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Cisco's Response Has Not Quelled Distrust of Its Cloud Services, Experts Said.
Dec 28, 2012A Cisco Linksys router update which connected customers' routers to its Connect Cloud service without their knowledge and the company's licensing terms around user data has recharged privacy and security concerns surrounding cloud services. ...
Tags: Cisco, router, update, cloud services, privacy, security
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The Main Thrust in Enterprise Systems This Year Has Been The Introduction of Windows 8
Dec 28, 2012The 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 ...
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Microsoft Describes The New OS,an Update to The Three-Year-Old Windows Server 2008 OS
Dec 26, 2012The general availability of Windows Server 2012 today will see Microsoft’s strongest push yet to target VMware users. Microsoft describes the new operating system (OS) – an update to the three-year-old Windows Server 2008 OS ...
Tags: VMware, Computer Products, Windows Server
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Microsoft Has Wasted Thousands of Pounds Worth of Electricity at Its Redmond Quincy
Dec 24, 2012Microsoft has wasted thousands of pounds worth of electricity at its Redmond Quincy datacentre to avoid a $210,000 (129,000) penalty for underuse from its energy provider, according to the New York Times. According to the report, ...
Tags: Microsoft, Redmond Quincy, Internet, network
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Acer Saw Sales Stalll in Second Quarter, Down 2.2% Compared to The First Three Months
Dec 21, 2012Acer saw sales stalll in its second quarter, down 2.2% compared to the first three months of the year. The Taiwanese company said it didn’t expect revenue to pick up until its fourth quarter. But Acer will start shipping ...
Tags: Acer, sales, Microsoft Windows 8, company news
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A Few Cloud Computing Definitions From IT Pros, Sceptics and Analysts
Dec 20, 2012LONDON -- Cloud computing may have become the “phrase du jour” for the IT industry but the vastly overused term still means different things to different people. Here are a few cloud computing definitions from IT pros, ...
Tags: cloud computing, IT industry, London, software, IT
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VMware Released Security Patches to Plug Critical Flaws in Its Virtualisation Tools
Dec 18, 2012Some virtualisation admins are slow to update VMware’s patches because they are afraid their app functions won’t work, however patches fix vulnerabilities and are a risk that must be taken. Despite potential threats to a ...
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The Influence of Private Cloud on IT Service Delivery
Dec 17, 2012When economic times are hard there is always pressure on budgets in every area of business operations. Indeed justifying any spend at all has become subject to ever more intense scrutiny and in IT this has been reflected by vendors ...
Tags: impact, private cloud, IT service delivery
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Citrix Helps SMEs Cope with Proliferation and Remote Support Citrix's Position
Oct 18, 2012Windows as a service Citrix helps SMEs cope with proliferation and remote support Citrix's position in an evolving and competitive market Virtual Microsoft Widows: A hostage to fortune? Budgets remain tight at enterprise end of market ...
Tags: Windows, Citrix, SMEs, growth of cloud
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IT Has Been Reactive to Business Needs a Few Years Ago and It Is Now at a Proactive State
Oct 12, 2012Software defined datacentres, cloud management and automation, virtualisation licensing, mobile virtualisation, heterogeneity and the need for IT executives to develop new skills in the cloud era were some of the themes of the VMworld ...
Tags: VMworld Europe 2012 conference, Software, Cloud, cloud computing
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Freeform Dynamics Given a Could Do Better Verdict to B2B Data Integration in The UK
Sep 27, 2012Research from analyst Freeform Dynamics has given a"could do better"verdict to business-to-business data integration in the UK and the Netherlands. Freeform Dynamics'research reveals British and Dutch companies still rely too heavily on ...
Tags: Freeform Dynamics, British, Dutch, B2B
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IT Consumerisation Has Become Commonplace, with Users Taking Their Own Equipment to Work
Sep 11, 2012There is a long history of users wanting, or needing, different tools to use in the workspace. Until recently, such desires have usually been expressed in terms of informal complaints and/or formal requests to IT to provide new equipment or ...
Tags: IT equipment, IT services, bring-your-own-device policy, personal devices
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Google Is to Lay off 20% of Motorola Mobility Workforce with 4,000 Redundancies Worldwide
Aug 13, 2012Google is to lay off 20%of the Motorola Mobility workforce with 4,000 redundancies worldwide,two-thirds of that number coming from outside the US. The company said it intends to ditch its standard phones as part of the move."Motorola ...
Tags: Google, Motorola, cut staff, mobile product portfolio—shifting
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What Will We Do If We Get The Answer?
Jun 14, 2012About 20 years ago, we were running our first data mining pilot at the large insurer I was working for at the time. I'm reminded of this project whenever I listen to the advice given in connection with big data projects. "Know what ...
Tags: large insurer, big data projects, best practice, discovery