Major cloud providers such as Google, Amazon and Facebook will "gobble up" the competion as smaller providers struggle to compete with what the giants have to offer. That's what Josko Grljevic, information systems director for ...
Smartphones are set to become the main device for enterprise users in the future, taking over from desktops and laptops. That's the result of a recent Computing poll, which also placed wearable technology such as the imminent Google Glass ...
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After three years, OpenStack has grown into a true enterprise proposition, according to Rackspace VP of Technology and Products, Nigel Beighton, with a user community growing as the technology matures into a viable option for data centre ...
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Decreased processing speeds, unexpected freezes and shutdowns, and even permanently fried hardware have been afflicting readers (and staff) of Computing in the past week as the UK's heatwave shows no sign of abating. Here are our top 10 ...
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Cisco is building a router for the Internet of Everything, the company's initiative to connect the billions of devices – or 99 percent of the world – that it claims?isn't already connected. As disclosed at?Cisco Live?three ...
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The global outsourcing market will reach $288bn in value this year, according to analyst group Gartner. The figure represents a modest increase of 2.8 per cent - 5.1 per cent in "constant currency" - compared to 2012. "Nearly all ITO ...
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The US has blocked proposals for tough new global rules intended to reduce the tax avoidance policies of multinational companies, such as Apple, Amazon and Google. Instead, watered down proposals will be presented to the G20 summit this ...
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With major parts of the US under an intense heat wave, opting for less cooling may seem like a bad idea. But it isn't. The US General Services Administration, as part of data centre consolidation and efficiency efforts, has recommended ...
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A recent study conducted by Vanson Bourne on behalf of Brocade has revealed that, although data centre virtualisation and cloud computing are being widely embraced, IT managers across the world are struggling to make their networks meet ...
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The IT glitch that caused delays to flight across southern England today - especially into and out of the main London airports at Heathrow and Gatwick - has been fixed, claims NATS (formerly National Air Traffic Services), the UK's air ...
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Microsoft executive Don Mattrick as left the Seattle company to join social games firm Zynga as CEO, with Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer stepping in to fill the vacant position of head of interactive entertainment. It's a move that ...
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Global growth in IT spending is slowing, according to analyst group Gartner, which forecasts that total spending in 2013 will amount to $3.7 trillion, an increase of just two per cent on the $3.6 trillion that it believes was spent ...
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Cisco today announced that 50 schools involved in Azerbaijan's?e-School project have deployed a unified distance learning system based on?Cisco Enterprise Networks. The solution provides the schools with secure and reliable access to data ...
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Cisco today unveiled its vision for the next-generation data centre, which it calls application-centric infrastructure. The networking firm said its architecture aims to transform data centres to better address the demands of new and ...
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Cisco Catalyst 6800 Switch Series Cisco today revealed a major product refresh for its enterprise network portfolio,calling it the"the biggest network announcement in years". The new products,which include the Catalyst 6800 switching ...
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