Oracle's experience in Java could make it a better home for the technology than IBM, say insiders in the Java community
April 21, 2009
IBM Profits Drop by One Percent
Middleware and software development are bright spots, despite revenue going down by ten percent overall
HP Converges The Data Centre With Matrix
Hewlett-Packard has laucnhed a platform to combine servers, storage and networks into one resource - and called it the Matrix
Online Retailers Offered Carbon Offset Service
Ready-made application launched amid concerns about the future of carbon offsetting
The Studios Will Lose Out From Their Pirate Bay Victory
Content owners may be pleased with The Pirate Bay verdict, but they will lose out. Illegal downloads of movies and TV shows open massive marketing opportunities. Piracy is not all bad, says Joe Wilcox
Recession Fuels UK ID Theft Fears
Consumer fears over personal identity theft are rising because of the recession, a survey has found
Oracle Sun Deal Should Escape Antitrust Issues
If IBM had acquired Sun it could have led to a host of troubling government antitrust issues, but Oracle's $7.4 billion (£5.1bn) deal to acquire Sun is not likely to raise many antitrust concerns
Hitachi Steps Up Green IT Efforts
Hitachi chief executive Takashi Kawamura said the vendor will focus on “green mobility,” smart grids and the global expansion of the company's green data centres
Apple Least Bad PC Maker In Customer Service Poll
Forrester reports Apple rated highest on customer surveys ranking the usefulness, usability and enjoyableness of their interactions with PC makers
Unisys Beefs Up Server Virtualisation
Unisys is ramping up the virtualisation capabilities of its enterprise x86 servers by upgrading to Intel's Nehalem EP processors and VMware's latest version of its virtualisation platform
Obama Apppoints US’s First Ever CTO
First U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra faces a daunting challenge in coordinating and reforming the US federal government's technology systems.
VMware’s vSPhere: “Bigger, More Open, More Resilient”
The virtualisation giant is pretty pleased with its new "cloud OS", vSphere. Is it really that different from the competition. VMware's Reza Malekzadeh thinks so - and explained why.
VMware Launches “Cloud OS” vSphere
Upgrade to virtual infrastructure product boosts fault-tolerance and expands to smaller businesses, as well as including networks and storage