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Sir Maurice Wilkes, The Father Of Computing, Dies
Eclipsed in renown by Alan Turing, Sir Maurice Wikes laid much of the foundations of computer science
Small Businesses Admit Wi-Fi ‘Piggybacking’
Small businesses are engaging in risking behaviour including relying on nearby unsecured Wi-Fi networks for their internet access, a survey has revealed
Online Storage Getting Ever Cheaper
Demand for cloud-based storage is soaring, and vendors are responding by offering more capacity for free
Virtual Data Vulnerable Due To Poor Backup
Business data residing on virtual machines (VMs) is vulnerable due to the astonishing lack of regular backups
UK Uses Supercomputer In Fight Against Cancer
Imperial College London and Cancer Research UK are leading mainstream supercomputer use in the UK
Analytics Speeds Doubled By IBM Storage Architecture
Announced at the Supercomputing 2010 show, IBM’s new architecture can double the speed of analytics processing
Most Businesses Failing To Erase Sensitive Data
Most businesses are failing to 'retire' their sensitive data, according to a new survey from Kroll Ontrack
EMC Acquires Storage Specialist Isilon for £1.4 Billion
EMC is reaching for its cheque book again with the long expected news that that it will acquire storage specialist Isilon
IBM Looks Ahead To Future With Netezza
IBM has completed its acquisition of data warehousing vendor Netezza and is looking for integration opportunities with other IBM products
Intel Drops SSD Prices
Intel has dropped prices on its line of solid-state disk drives ahead of the Christmas shopping season
EU Initiates Cloud Storage Research With €15.7m Funding
The EU is funding research into better ways of storing and accessing data in a federated cloud
IBM Claims Record Migrations From Competitors In Q3
IBM claims 400 Oracle/Sun and HP migrations to its servers and storage systems in the last quarter
Kroll Ontrack Touts Hosted e-Discovery Service
Kroll Ontrack is now offering a cloud-based service to assist businesses in locating potentially important legal evidence
Gartner: European IT Spending To Recover In 2011
Western Europe is emerging only slowly from the decline in IT spending, but the outlook for next year looks brighter, according to Gartner
Intel’s Light Peak Technology Could Arrive In 2011
Intel's Light Peak optical connectivity could appear in products in 2011, giving systems makers a solid alternative to USB 3.0
Data Growth Most Pressing Enterprise Concern, Gartner Warns
A new Gartner study has found that data centre managers are most concerned about data growth
Budgets And IT Jobs Predicted To Rise Next Year
The industry is predicted to see a modest rise in IT jobs next year, with budgets also expected to increase
SSD Group Promises PCIe Standard
A five-company consortium wants to make PCIe-connected SSDs as easy to use as hard disks
StorageTek Library Extension For Mainframes Released
Oracle has released a highly-scalable additional tier of storage for mainframes which can also be used in x86-based systems
Seagate, Mobile Armor Work Together On Self-Encrypting Drives
The Seagate Momentus drives deliver Mobile Armor government-grade encryption and pre-boot authentication without degrading performance
Teradata Launches Unified Computing Products
Teradata's new data warehousing products let companies manage data across the supply chain
Quantum Drive Draws On Sun-Oracle StorageTek Fears
The latest version of Quantum's StorNext is aimed at those who fear Sun StorageTek products face an uncertain future under Oracle
Workers Struggling With Information Overload
The sheer volume of information nowadays is making workers across the world stressed, warns a new study
WD Launches Monster 3TB Internal HDD But Not For Windows XP
Western Digital hits new capacity level with the release of Caviar Green 3TB and 2.4TB internal SATA hard drives
Seagate Offers Up Pocket-Size Terabyte Drive
Seagate has managed to squeeze terabyte capacity into an all-new 2.5-inch drive, thanks to two 500GB disks
Nuclear Station Suffers USB Data Breach
An investigation has begun after a USB stick containing sensitive information about Sellafield was found in a hotel room
Seagate Considers Potential Buyout Offer
Seagate is considering going private in a multi billion dollar deal after receiving approaches from private equity firms
Netgear Adds Cloud Service To Storage Boxes
Netgear is offering 100GB of cloud storage, onsite/offsite file sharing, and customised billing with new machines
Imation Partners With Nine For Cloud Disaster Recovery
Imation has teamed up with online backup and data recovery vendor Nine Technology to offer a data backup and disaster recovery system for the cloud