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IT Is Key To Climate Change Control
BT and Marks & Spencer and other users are looking to IT for solutions, according to a conference on the commercial risks of climate change
BT Loses £134 Million, Will Cut 15000 Jobs
Most of the jobs will be lost from contractor positions and sites abroad, the company claims but unions are still concerned
Steve Jobs Absent From Developer Keynote
The traditional keynote address at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference will not be delivered by CEO Steve Jobs
US Could Follow EU’s Lead on Intel
The European Commission's £950m fine of Intel for antitrust practices has sparked debate in the United States over how to handle companies that dominate their markets
Secure Tweets: Three Business Apps Rated
Socialcast, Socialtext and Huddle; three services offering the features of Twitter, Facebook and other Web 2.0 technologies but palatable to business.
Intel Will Appeal Against £950m EC Fine, Says Otellini
Intel denies accusations of rigging the market against rival AMD and will be protesting against the fine
SEC Reveals Details Of Bidding War For Sun
An SEC affidavit filed by Sun Microsystems reveals the back story of how IBM, Hewlett-Packard and ultimate victor Oracle submitted competing bids as Sun dealt with the inevitability of a takeover
Citrix Receiver for iPhone: Enterprise Apps Go Mobile
If you are using Citrix XenApp to distribute applications to Windows machines, you should look at Citrix Receiver for iPhone as a possible way to get them to mobile users
Google’s Android OS To Grow 900 Percent
The Apple iPhone OS will follow behind it, as the second fastest-growing smartphone OS
Sun Admits To Bribery Infringement
Oracle, which intends to acquire Sun and doesn't appear to be worried, said it knew about the report before it tendered its $7.4 billion offer
Sun Shareholders Launch Lawsuits Against Oracle Deal
The legal actions claim that the £4.8bn compensation proposed by Oracle is unfair and inadequate
Google Discusses Plan For Greater Openess
At least one consumer advocacy group has decided to refute the search engine giant's claims in a particularly high-profile way
UK Claims World’s First “Mandated” Green IT Targets
An update to the Greening Government ICT strategy this July will include 10 "mandated targets".. but will that mandate be backed with penalties?
BCS Launches “Formal” Green IT Qualification
Issues such as the impact of environmental legislation and reducing carbon emissions will be covered in the three day course and exam
Businesses Will Buy 3.5m Netbooks in 2010
Research firm Techaisle predicts netbook sales worldwide will climb in 2009 and 2010 as IT budgets get trimmed and companies look to cut technology costs
Dell And Nvidia Back Affordable Supercomputing
Dell is offering Nvidia's Tesla GPU technology in three of its Precision workstations, a move it says will make supercomputing capabilities more affordable to users
Ballmer Discusses “Valuable” Yahoo Deal
Microsoft and Yahoo had a much-publicised battle in 2008 surrounding a possible takeover
Oracle Is Nuts To Stick With Sun Hardware
Larry Ellison has committed Oracle to investing more in Sun's SPARC, apparently because he think servers are like iPhones. That's just silly, says Peter Judge
Green IT Is Mainstream: Now Comes The Hard Part
The move to greener IT is unstoppable - even in a recession. But IT departments have a tough job getting their message with the other 90 percent of the company, says Forrester's Chris Mines.
Vizioncore Manages Multiple Virtual Machines
vControl lets end users set up virtual machines in the leading hypervisor environments - and IT can manage them all from one screen
IBM Makes Its SMB Blades More Dynamic
Upgrades to the BladeCenter Express product should let smaller businesses save power and mix operating systems, IBM says
Microsoft To Lose Another 3000 Staff
That more or less completes the 5000 announced earlier. But there could be more in store
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
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
Windows 7’s Costly Compatibility Issues
Polished yes, but elevated costs ensuring hardware and software compatibility may hold back business adoption of Windows 7
Rackable Cleared To Buy SGI
But court insists on a higher price for a Silicon Valley pioneer
Microsoft SharePoint Secured
How to cut through the hype and choose the right SharePoint security product.
IT Cuts Create Long-Term Risks
Half-baked IT cuts now could harm your company in the future, according to research from Deloitte
IBM Combines Cloud And SOA
WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance gives businesses a place to store SOA images and patterns that can then be brought into cloud environments