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  • EMC: Flash could spell end for Fibre Channel

    EMC is investing in several start-ups in the flash market to spur innovation - progress on a few fronts will be needed for flash to reach its potential in the enterprise, they said.One goal is to improve management of consumer-grade, multi-level…
    04 March 2010
    Tags: Tier • Ssd • Fibre Channel • Executives • Disk Drives • Automated

  • VeriSign: DNSSEC to improve Internet security

    We will run our battery of tests, and it's up to them to decide what to do.VeriSign says it opened the interoperability lab because it is trying to promote DNSSEC.We are investing in signing the root zone and signing .com and .net, but doing that…
    03 March 2010
    Tags: Reporting • Registry • Lab • Gear • Domain • Dns

  • Microsoft will catch with Google on search … someday

    That shouldn't be that hard," he said.Microsoft will keep investing in Cashback, a programme in which Microsoft pays partial refunds to customers who make purchases through sponsored links on its site.
    03 March 2010
    Tags: Yahoo • Twitter • Steve Ballmer • Complaints • Antitrust

  • Firefox Mobile spotted on Android phone

    Last November, Mozilla's European President, Tristan Nitot, told electricpig.co.uk that Mozilla wasn't in any hurry to work on an iPhone version of the browser.We're not investing time and energy in this direction because we're pretty sure it…
    01 March 2010
    Tags: Posted • Photos • Motorola • Firefox • Facebook • Browsing

  • Virgin Media promises 100Mbps broadband

    There is nothing we can't do with our fibre optic cable network, and the upcoming launch of our flagship 100Mb service will give our customers the ultimate broadband experience," said Virgin Media's chief executive officer, Neil Berkett.Just as we…
    01 March 2010
    Tags: Virgin Media • Revealed • Providers • Broadband

  • Cisco invests in virtualisation security start-up HyTrust

    Cisco is investing in HyTrust, a start-up that is tackling security problems posed by the growing popularity of VMware's virtualisation platform. Cisco and several other investors have given $10.5 million to HyTrust, a start-up that is tackling…
    25 February 2010
    Tags: Vmware • Unified • Investment • Hypervisor • Capital • Administrators

Latest Features

  • Mobile developers get ready for 4G data explosion

    Rather, developers are more likely to wait until 4G technology is ubiquitous before investing capital into creating more high powered applications. With 4G networks due to hit the mass market over the next two years, some application developers are…
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Streaming • Smartphones • Smartphone • Microsoft Office • Country • Connections

  • Business needs new IT blood

    They also like the ROI they get from investing in recruits who are hungry to learn by doing.Doing something for the community but at the same time getting access to young, ambitious talent helps to energize the organisation," says John Galante…
    02 March 2010
    Tags: Students • Science • Financial Services • Entrylevel • Education • Advance

  • Cisco data centre guru on IPv6, virtualisation and strategy

    And tying this back to the question about competing on price, unless you are investing Rt be able to sustain yourself in the switching business. As a 13 year Cisco veteran, John McCool, senior vice president and General Manager of Cisco's Data…
    03 November 2009
    Tags: Virtual Machine • Perspective • Data Center • Virtual Machines • Migrate • Incremental

  • Four tips for deploying SSDs

    Software applications to maximise SSD efficiencyIncreasing speed of operation and access to critical applications is the impetus for investing in solid state technology. While solid state drives offer increased performance, the key to figuring out…
    02 November 2009
    Tags: Cache • Tier • Provisioning • Balance • Balancing • Highperformance

  • Study says mainframe use set to grow

    Study says mainframe use set to grow Michael Cooney Half of those surveyed plan to keep investing Feature Some industry observers still like to kick dents in the mainframe saying its not the corporate platform of the future but the Big Iron…
    16 September 2009
    Tags: Skills • Economic • Financial Services • Investments • Observers • Study

  • Cost could hit client virtualisation drive

    I don't care what people tell you otherwise, they're wrong.Gartner's latest numbers released this month predict that hosted virtual desktop revenue will quadruple this year, going from US$74.1 million worldwide in 2008 to nearly $300 million in…
    01 March 2009
    Tags: Refresh • Hypervisor • Travel • Offline • Virtual Machines • Metal
 

How-Tos

  • How to switch to a flash storage drive

    If your machine is an older computer with an IDE or parallel ATA drive interface, the speed benefit you'd realise from investing in an SSD isn't big enough to justify the expense. Prices on solid-state drives are dropping, and operating systems…
    03 December 2009
    Tags: Installing • Ata • Boot • Netbook • Netbooks • Operating Systems

  • How to solve the data challenge, with environmental efficiency

    By investing in the correct technology, businesses can avoid a situation where critical information cannot be retrieved and actioned.Yet, too many fail to understand how this investment allows them to meet compliance requirements, achieve fast…
    15 June 2009
    Tags: Amounts • Demands • Analytics • Carbon • Consumption • Realtime

  • Case Study: Getting to grips with UK's biggest WLAN

    The key things Aruba offered were integrated security, a vendor that is really investing in a wireless LAN product set, scalability, decent APs with good radio propagation and integration with a good network management system to prove it is…
    17 March 2008
    Tags: Medium • Aruba • Locations • Pdas • Terminal • Aps

  • Getting started with networking

    If you would rather spend the time on growing your business, then investing the money in a good reseller or consultant may be the better way to go until you become a little more comfortable with implementing this approach for your company.
    06 December 2007
    Tags: Hard Drive • Bundle • Small Business • Accounting • Packages • Startup

  • The Tao of managing virtualised servers

    According to Bob Gill, managing director for servers at TheInfoPro, a New York-based market research firm, surveys show that most virtualisation users rely on the tools supplied by the virtualisation vendors rather than investing in additional…
    06 December 2007
    Tags: Virtual Machine • Hypervisor • Loads • Profiles • Canada • Cost Savings

  • Case Study: Data centre hotspots put IT managers on the spot

    To try to avoid unpleasant surprises, IT managers are increasingly investing in computer-aided studies that map the airflow in data centres. And later construction decisions didn't fully account for future cooling needs, Hardy said, adding that it…
    29 May 2007
    Tags: Rack • Air • Cooling • Institute • Heat • Spot

Reviews

  • Philips GoGear Opus 8GB review

    We'd recommend investing in some beefier replacement headphones. Philips' GoGear Opus 8GB is a sharp-looking audio and video playing portable with a 2.8in screen. Philips' GoGear Opus 8GB is an audio and video playing portable with a 2.8in screen…
    03 July 2009
    Tags: Audio • Button • Portable • Resolution • Playing • Player

  • Kodak EasyShare C913

    With the Kodak EasyShare C913 you can shoot until you fill your memory card, then offload the pictures to your PC, and you get more features than you'll find on any 35mm film point-and-shoot camera.If you normally take pictures with your mobile…
    23 April 2009
    Tags: Cameras • Pictures • Iso • Night • Landscape • Sensor

  • Toshiba Qosmio F50-10Z review

    Instead, it is investing in making the best of existing DVD film titles by video upscaling, as found on models from its Qosmio range of laptops such as the Toshiba Qosmio F50-10Z.These claim to provide an HD-video quality experience from…
    08 December 2008
    Tags: Acer • Fear • Definition • Toshiba • Blu Ray

  • Buffalo DriveStation Combo 4 review

    Those needing industrial-strength backup should consider investing in a mirrored RAID system, however. The 500GB Buffalo DriveStation Combo 4 unit contains the usually reliable 7,200rpm Samsung Spinpoint internal drive.
    18 August 2008
    Tags: Mini • Samsung • Buffalo • Connector • Business Advisor • Firewire

  • 4oD review

    Programmes appear pixellated in full-screen mode.It's possible to view 4oD content on a TV by connecting it to your PC or investing in Virgin Media, BT Vision or Tiscali TV.oD review Carrie-Ann Skinner review,reviews A plethora of great content…
    09 July 2008
    Tags: Library • Cases • Archive • Viewing • Stream • Digital World

  • HP LaserJet 5550DN review

    As the basic specification of the HP LaserJet 5550DN includes 160MB of memory, wed seriously suggest factoring in the cost of a memory upgrade if youre thinking of investing in one. The HP LaserJet 5550DN is a decent, fair-priced printer with…
    30 May 2008
    Tags: Printers • Laser • Document • Pages • Handle • Printer

White Papers

  • Seven tips for profiting from lean times with CRM

    Boosting your sales operation during lean economic times with CRM Smart business executives have learned that investing in customer relationships and overall effectiveness pays big dividends when the rebound invariably occurs.
    05 October 2009
    Tags: Lean • Adopt • Crm • Operation • Effectiveness • Investing

  • Integrating SharePoint with Lotus Notes

    Businesses are investing strategically in collaboration software to improve knowledge workers' innovation and reduce operating expenses.However, many Lotus Notes customers struggle to implement their collaboration strategy because they rely on…
    22 July 2009
    Tags: Document • Messaging • Sharepoint • Lotus Notes

  • CIO Personal Branding

    Everyone has a personal brand, but now more than ever business leaders and CIOs are investing time and effort in shaping what that brand actually is, and raising its awareness amongst target audiences such as senior management, industry peers and…
    15 January 2009
    Tags: Cios • Executive • Role • Leaders • Theory • Attach

  • Leveraging a Demand-Driven Manufacturing Model To Enhance Profitability

    In fact, many have chosen to become demand-driven rather than supply-driven, meeting the needs of a dynamic marketplace by building products to order rather than investing in large inventories, building products to stock and attempting to create…
    10 July 2007
    Tags: Infrastructures • Concepts • Manufacturing • Manufacturers • Face • Relationships

  • How SYSPRO Leverages a Lean Manufacturing Model to Enhance Profitability

    Lean companies satisfy the needs of a dynamic marketplace by building products to order rather than investing in large inventories, overstocking of product and attempting to create customer demand. This paper discusses the fundamentals for…
    10 July 2007
    Tags: Utilisation • Infrastructures • Chain • Visibility • Manufacturing • Inventory

  • SuperGrids Selects LSI Logic Storage Adapters

    As a CEO and founder of multiple companies, and a long-term member of the Deal Committee of the Band of Angels, Silicon Valley's oldest organization still dedicated exclusively to funding and advising seed stage startups, Antonio Salerno…
    17 April 2007
    Tags: Provider • Adapters • Hosting • Logic • Raid • Lsi

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