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Dell Acquires Data Centre Automation Firm

Plans to integrate Scalent's Virtual Operating Environment into its control software

HP: Why Converged Infrastructure Is Better

Moving to a converged infrastructure delivers significant savings, but HP still believes in open standards, according to Mark Potter

Oracle Beefs Up Sun Storage

Powerful new cluster-type systems feature gateway deduplication, DTrace analytics, inline data compression and Fibre Channel protocol support

HP Beefs Up Virtual And Physical Security Offerings

HP has strengthened its security portfolio in order to prevent breaches in physical and virtual environments

Chrome OS Creator Defects To Facebook

The lead engineer behind Google's important Chrome operating system (OS) has gone to Facebook

Hitachi Offers Cloud Storage… On Users’ Own Sites!

When is a cloud not a cloud? Hitachi's on-site cloud storage offering just broadened our definitions

Sepaton Brings Storage Pooling to Cloud

New storage virtualisation “pooling” feature is designed to enable more efficient multi-tenant service deployments

BREEAM Data Centre Scheme Goes Live

A scheme which rates buildings' footprint has been applied to data centres - but will it cut energy use?

Server Huggers Block The Path To Virtualisation

The benefits of virtualisation are well known. What is holding organisations back is a range of human and organisational issues

HP: Deduplication And The Future Of Tape

Data deduplication needs to expand out of the backup market and become more efficient, but many companies are still struggling to phase out tape, according to HP

Cloud Frees Users For Business As Usual

People approach cloud computing as if it is a technical issue. In fact, the whole point is to free companies from those issues, according to a report

Oracle VM VirtualBox 3.2 Nips At VMware’s Heels: Review

VirtualBox, now being ridden by Oracle after making headway under Sun, continues to mount a challenge to VMware Workstation

VMware Workstation 7.1 Stays A Step Ahead: Review

VMware Workstation continues to lead desktop virtualisation, despite increasing competiton from Oracle's VM VirtualBox

Companies Urged To Transfer PCs Ahead Of World Cup

If you think it's all over for your PC, boot it off to South Africa before the World Cup, says Computer Aid

Trend Micro Looks To Virtualised Desktop Security

Security vendor Trend Micro is looking to protect and manage virtual desktop environments in its upcoming version of OfficeScan

Vizioncore Offers Free Insight Into Virtual Infrastructure

Vizioncore is offering IT managers a free monitoring tool that will provide them with an insight into the state of their virtual infrastructure

Disk Storage Sector Grows In 2010

EMC narrowly took the top spot as the storage market returned to double-digit growth

Oracle Provides Virtual Update To Sun Ray Thin Client

Oracle has introduced the Sun Ray 3 Plus Client, which runs on Oracle's Virtual Desktop Infrastructure software

BT Pledges 80 Percent Carbon Cut By 2020

BT's sustainability review builds on the company's long-standing record for reducing carbon emissions, and helping customers do the same

HP Overtakes IBM In Server Market, Say Analysts

HP overtook IBM in worldwide server revenues in the first quarter accoprding to Gartner and IDC

Virtualisation, Cloud And Voice Drive Ethernet Growth

Ethernet switch and router spaces are seeing strong revenue growth, driven by virtualisation, cloud computing, and voice and video-over IP, according to IDC

Enterprise IT Drives Solid State Adoption

A new report finds high performance needs are driving early successes for flash SSDs in the enterprise server sector

HP Labs’ Manure-Fuelled Data Centre Creates Stink

Research paper suggesting cow poo could be used to fuel a 1-megawatt data centre has industry watchers wondering what the IT giant may be prepared to shovel

Juniper: Carrier Business Models Are Broken

Cisco’s attempts to acquire new markets are all very well, but the key to giving customers what they want is sticking to what you know, says Juniper's Pradeep Sindhu

Dell Looks to Tablets After Strong First Quarter

Dell reports net income of $584 million for its first fiscal quarter and considers the tablet PC will create a new purchasing patterns

Juniper ‘Flattens’ Data Centre Networks

Juniper has stepped up its game against Cisco, with new products designed to "flatten" data centre networks

Google Touts Enterprise Cloud With VMware

Google launches new version of hosting platform and a VMware partnership to help bring enterprise Java developers to the cloud

Microsoft Pays £138m To Settle VirnetX Lawsuit

Microsoft is to pay $200 million (£138 million) in order to settle a patent-infringement suit from communications specialist VirnetX

McAfee Looks To Solve Virtualisation Security Fears

McAfee has announced its MOVE platform, which the security vendor believes will provide stronger and optimised security controls for virtual environments