The sales pitch for servers in the cloud has always leaned on the word"commodity."You push a button,and voilA,a root password is yours within minutes.The machines in the cloud may not be exactly what you would order if you were filling out ...
Tags: Joyent Cloud, commodity cloud provider, SmartOS, virtualization tool
Walls Construction,an Irish construction services company,has saved upwards of€31,000 by moving stale content from a SQL Server to less expensive storage,using software from AvePoint–a SharePoint governance and infrastructure ...
Tags: SQL Server storage, AvePoint, infrastructure management
Express mail and logistics provider Crossflight sees cloud storage as positive for well-defined services like CRM and email,but less so for more complex,bespoke applications. The firm expressed the view following a deal with EMC to drive ...
Tags: Crossflight, public cloud, bespoke applications, cloud storage
Enterprise IT on the go with Windows 8 Windows 8 and the XP legacy What next for Windows 8 With the launch of Windows 8,Microsoft is taking a step into the unknown.In a bid to stop its lucrative PC operating system(OS)business losing ...
Tags: Windows 8 OS, Enterprise IT, Geoff Connell, Newham
IDG News Service-Dell on Tuesday said its XPS 10 tablet with Windows RT will start at$499,matching the price of Microsoft's Surface tablet that became available last week. The XPS 10 has a 10-inch screen,weighs 635 grams,and provides ...
Tags: Dell, XPS 10, Microsoft, Surface Tablet
Wi-Fi for Benetton staff and customers Easy Wi-Fi roll-out for Benetton Cloud-based management control cuts costs Benetton strikes a balance with Wi-Fi marketing The future for Wi-Fi at Benetton The High Street has always been a hub of ...
Office Choice's new website is expected to drive more web-based sales as online increasingly becomes the ordering method of choice for many of its customers. "The new contemporary, user-driven website is a significant step forward for the ...
Tags: Office Choice, new website, internet capability, new improvements
In large technology departments,dysfunctional relationships breed like mushrooms in a dank basement.Your dev and ops teams are no longer on speaking terms,while your junior and senior developers can't seem to agree on anything.IT and legal ...
Tags: IT, Relationship, Developer
Mac people refuse to use anything without an Apple logo on it. PC people insist that they could never feel comfortable using a computer they couldn't open up themselves, if necessary. And everyone agrees that the mobile devices they prefer ...
Tags: Office
Telefonica Digital has partnered with augmented reality(AR)technology company,Aurasma,to broaden its range of AR media services. The plan is to roll out across 25 countries,starting with O2 in the UK. AR provides the ability to liven ...
Tags: Telefonica integrates AR, media platform, Aurasma, CMS
The night watchman and the IT security guy rarely work together even though their jobs,at the core,are similar:to protect the company.At many organizations,physical and information security remain separate entities by happenstance and by ...
The IT glitch that affected NatWest,Ulster Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland(RBS)will cost the RBS Group£125m,the firm has revealed. In its half-year report,RBS said that it had to provision£125m for"costs arising from the ...
Tags: RBS, IT glitch, Ulster Bank, NatWest
Software provider Camstar Systems Inc of Charlotte,NC,USA says that Emcore Corp of Albuquerque,NM,USA,which makes components,subsystems and systems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets,will replace multiple legacy manufacturing ...
When the Financial Services Authority(FSA)introduces new rules,companies under its jurisdiction often have to invest in IT to enable them to adhere to the new guidelines. Because data is so important in finance companies,regulations ...
Tags: cloud-based, software, IT, guideline
Driven by a requirement to store e-mail correspondence in an electronic day file, Cystic Fibrosis Trust has implemented CommVault Simpana file and e-mail archiving software. The Cystic Fibrosis Trust is the UK's only national charity ...
Tags: Cystic Fibrosis Trust, e-mail archiving software, CommVault Simpana file