IBM plans to help customers broaden IT's reach beyond the data center and into managing physical environments, cloud services and …
The incredible shrinking operating system
From the software concept called JeOS (pronounced “juice”), the Just Enough OS, to hardware concepts like Celio RedFly, an 8-inch …
Outsourcing on the rise
Amidst the slowdown, some companies are outsourcing some of their IT needs as a cost-cutting strategy or a means of …
AMD working on extra-low-power chip
Advance Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) is adding a new, low-power Opteron processor to its Shanghai line roadmap and it plans …
Symantec gets into virtualized browser
Security vendor Symantec is using new virtual machine technology to protect Web surfers from online attack. Called Vibes, the software …
Striving for best possible outcome
Forget “doing more with less” — that's the IT mantra of yesteryear. Now IT departments are making better use of …
Google unrolls go-to-market strategy
Google will launch on Wednesday a reseller program for the paid version of its Apps hosted collaboration and communication suite. …
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 …
EMC aquires SourceLabs
In an attempt to bolster EMC's cloud computing business, the storage vendor has acquired assets from SourceLabs, a maker of …
Nine ‘must read’ websites for 2009
Here's a time-saver for IT executives swamped by last-minute budget cuts and end-of-the-year performance reviews: We've written your 2009 goals …
What Microsoft has in store for 2009
“Through our evolution from Windows to Works and Office on the desktop and similarly on the server front as well …
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 …
VMware wants a bigger role in your data center
VMware is still the top player in the hypervisor market, but the coming year will see the company move far …
Sun takes another swing
Having coined the phrase “the network is the computer” more than a decade ago Sun Microsystems could expect to be …
Struggling Sun faces difficult choices about future
Bad times just keep getting worse at Sun Microsystems, and the vendor may face hard choices about which parts of …
Red Hat’s virtualisation road map
Red Hat has been around for a while now and you've been with the company almost eight years. How important …
Upto 18 % job cuts expected from SUN
Sun is laying off 15 percent to 18 percent of its employees as part of a restructuring plan aimed at …
Makeover time for Windows Live
Microsoft is giving Windows Live a serious makeover. The company today announced plans to roll out a wide range of …
New CEO makes changes at VMware
The changes include implementing a hiring freeze — or “hiring pause,” as Maritz put it — that started during the …