Desktop management are a quicker green hit than server consolidation, says Andy Lawrence. Oh yes, and IT managers should rule the world too (or at least manage their buildings)
May 5, 2009
ISO 27001 Security Management? “It’s Bloody Brilliant!”
Security standards let management push back against over-enthusiastic IT security fans, says governance expert Alan Calder
Sceptics Spike £460 Million Apple-Twitter Rumours
Unsubstantiated rumours say Apple is buying Twitter for $700 million, but commentators don't believe it
UK Spies Compare Web Monitoring To WWII Codebreaking
GCHQ claims an internet surveillance project is nothing sinister but simply part of its ongoing struggle to keep pace with internet communications
Windows Server 2008 R2: Better For Virtualisation
The new 64-bit-only Windows Server hosts a number of virtualisation improvements but migration may be problematic
Google Apps Connector for Blackberry: Best Of Both Worlds?
Google's cloud-based Gmail, delivered through enterprise-grade Blackberry servers, sounds like the best of both worlds, but is it?
Windows 7’s Costly Compatibility Issues
Polished yes, but elevated costs ensuring hardware and software compatibility may hold back business adoption of Windows 7
EU Wants ICANN Free Of US Government Control
Less government involvement in a fully privatised ICANN is the way forward according to European regulators
Google Facing £66m Android Lawsuit
Search engine giant Google, and 47 other organisations are accused in a lawsuit of purposefully infringing on the name Android
Asus Planning 11.6 inch Eee Netbook
Asus reportedly plans to offer an 11.6-inch version of its Eee PC netbook, as well as two other new models
Nvidia Makes Green Claims For Supercomputing Cluster
Using the Nvidia cluster means both access to computing capacity and reduced power consumption, the company says
Supermicro Offering Atom-based Servers
The Atom chips should enable Supermicro to offer efficient and quiet servers for such roles as data storage and network appliances
Microsoft Looking For Cloud Database Participants
The goal of Project Huron is to allow users to synchronise local copies of a database with a database in the cloud.
Office 2007 Service Pack 2: A Major Update
Tighter server integration keeps Office ahead of Linux/OpenOffice, but SP2 could create headaches for IT organisations.