Nine symptoms for diagnosing ailing IT
From tired hardware, to expired support contracts and creaking networks, the tell-tale signs that suggest urgent treatment may sound all too familiar Read more
9 April, 2012 by Jack WallenZDNet is available in the following editions:
From tired hardware, to expired support contracts and creaking networks, the tell-tale signs that suggest urgent treatment may sound all too familiar Read more
9 April, 2012 by Jack WallenThe Canadian smartphone maker has launched its business tie-in with Microsoft's Office 365 productivity suite, allowing subscribers to access sync and security features at no extra cost Read more
30 January, 2012 by Ben WoodsRed Hat has upgraded its virtualisation suite to work entirely on open-source technologies as it seeks to woo developers to use its hypervisor alongside those from VMware, Microsoft and Citrix Read more
19 January, 2012 by Jack ClarkMicrosoft has altered licensing for System Center 2012 to simplify the available options, but at the cost of customers being able to pick and choose individual modules Read more
18 January, 2012 by Jack ClarkMicrosoft's IT infrastructure management suite, System Center 2012, is now available to companies wanting to test the product before its general commercial release later this year Read more
17 January, 2012 by Jack ClarkThe Resilient File System or ReFS, the successor to NTFS, will make its first appearance in Windows Server 8, after which Microsoft will introduce it for client storage and ultimately boot volumes Read more
17 January, 2012 by David MeyerPuppet Labs, which makes open-source and proprietary IT automation and management software, has received $8.5m from Cisco, Google and VMware in a funding round Read more
29 November, 2011 by Jack ClarkWith its new Big Data Appliance, Oracle has retooled Exadata for big data, developed its own NoSQL database and built software to ease the migration of Hadoop workloads onto its infrastructure Read more
4 October, 2011 by Jack ClarkThe facilities in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, meant to improve delivery of services in Asia, will join others in Finland and Belgium on the list of Google datacentres outside the US Read more
28 September, 2011 by David MeyerThe home affairs select committee has branded police IT systems as 'not fit for purpose' in a new report Read more
23 September, 2011 by Gill HitchcockThe project to unify the IT of England's fire and rescue services has been called a 'complete failure' and a waste of £469m by a select committee Read more
20 September, 2011 by Jack ClarkXenDesktop 5.5 makes it possible to roll out a common virtual desktop while still allowing its users to retain personalised settings, data and apps, according to Citrix Read more
25 August, 2011 by David MeyerThe US government is planning to close around 40 percent of its datacentres nationwide by 2015 as it looks to save money Read more
21 July, 2011 by Rachel KingThere's a simple reason why the cloud can make good financial sense, and a straightforward approach to checking whether it applies to you. It's all about the metrics Read more
11 July, 2011 by Rupert GoodwinsThe government has said it will invest £81m in the fire service in England to improve systems and technology, following a damning report into the now defunct FiReControl project Read more
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19 hours ago by Roberto_Store on Samsung Galaxy S III lined up for saleIs this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.
21 hours ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora LinuxI agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...
1 day ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this monthNice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary
1 day ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everythingseriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...
1 day ago by Jason Burchell via Facebook on Music industry negotiating over 24-bit downloadsRead about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...
2 days ago by Philip Charles Cohen via Facebook on PayPal takes phone-based payments to the high streetLeslie Satenstein : Where have you ever seen Mozilla even mention this? Firefox is the most popular browser in the GNU/Linux OS, so I don't see...
2 days ago by apexwm on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora LinuxSHleG: Do you remember building a clockwork scorpion kit (I'm pretty sure I have a photo of it somewhere) — I think it was called something like...
2 days ago by songmaster on Software with everythingGood I love Yahoo! Their search engine is getting better than Google as of late. I find more of what I want on the first page, and usually within...
2 days ago by Chris Wortman via Facebook on Linux Mint 13 ramps up for KDE releaseopenhgs has made the point for Windows 8 multiple monitors without realising it! With Windows 7 you have to switch the mouse and so your focus...
2 days ago by PatrickG on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptakeMozilla has threatened to stop supporting Linux. I guess that UBUNTU is going with another browser. I indicated that if Mozilla stops supporting...
2 days ago by Leslie Satenstein via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora LinuxMuch as I abhor Microsoft's licensing practices, this is almost certainly down to purchasing IT equipment via 3rd party consultants - you get the...
2 days ago by Andy Bolstridge via Facebook on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT@openhgs Windows users have had multiple desktops since Linus started writing Linux. They just haven't shipped as standard because not enough...
3 days ago by Jack Schofield on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake@Phil at Cloud4 What, Microsoft gets £1,200 per PC and £1,622 per server? Gosh, I'm amazed....
3 days ago by Jack Schofield on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government ITYou guys have no idea what is going on at Autonomy. Autonomy could have been a much more profitable organization. The sales operations at Autonomy...
3 days ago by craigsc on HP cuts 27,000 staff as Autonomy chief Lynch leavesHow does this impact on dual or multi booting? Seems to me to more or less prohibit this, from Windows 8 anyway. Will Grub 2 recognise Windows 8,...
3 days ago by Moley on Windows 8 start-up speed forces USB boot workaroundI don't understand why there cannot be a slight pause during the boot process so the user can press a key. Many operating systems do this, even if...
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