Recent articles by Ian Williams

Cisco takes service routers to the edge

Cisco takes service routers to the edge

Aggregation Services Router 1000 unveiled at CeBIT.
Ian Williams Mar 6 2008 7:00AM Networking
Hitachi tackles rogue corporate data

Hitachi tackles rogue corporate data

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has unveiled a product at the CeBIT show in Hanover designed to help companies search and retrieve unmanaged data scattered throughout the enterprise..
Ian Williams Mar 6 2008 7:00AM Storage
Green IT tops the bill at CeBIT 2008

Green IT tops the bill at CeBIT 2008

The annual CeBIT technology show kicked off in Hanover today with global warming firmly at the top of the agenda..
Ian Williams Mar 5 2008 3:42PM Hardware
Ballmer talks up the 'fifth computing revolution'

Ballmer talks up the 'fifth computing revolution'

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has used this year's CeBIT show in Hanover to highlight what he calls the "fifth computing revolution"..
Ian Williams Mar 5 2008 7:38AM Software
VMware embeds ESX 3i hypervisor into x86 servers

VMware embeds ESX 3i hypervisor into x86 servers

VMware has announced deals with almost every major server manufacturer to embed its ultra-thin ESX 3i hypervisor software into blade servers..
Ian Williams Feb 28 2008 4:07PM Networking
VMware tackles data centre virtualisation

VMware tackles data centre virtualisation

VMware unveiled four virtual machine management products at its VMWorld conference in Cannes designed to help manage increasingly complex data centres..
Ian Williams Feb 28 2008 7:20AM Hardware
Alcatel-Lucent pushes the Dynamic Enterprise

Alcatel-Lucent pushes the Dynamic Enterprise

Alcatel-Lucent is pushing the 'Dynamic Enterprise' at its annual enterprise forum in Paris, focusing on the increasing complexity of network management and unified communications..
Ian Williams Feb 21 2008 7:21AM Networking
Microsoft cuts Xbox HD-DVD add-on price

Microsoft cuts Xbox HD-DVD add-on price

Microsoft has slashed the price of its HD-DVD drive accessory for the Xbox 360 console from US$179.99 to US$129.99..
Ian Williams Feb 8 2008 6:48AM Hardware
Valentine's Day spamming up a Storm

Valentine's Day spamming up a Storm

The Storm botnet is sharing the love this week with a new spam run aimed at taking the romance out of Valentine's Day..
Ian Williams Feb 8 2008 6:48AM Security
O2 woos the enterprise with bespoke services

O2 woos the enterprise with bespoke services

O2 has launched a new professional services team to cater for enterprise customers who want to implement bespoke mobile platforms..
Ian Williams Feb 7 2008 6:47AM Telco/ISP
Remote workers ignoring security

Remote workers ignoring security

Remote workers are becoming less vigilant in their online behaviour, according to Cisco's annual study on security awareness and online behaviour.
Ian Williams Feb 7 2008 6:47AM Security
TechEd 2007: Virtualisation moves IT from physical to logical

TechEd 2007: Virtualisation moves IT from physical to logical

Virtualisation is maturing rapidly and will radically change the way firms deploy and manage IT services, according to Microsoft pundits at the TechEd IT Forum 2007 in Barcelona..
Ian Williams Nov 14 2007 7:19AM Hardware
Vendors not helping move to storage networks

Vendors not helping move to storage networks

Very few providing the tools to migrate to a networked system, claims analyst.
Ian Williams Oct 22 2007 12:07PM Storage
Xerox boffins work on selective encryption

Xerox boffins work on selective encryption

Researchers at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (Parc) have demonstrated new software designed to increase speed and accuracy when removing sensitive or confidential material from documents..
Ian Williams Oct 19 2007 2:21PM Security
Creative unveils credit card-sized Zen

Creative unveils credit card-sized Zen

Creative took the wraps off its latest Zen media player at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin last week.
Ian Williams Sep 4 2007 7:29AM Hardware
Samsung touts unified vision for the future

Samsung touts unified vision for the future

Samsung has laid out its vision for a converged user experience across the entire spectrum of its products.
Ian Williams Aug 31 2007 3:05PM Telco/ISP
SGI unveils purpose built HPC blades

SGI unveils purpose built HPC blades

Altix Ice cool.
Ian Williams Jun 29 2007 12:45PM Hardware
HP and Microsoft join forces for HPC

HP and Microsoft join forces for HPC

Supercomputers for all.
Ian Williams Jun 29 2007 12:06PM Hardware
IBM dominates supercomputer Top 500

IBM dominates supercomputer Top 500

BlueGene/L System records 280.6 trillion calculations per second.
Ian Williams Jun 29 2007 11:57AM Hardware
Computing is dead, long live supercomputing

Computing is dead, long live supercomputing

Supercomputing Conference keynote maps out the future.
Ian Williams Jun 29 2007 12:09AM Hardware

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