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  • Microsoft slashes virtual desktop licence cost

    The new XenDesktop also shortens login times for virtual desktops and hosted applications by completing the logon process without waiting for an entire profile to load. Microsoft is lowering the price of licensing the Windows operating…
  • Google, Facebook criticised by US communications regulator

    Even the most respected and popular online companies, the ones who claim to respect privacy, continue to launch products where the guiding privacy policy seems to be, 'Throw it up against the wall and see if it sticks.Wednesday's forum was the…
  • Hosted Drupal CMS in development

    Acquia hopes to make a hosted version of its Drupal open source content management system widely available in about three months, the company's CTO said Wednesday. Acquia hopes to make a hosted version of its Drupal open source content management…
  • Drupal CMS hosted solution on the way

    Acquia hopes to make a hosted version of its Drupal open source content management system widely available in about three months, the company's CTO said. Acquia hopes to make a hosted version of its Drupal open source content management system…
  • Google tool eases Exchange to Gmail migration

    Google has created a free tool to simplify and automate the migration of email, calendar and contacts data from Microsoft Exchange servers to its Google Apps collaboration and communication hosted suite.
  • Fujitsu new server aimed at cloud computing

    Rather than expanding their own data centres, some companies pay third parties to provide hosted computing and storage services.Customer demand is driving all these competitors," McCormack said. Fujitsu is rolling out a new server designed…

Latest Features

  • When clouds need to stop at the border

    First, make sure to understand the legal issues around data, and find out what data cannot be hosted out of the country. Legal issues such as data privacy and compliance regs may have you considering where the clouds actually reside.
  • Microsoft vs. Google: The empire strikes back

    His plan includes free, ad-supported services for consumers; hosted software as a service (SaaS) for businesses; tight integration of services with desktop software; and new platforms to allow Microsoft's vast developer community to build Web…
  • What is Google Wave?

    Wave seeks to do away with that, by providing a single, hosted copy of a conversation that everyone can edit and discuss.Wave is similar to email and different from other Web apps because of federation.
  • Former top US officials fend off simulated hacking attack

    A group of national security and cybersecurity experts wrestled with those scenarios during the Cyber ShockWave exercise hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington, DC, policy think tank.The scenario started small, with a downloadable…
  • Managing networks is still about problem solving

    Host.net a few months ago added a new set of managed security services for hosted VMware-based servers under a partnership with security firm StillSecure.The round the clock managed services — actually provided by StillSecure through its own…
  • Researchers reveal how to bring down a botnet

    So taking down Mega-D would require a carefully coordinated attack.Mushtaq's team first contacted ISPs that unwittingly hosted Mega-D control servers; his research showed that most of the servers were based in the United States, with one in Turkey…
 

How-Tos

  • How to stop P2P data breaches

    P2P clients can be buggy and may cause system crashes or other performance problems.The larger issue is that P2P client software is often open source and hosted from the host systems that are part of the P2P network.
  • How to fix cloud security

    So Logiq instead chose cloud computing and managed IT services provider BlueLock to handle its data needs in the cloud.BlueLock's virtualised environment allowed data and volumes to move between systems in a dynamic, low-cost way that would be…
  • How to build your own Wikipedia

    These free applications, whether hosted or not, frequently include features like video integration, customisable templates and version control that allows you to refer back to an earlier iteration of any page.But there are also vendors, like…
  • How to set up a home network with Windows 7

    Pick the user accounts for people who should have access from the drop-down menu, and click Share.To retrieve files hosted from a Windows 7 system, look in the Network browser within XP or Vista.Share Files Between Mac OS X and Windows 7An OS X…
  • How to keep your data centre running over the holidays

    While attacks do not rise proportionally to the increase in traffic, the company's clients do see a 5- to 10-percent increase in attacks.During this period there is more traffic so it is easier for the attackers to try out a variety of attacks…
  • What is cloud computing, and can it be trusted?

    Infrastructure-as-a-service refers to remotely accessible server and storage capacity, while platform-as-a-service is a compute-and-software platform that lets developers build and deploy Web applications on a hosted infrastructure.How do vendors…

Reviews

  • Asus Eee PC 1201n review

    It's certainly priced in that ballpark, at £399 to £409 - and it has both a crisp 12in, 1366-by-768-resolution display and one of the more usable keyboards we've seen on a netbook, but it also has a 1.6GHz Intel Atom 330 processor, albeit one…
  • Pano Logic review

    They logon in just seconds, and were able to reproduce multimedia very well — even when we loaded the hosted VMware server down (a local host with 8GB of RAM) with all 10 Cubes sent to us. Pano Logic's Pano Cube is a very small 'designer…
  • VMware View 4 review

    The big difference between the two is that View 4 adds a new transport protocol, PCoIP, that speeds communications between hosted VMs and clients. The big difference between the two is that View 4 adds a new transport protocol – PCoIP -- that…
  • Citrix XenDesktop 4 review

    On the client side, XenDesktop supports most Windows clients, MacOS, Linux, plus various cell phones and hardware terminals.The initial 'tax' in terms of hosted hardware is high. Assigned desktops are created manually.The XenDesktop Delivery…
  • Ericom WebConnect review

    Ericom insists this code is what you'll receive until the next release, and covers bugs we found in initial testing.WebConnect can use many hosted VM platforms, ranging from ESX/vSphere, Hyper-V, XenServer, to Parallels Virtuozzo and Oracle VM.
  • Microsoft Office 2010 Web Apps

    Maybe the most significant addition to Microsoft Office 2010 is the addition of Office Web Apps functionality.The Technical Preview of Office Web Apps was released separately from the Office Technical Preview, so this beta is the first time that…

White Papers

  • A buyer's guide to hosted security

    A buyer's guide to hosted security Exponential-e 10 questions that every IT manager should ask whitepaper This buyers guide is aimed at helping companies evaluate different vendors and services and to help them pick the right one for their needs.
  • Get to grips with hosted security

    Hosted security? Hosted security can offer ease of set-up, requires no hardware on your premises, and with a unique global view on threats ensures your business is safe from spam, viruses, and other cyber threats.Understand how hosted security can…
  • A guide to understanding hosted and managed messaging

    Its goal is to inform decision makers about the benefits of using a hosted or managed messaging service and the key questions to ask of any provider of a single messaging service or a complete suite of services.
  • Best practices in optimising WAN performance

    In most cases, one or more of the applications that these branch office workers need to access are hosted in a central facility such as a datacentre. Improve your WAN performance with this helpful best practices guide One of the key reasons why…
  • Email Archiving: On-Premise vs. SaaS

    Email archiving can be implemented by subscribing to a hosted service—commonly called software as a service (SaaS)—or by licensing software and installing it in-house. Which approach is better? Sometimes the choice is clear; more often it is not…
  • IDC Report: Using a Hosted Service for Holistic E-Mail Management

    IDC Report: Using a Hosted Service for Holistic E-Mail Management IDC The need for email management solutions whitepaper Organisations are increasingly beset by policy, regulatory, continuity, and security requirements for their data.
 
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