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Kingston Launches Mammoth 256GB USB Drive
£665 for the Monster 256G drive from Kingston, but it would take seven hours to read a full one
GlassHouse Takes Aim At Data Centre Energy Impact
New service is aimed at helping enterprises tame power-hungry data centres, harness cost savings and gain environmental benefits
UK Councils Use Content Management To Boost Efficiency
Two major councils in England are using content and document management technology to play a central transformational role in process efficiency
Research Finds SaaS The Greenest Option
NetSuite drives another nail into the coffin of the traditional cost of ownership of on-premise business software
Free Storage ROI Calculator Released By Acronis
The calculator asks users for three pieces of information: the number of servers and workstations being backed up, the data change rate, and the overall cost of storage hardware and software
New Service Offers Tweet Back-up For Free
Newcomer BackupMy.net, a year-old Austin-based startup, began offering free backup of Twitter messages on its affiliate, BackupMyTweets.com back in February 2009
Citrix Helps To Slash Storage Footprints
Citrix Systems StorageLink will allow those utilising Microsoft Hyper-V to reduce their storage footprint by as much as 50 percent
Solid State Drives Increasingly Popular But Remain Expensive
As NAND flash capacities continue to get higher, notebooks with solid-state drives become increasingly useful for both business and personal purposes
Zero Carbon Buildings Will Put Pressure On IT
A Westminster summit has suggested the looming zero carbon commercial targets will expose IT operations to more pressures
£1.6-billion Scots Data Farm Highlights Sustainability Potential
The proposal to build a massive data centre in Scotland will pave the way for mainstream adoption of the sustainable technologies it will showcase
Gartner Predicts Rise of Cloud Integration Services
Difficulty integrating cloud services and ensuring their integrity will give rise to what Gartner is calling “cloud service brokerages”
IBM Unveils OCR-Based Data Masking Technology
IBM pulled the covers off new technology that uses optical character recognition to conceal data, filtering it before it reaches the PC screen
NetApp Abandons Bid for Data Domain
UPDATED: EMC will acquire Data Domain for $2.1 billion, as NetApp says NetApp it can't justify a bidding war that would reduce the deal's benefits.
SaaS Users Not Impressed, Survey Finds
Gartner is calling on SaaS vendors to “reaffirm fundamentals,” after survey reveals finds their products don't satisfy users
BCS And Tories Back Off From Putting Health Data In Cloud
The British Computer Society has denied involvement with a Conservative suggestion to outsource NHS data to the cloud. The report's author also downplayed the idea
VMware Incentives To Lure Oracle’s Virtual Iron Users
VMware is hoping discount, integration plans will entice Virtual Iron customers away from Oracle, which bought Virtual Iron in May
Gartner Cuts Global IT Spending Forecast
The analyst firm now says IT spending will drop by $200 billion this year, with unprecedented impact on all four major tech industry segments
EMC Raises Data Domain Stakes Ahead of NetApp
With the fear of federal antitrust challenges, EMC has increased its offer for Data Domain to $2.1 billion, ahead of NetApp
Enterprise Vendors Flounder In Green IT Ranking
Microsoft, Lenovo, Fujitsu just beat Nintendo at bottom of Greenpeace quarterly league table, while Nokia gets top spot.
Virtualisation, Cheap Terabytes Key in Data Storage Trends
Bigger disks, virtualisation, de-duplication and online back-up. We round up the top trends in storage
Sun Shines On Oracle Fusion Launch
Oracle's newest middleware technology platform takes advantage of virtualisation and includes new developer tools for easier application building
Recession Drives Green IT Into Data Centres
Despite squeezed budgets, green IT is changing tech buying behaviour and data centre structures.
Northumbria University Gets Wyse to Sustainable IT
A major new deployment of energy efficient thin client computers complements campus green-building design features as part of an environmental drive.
Phones4U Cuts Energy With Fujitsu Primergy
A new BladeFrame-based data centre infrastructure will allow the mobile phone retailer to cut costs and support new growth
Canonical Puts Ubuntu Enterprise Services Into The Cloud
Canonical, the founder of the Ubuntu Linux project, has launched new professional services to help and support users building private clouds.
Report Sees Big Growth Future for SaaS Security
A report from research firm Infonetics predicts software-as-a-service (SaaS) is the future of managed network security.
Pirate Bay Sold For £4.7 Million
The Swedish software firm buying Pirate Bay plans to use its brand together with new file-sharing technology to create a new, legitimate business model.
Oracle Deal DOJ Delays Simply an “Irritation” for Sun
The US Federal government has decided to spend more time performing due diligence on the proposed Oracle-Sun merger, while Java open source licensing may be emerging as sticking point.
Microsoft To Open Green Cloud Dublin, Chicago Data Centres
Microsoft plans to roll out two new data centres in Dublin and Chicago in July, preparing for increased demand for cloud-based services such as Azure and Bing.