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Germany eyes Chrome suspiciously
People should avoid using Google's Chrome browser due to privacy fears and its beta status, Germany's equivalent of the Information Commissioner has warned. According to Saturday's... More
LSE connectivity glitch halts trading
At the time of writing, trading on the London Stock Exchange is not happening, and hasn't been possible since before 9 o'clock this morning (trading began smoothly at 8, as usual, but... More
Dell to sell factories
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Dell plans to sell its factories to cut costs. According to the WSJ article, most if not all of Dell's factories could be sold or close... More
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A guide to server efficiency
Tech Guide The cost of powering and cooling server hardware is fast becoming a critical issue for IT managers, while the demand for ever more computing muscle in the datacentre continues to grow. What can be done? We examine some of the options.
Blades and business
Tech Guide How do you juggle the competing demands for more computing power and data storage capacity with the need to keep power costs to a minimum? Blade servers may be the answer.
Windows Server 2008: preview, part 1
Preview Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn Server, is due in the second half of this year. In the first instalment of a two-part preview, we take a look at some of the key functionality in Beta 3.
Windows Server 2008: preview, part 2
Preview In the second part of our preview of Windows Server 2008, we examine its new virtualisation functionality, take a look at the enhancements to Terminal Services, and more.
London's datacentre shortage
Opinion The UK's capital is running out of physical space to house datacentres. Could virtual networks be the answer?
Photos: Taking the lid off Project Blackbox
Photos Sun's Project Blackbox is a working datacentre that fits into a standard shipping container.
Photos: Big Blue shows its green side
Photos Saving the environment or driving business? IBM claims its energy-efficient data centre technology can do both.
The green data centre: An oxymoron?
News With data centres using increasingly enormous amounts of energy, being 'green' may be impossible to achieve.
Sun extends blade lineup
News Aiming for versatility, the Sun Blade 6000 Modular System features three new blade servers plus a smaller blade-server chassis.
IBM announces blade server for SMEs
News Company says the BladeCenter S can reduce the number of servers used by SMEs by 80 percent but won't give price details until the fourth quarter.
HP reveals green storage technology
News Company claims that it can half power and cooling costs in data centres as it announces a raft of products at its Las Vegas conferences.
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