IT Governance Ltd, a leading cybersecurity management service provider, is warning organisations that they are exposed to ever greater risks resulting from new Internet-based threats being launched faster than ever. IT Governance Ltd, a ...
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It's arguable that two key things have driven developments in storage this year; server/desktop virtualisation and the relentless expansion of data. The first of these has led to real changes, namely the growth of flash in the datacentre. ...
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The main thrust in enterprise systems this year has been the introduction of Windows 8 as the new Windows client OS. Windows 8 introduces WinRT, a new programming model for Windows software development, as well as a new way of thinking ...
The benefits of server virtualisation are indeed quite impressive for today's server and datacentre administrators, but what about you – the storage manager? While everyone else is reaping the rewards of their newly virtualised ...
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Enterprise IT security professionals faced increasingly sophisticated, stealthy and dynamic threats in 2012, but numerous surveys revealed that knowledge and understanding of the latest attack techniques are lacking in many organisations. ...
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A good IT capacity management policy has"avoided 20 major incidents"at BSkyB in recent months,according to the company's head of capacity,Alan Collier. Further reading Storage capacity slowdown can be buffered by virtualisation,says ...
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Market dominating suppliers have been forced to get onboard with software defined networking (SDN) or face losing their customers as the trend takes off. This was the claim made by Shaun Walsh, vice-president of marketing at Emulex, who ...
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More than half of IT decision-makers have cited power efficiency as their number one priority in the datacentre for the next three to five years, according to a study of 250 IT executives. The research by Computacenter revealed that ...
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Citrix saw profits slump by 15% in the third quarter to $78.2m (GBP49m), while sales increased by 13% to $641.4m. The results follows those of rival VMware, which also saw a double-digit drop in profits of 12% to $157m, while sales ...
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VMware today announced its intention to buy Nicira for $1.05bn. VMware already dominates the server virtualisation market, but with this latest buy is looking towards a stronger play in networking, thanks to Nicira’s focus on ...
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University deploys Violin flash storage array Anglia Ruskin University has implemented a Violin 3000 Series flash storage array to support a project to virtualise nearly 1,000 desktops for 32,000 students. The virtual desktop ...
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Virtualisation can improve security, but only if it is done correctly, says Rik Ferguson, director of security research at Trend Micro. Improved security can be achieved in virtual environments because security can be abstracted away from ...
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International escrow and assurance services provider NCC Group is to acquire US-based Matasano Security in £8.4m deal. Matasano is a US security testing services provider with numerous blue chip clients particularly in software, IT, ...
Enterprises want the best value from their investments and will try to reduce costs and improve the efficiency of their datacentres in 2013, according to a study from analyst Ovum. The sustainable datacentre market will see accelerated ...
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Simon Moorhead began his career as the Bank of England’s CIO with a baptism of fire, having started in November 2008 – just two months after Lehman Brothers collapsed and a year after Northern Rock was rescued by the government. ...
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