Microsoft officially launched Windows Server 2012 today in Dubai, describing it as a cornerstone of the Cloud OS that provides customers with a modern platform for the world’s applications. Samer Abu Ltaif, General Manager, ...
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Intel retained the market leadership in terms of revenues Worldwide semiconductor industry achieved a slower growth in 2011 when compared to 2010 primarily due to the macroeconomic uncertainties in the US and Europe, the earthquake and ...
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ARMv8 architecture includes 64-bit execution UK based semiconductor and software design firm ARM has announced integrated semiconductor products company Cavium as an architecture licensee for the ARMv8 architecture. The ARMv8 ...
The challenge of datacentre planning Business benefits of using datacentre planning tool Researchers not chained to the physical lab anymore More than 130 researchers use the Microsoft Research lab in Cambridge to develop innovative ...
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The Computer Weekly European User Awards honours IT professionals across Europe that have excelled in their approach to using technology, focusing on the key areas of networking and mobile; storage; security; datacentre and virtualisation; ...
1.Quick information: Basic qualifying criteria for nominations: IT projects directed by IT managers at user companies and individual IT users are eligible.Vendors,resellers and VARs can enter on behalf of a customer,but the customer ...
Enterprise users of public cloud welcomed Amazon Web Services' new products and price reductions,but said that additional features such as better security,ease of use and added multiple-availability to overcome outages issues could make ...
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Kent Police has revamped its backup systems with Acronis Back-up & Recovery software that has allowed it to cut backup windows from several days long to 16 hours. Data recovery times on the mixed physical and virtual server backup ...
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Google will now be able to assure its customers that their data is hosted in European datacentres after announcing upgrades to its Google Cloud platform. According to the technology giant it is increasing its European datacentre support, ...
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Microsoft has done a lot to boost Hyper-V but the improvements do not justify switching from VMware, according to Gartner. Speaking prior to the analyst's datacentre conference at Westminster, Gartner vice-president and distinguished ...
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Security vendor Symantec,the firm behind the Norton Antivirus product among others,has warned of a new type of malware that is able to modify corporate databases. The threat,which Symantec has named W32.Narilam,has the functionality to ...
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Leeds City Council authorities have approved the construction of a network-neutral datacentre worth £43m to improve the internet connectivity and cin the region. The datacentre called DC4, will have a floor-space of around ...
Mersey Care NHS Trust has signed a £3m deal for cloud services, in a move intended to deliver around £1.5m in savings. Under the five-year contract, Mersey Care NHS Trusts' operational data and ICT infrastructure will move to ...
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UK security services have begun bridging the gap that has stopped open source software getting security clearance for use in government systems. The initiative has come too late to stop the first big contract wins delivered under the ...
Four days of non-stop manual efforts by datacentre staff at Peer 1 Hosting to deliver gallons of fuel to 17th floor generators has helped the colocation provider's Manhattan facility remain operational despite hurricane Sandy. ...
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