One market faring OK in the recession is managed services. As corporate IT staffing gets squeezed, more firms will find …
Data center prices soar in ‘rack crunch’
The price of a data center rack rose by an average of 8.5 percent across Europe last year, with more …
Oracle goes up-market with new on-demand CRM apps
Oracle announced a number of new on-demand CRM (customer relationship management) modules, adding capabilities clearly aimed at large enterprises. The …
Microsoft-Red Hat deal shows need for virtualization support
A virtualization deal struck Monday between Microsoft and Red Hat shows the growing need for vendors to ensure customers can …
Cloud security fears are overblown, some say
It may sound like heresy to say it, but it's possible to worry a little too much about security in …
HP posts declines in all groups but EDS
Net revenue for the quarter reached US$28.8 billion, up 1 percent compared to the same period last year. Net income …
Netbooks worm their way into businesses
When ADNH Compass, a 17,000-employee catering company based in Abu Dhabi, decided to give its branch managers new PCs late …
CommVault Introduces Simpana 8 data management software
The release helps companies manage larger amounts of data, scale to accommodate an expanding, globally distributed enterprise, and implement cost-saving …
Fortinet expands security portfolio
The new FortiWeb-1000B is a mid- to large-enterprise product and is the first in a family of Fortinet web application …
Cisco ASR 1000 router
In an exclusive test, the ASR not only moved traffic at 20Gbps but also did so while running QoS, security …
Cisco, Trend Micro put security in home routers
Through a partnership announced Tuesday, two models of Linksys by Cisco Wireless-N routers will come with software for the Home …
BlackBerry Curve 8900 hits the hotspot with VoIP
RIM has developed a knack for pulling customers into new BlackBerry devices. That's no mean feat. BlackBerry is the most …
Sun offers open-source encryption key management protocol
Sun Microsystems Inc. announced that it is throwing its hat into the standards arena, proposing that its open-source key management …
Why Toshiba is buying Fujitsu’s HDD business
With the acquisition of Fujitsu 's hard-disk drive (HDD) business, Toshiba would position itself to become a leading contender in …
Fortinet wheels out Web application firewall
Fortinet is announcing a Web-application firewall that offloads processing of SSL and XML traffic from Web servers. FortiWeb 1000B is …
Symantec to release Endpoint Virtualization Suite this spring
Symantec unveiled Endpoint Virtualization Suite, its set of server-based tools for controlling and delivering laptop and desktop application environments through …
Using your network to weather the global economic storm
Perhaps never before has the global economy faced such uncertainty – at least not on this scale. What started with …
‘Next-Gen IT security is required’
Providing a safe and secure environment within the constraints of today’s budgets and regulations is a challenge for top management …
Develop a game plan for storage security
How much progress is really being made in securing storage? For several years now, pundits have sounded the alarm about …
Microsoft, Red Hat sign interoperability agreements
In what came as a surprise to many Linux observers, Red Hat announced on the morning of February 16th that …