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Nine symptoms for diagnosing ailing IT

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 Wallen

RIM bundles management tools with Office 365

The 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 Woods

Red Hat EV3 launches with all-Linux stack

Red 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 Clark

Microsoft kills System Center single-module licence

Microsoft 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 Clark

Microsoft's System Center 2012 gets first release

Microsoft'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 Clark

Microsoft takes wraps off new Windows file system

The 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 Meyer

Cisco, Google and VMware invest in Puppet Labs

Puppet 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 Clark

Oracle gets on the big data bandwagon

With 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 Clark

Google to build three datacentres in Asia

The 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 Meyer

MPs: Police IT is 'not fit for purpose'

The 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 Hitchcock

MPs torch failed FiReControl project

The 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 Clark

Citrix upgrades XenDesktop with RingCube technology

XenDesktop 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 Meyer

US government to close 800 datacentres

The 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 King
Costing the cloud: Make the money add up

Costing the cloud: Make the money add up

There'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 Goodwins

Fire service gets £81m to improve control systems

The 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

7 July, 2011 by Sade Laja

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