New company offers virtualised datacentre on-the-fly
A Spanish company claims to have developed a way for companies to improve the predictability of their disaster recovery plans and has brought the product to the UK.
Stories by Maxwell Cooter
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Tripwire promises better compliance automation
Compliance and security compantTripwire has launched a new version of its software to incorporate Remediation Manager, a feature that helps organisations automate their compliance processes.
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European CIOs say that consolidation is major concern
IT consolidation is the key issue faced by European CIOs - even if they're divided on what the main drivers are. According to a survey carried out by Brocade, 76 percent of enterprises consider IT consolidation to be more important than virtualisation and security.
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Software start-up offers easy migration to cloud
A software start-up has developed a set of tools to help enterprises move their legacy applications to cloud platforms.
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Open source projects under microscope
The world's best open source projects are going to be under close scrutiny in an effort to determine which one is the biggest game changer in the market.
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Laptop engineer trapped in TV sting
A PC engineer was caught red-handed by an undercover TV reporter in a perfectly-executed sting - even though the journalist was investigating another matter.
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Global IT spending set to rise
IT spending has shown some hefty recovery after the economic travails of previous years. According to research from IDC, global sales of software and hardware have recovered from the low point of the recession and, consequently, the analysis company has revised its spending forecasts for the year.
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VMware launches software to crack app performance problems
VMware has upgraded its application management software Hyperic claiming to offer a way for administrators to fix application problems more quickly.
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HP's butterfly design to shake up data centres
Computer vendors are keen to build on the growing pressures growing on organisations to keep their data centre costs low. HP has launched a new modular approach to designing data centres that it claimed
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Smaller businesses turn to cloud
When it comes to cloud adoption, small is beautiful. According to a new survey by Spiceworks, smaller businesses are far more aggressive when it comes to opting for new cloud services.
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More businesses turn to cloud
Most businesses now use some element of cloud computing according to new research from Mimecast. However, security concerns remain a barrier to adoption, however 57 percent of cloud users say that moving to the technology has actually improved security.
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Blue Coat introduces cloud-based analysis system
Blue Coat Systems has turned to the cloud to offer an analysis system that it claimed would improve network performance. The Blue Coat Assessment Service uses some of the functionality of its own PacketShaper appliance to provide the analysis.
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Pano Logic to cut costs of desktop virtualisation rollout
Thin client company, Pano Logic has responded to criticism that rolling out its Zero Client across an enterprise could put too high a burden on capital expense. The company has introduced a new initiative, Pano Express, across North America and is ready to bring it to Europe later this summer.
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Virtual Instruments shows the way with SAN optimisation
SAN management company Virtual Instruments has launched a version of its Net Wisdom monitoring product. VirtualWisdom 2.0 measures the effect of virtualised applications on corporate SANs, including 0 includes instrumentation, measurement and analysis tools - the basis for performance and resource optimisation.
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More functionality for massive data warehouses
Aster Data has stepped up its efforts to bring MapReduce functionality to the enterprise by launching a new library of code. MapReduce is the engineering framework developed by Google to help organisations perform detailed analytics of extremely large databases.
