There was a joke at the height of the Cold War: What should you do in the event of nuclear …
Down economy fuels IT outsourcing
Companies flocked to IT outsourcing vendors as the recession unfolded last year and industry watchers expect more of the same …
IBM leads IT out of the data center
IBM plans to help customers broaden IT's reach beyond the data center and into managing physical environments, cloud services and …
WAN critical to virtualization’s payoff
Guaranteeing application performance over a WAN is hard enough. Now try doing it in a virtual environment. WAN optimization vendors …
McAfee builds SaaS arm
McAfee on Monday announced that it has rolled its SaaS security offerings into a new business unit. The new unit …
Microsoft pulls PerformancePoint Server after just 15 months
Microsoft said that it was folding its business process management (BPM) software, PerformancePoint Server, into its popular SharePoint Server product. …
Virtual desktops getting security boost
Businesses looking for safer virtual desktops can cut the risk of attacks if they run their virtual-machine hypervisors directly on …
Report: Cisco to elbow into server fray
Cisco Systems is gearing up to sell a new, possibly disruptive server in the next few months, according to one …
IBM posts strong Q4 results, no layoffs announced
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had on average predicted earnings of $3.03 per share and $28.15 billion in revenue. Net …
SanDisk, LG show MicroSD locked to carrier
SanDisk and LG Electronics on Wednesday demonstrated a specialized MicroSD card that mobile operators could load with content and bundle …
EMC takes the gloves off with VMware
Five years after purchasing VMware, EMC is becoming more aggressive in selling its own products and services alongside those of …
Network vendors eye new markets in ’09
Microsoft aims to become a dominant player in hosted software and cloud computing in 2009, despite its late entry in …
A bumpy ride ahead
Enterprise IT executives are taking the economy's downturn in stride. This not being their first time at the rodeo, they …
HP on a roll, but challenges await in 2009
HP last month reported fourth quarter net revenue of US$33.6 billion, a 19% year-over-year increase, or 16% after adjusting for …
Juniper maps out 2009 plans
“We will spend money on making sure [customers are] secure; where they can drive TCO down; and increase choice in …
Microsoft unveils next-generation enterprise technology offerings in UAE
Microsoft Gulf has announced the launch and availability of a suite of next-generation technology offerings including the company’s much awaited …
CA unveils it’s SaaS portfolio
CA this week introduced a slew of product enhancements that industry watchers say reflect how enterprise IT executives want to …
Equipped to play
Managing client devices continues to challenge IT staff looking to equip end users with productivity tools while also protecting networks …
Sun brings its own storage appliances
What Sun Microsystems lacks in size as a storage vendor it is trying to make up for with innovation, as …
CA set to roll out data centre automation package
CA this week plans to unveil its data center automation product that industry watchers say will help IT staff offload …