the road for 3.5 inch, fibre channel Posted at 8:11AM, 9th May 2008
Seagate predicts 3.5 inch drives and fibre channel interfaces are on the way out, in favour of smaller form factors and SAS. Read more

Virtualisation of storage is 'tepid', says analyst

Virtualisation of storage is Posted at 12:16PM, 8th May 2008
Despite being a hot topic, virtualisation of storage isn't being taken up as quickly as many think, a Forrester analyst has said. Read more

Hillingdon gets storage savvy

Hillingdon gets storage savvy Posted at 10:03AM, 8th May 2008
West London borough upgrades its storage to Compellent as part of an IT reorganisation. Read more

England's oldest private bank outsources IT

Posted at 2:46PM, 7th May 2008
Old and new meet as C Hoare & Co, a bank dating back to the 1600s, signs an outsourcing contract with leading global IT service provider Capgemini. Read more

HP gets extreme with storage

Posted at 3:17PM, 6th May 2008
HP StorageWorks announces multi-petabyte system for Web 2.0 and other demanding businesses. Read more

IBM aims for data centre standards

Posted at 3:30PM, 2nd May 2008
A new alliance is looking to create open standards and interoperability for data centre vendors. Read more

Green agenda to raise IT spending

Posted at 12:56PM, 2nd May 2008
One in three CIOs expects budgets to grow, as companies focus on improving sustainability. Read more

Week in review: Skynet here we come!

Posted at 12:14PM, 2nd May 2008
Microsoft has trouble with XP and SQL, HMRC staff are snoops, bloggers speak up on elections and robots learn to carry mugs. Read more

Sainsbury's consolidate data centres nationwide

Posted at 12:57PM, 1st May 2008
The supermarket chain choose Aperture to sort out its data centres, with plans for full consolidation. Read more

IBM looks to greener data centers

Posted at 9:57AM, 1st May 2008
Computing giant has announced a new line of power saving products for data centres. Read more

Sun extends open source storage

Posted at 4:47PM, 30th Apr 2008
Sun Microsystems has extended its open source storage platform with new developer tools and services. Read more

O'Neill backs up European data

Posted at 12:18PM, 28th Apr 2008
Surf brand looks to deduplication for backup and disaster recover for 57 terabytes of data across five European sites. Read more

Infosec 08: Virtual desktop on a flash drive

Posted at 2:50PM, 25th Apr 2008
SanDisk divulges details of a new USB flash memory stick which could quick and easily virtualise the corporate desktop without the need to be online. Read more

Microsoft to link up web, mobile and PC data

Posted at 11:06AM, 23rd Apr 2008
New Live Mesh system will use the Internet as a hub to let users access any piece of information anywhere, at anytime, the software giant has said. Read more

IBM to unveil computer for Web 2.0 data centres

Posted at 10:06AM, 23rd Apr 2008
The iDataPlex line is expected to target fewer than 1,000 customers worldwide. Read more

Hitachi claims greenest-ever data centre

Posted at 5:15PM, 22nd Apr 2008
Hitachi Data Systems claims its new data centre in Japan cuts carbon emissions by over 20 per cent. Read more

Fujitsu launches fully-encrypted hard drive

Posted at 1:03PM, 22nd Apr 2008
New unit offers 256-bit AES encryption as standard alongside 320GB storage capacity. Read more

Teradata announces new trio of servers

Posted at 11:55AM, 22nd Apr 2008
Data warehousing firm expands its offering for business intelligence appliances. Read more

Infosec 08: Employees lack disaster recovery skills

Posted at 3:18PM, 21st Apr 2008
Research by BT ahead of Infosec 08 claims that employees and businesses are ignoring fundamental security guidelines. Read more

Data centre vendors must go green

Posted at 1:36PM, 21st Apr 2008
A new survey shows their customers want environmentally-friendly options. Read more

Week in Review: Eee PCs, the economy and porn

Posted at 4:04PM, 18th Apr 2008
The low cost laptop battle heats up, IT firms hold up against a weak economy, and a coffee house offers free WiFi - and remote workers like porn, apparently. Read more

AMD posts another losing quarter

Posted at 11:02AM, 18th Apr 2008
The chipmaker has posted its sixth net loss in a row. Read more

Corus signs massive million outsourcing deal

Posted at 8:32AM, 18th Apr 2008
Corus, a steel producer primarily based in the UK and the Netherlands, has signed a massive deal with Capgemini UK to outsource its IT in the UK as well as India and Poland. Read more

IBM results are good news for tech sector

Posted at 4:06PM, 17th Apr 2008
The massive technology firm's quarterly results have topped expectations - which is a good sign for the industry in face of a potential economic downturn. Read more

Hitachi to keep disk drive business

Posted at 2:10PM, 17th Apr 2008
The firm has dropped plans to sell a stake in its computer disk drive unit, with the hopes of turning it around. Read more

World PC market 'unaffected' by economic slowdown

Posted at 12:42PM, 17th Apr 2008
Shipments of PCs around the world in the first quarter of 2008 show that although the US has been modestly affected, sales around the world go from strength to strength. Read more

Economic downturn doesn't worry IT

Posted at 9:14AM, 17th Apr 2008
The majority of IT leaders doubt a recession - if it happens - will hurt the sector or lead to cuts. Read more

Revenue slips for Fujitsu Siemens

Posted at 3:12PM, 16th Apr 2008
A strong euro and business restructuring have hit Fujitsu Siemens Computers' revenue, but profit grew 15 per cent. Read more

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