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Strategy

Q&A: What happens when your cloud bursts?

Mar 29, 2010 | Comment Now

No supplier is too big to fail, says Gartner's Steve Prentice.

Networking

Shell and HP tap into oil

Feb 24, 2010 | Comment Now

Wireless sensing of world's reservoir levels.

Hardware

Q&A: Large Hadron Collider's IT environment revealed

Jan 18, 2010 | Comment Now

How CERN is processing data in a virtual environment.

Software

Systems suffer new year hangover

Jan 14, 2010 | Comment Now

Poor coding blamed for wave of system failures.

Storage

HP revamps infrastructure strategy

Nov 7, 2009 | Comment Now

Attempts to combat uncertain demand.

Software

Lack of enterprise appeal takes shine off Chrome OS

Jul 10, 2009 | Comment Now

Enterprise buyers unlikely to ditch Windows.

Software

Tools of the architect's trade

Jun 24, 2009 | Comment Now

IT foundations for a successful business.

Software

Cobol skills still prized by CIOs

May 22, 2009 | Comment Now

Cobol has long been written off as old hat, but many CIOs at large UK organisations have little choice but to carry on employing Cobol developers to maintain and enhance legacy ...

Software

Why do Brits love open source?

Apr 27, 2009 | Comment Now

UK is the sixth most open-source software-friendly country in the world - behind Australia, according to research.

Telco/ISP

Worldwide web turns 20

Mar 13, 2009 | Comment Now

In March 1989, CERN researcher Tim Berners-Lee proposed a revolutionary new system for sharing information, and unwittingly changed the world forever.

Strategy

Opinion: Tapping a rich source of IT innovation

Feb 20, 2009 | Comment Now

IT departments are brimming with smart ideas if only those in management were more inclined to take the time to listen to them.

Software

Software sector under pressure as downturn hits sales

Dec 15, 2008 | Comment Now

Poorer-than-expected business software sales have forced analysts to significantly revise their spending forecasts for 2009, while Microsoft has urged the UK government to ...

Software

Should CRM be more sociable?

Dec 4, 2008 | Comment Now

As vendors rush to add more social networking bells and whistles to their CRM products, some experts warn that users must tread carefully when venturing into online communities.

Security

Virtual machines and the emergence of virtual threats

Oct 20, 2008 | Comment Now

Server virtualisation continues to attract significant investment from organisations keen to save cost, power and space in the data centre through server consolidation.

Hardware

Feature: hot tips for virtualisation

Oct 13, 2008 | Comment Now

Migrating systems to a virtualised environment can deliver significant efficiency gains and cost savings, but it has to be planned carefully. Martin Courtney explains how IT ...