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HP revamps infrastructure strategy to combat uncertain demand

HP has reshuffled its server, storage, networking and data centre management product portfolio in a bid to make them more attractive to corporate buyers who continue to deal with uncertain IT infrastructure budgets. The company has conducted research ...

From MARTIN COURTNEY, VNUNet.com,  5 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Gartner, Inc.,  Opsware, Inc.,  IBM,  Perot Systems

Spotify gears up for growth

Online music site Spotify last month installed new servers from supplier SGI at its co-location facility in Stockholm to cope with growing demand that has seen its users top five million. The music-streaming service was launched in October 2008 and ...

From MARTIN COURTNEY, VNUNet.com,  29 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Intel,  AMD

Red Hat fights open source corner

Red Hat, which sells subscriptions to an open source server operating system based on Linux, posted positive results for the financial quarter ending 31st August 2009, with software subscription revenue up 15 per cent year on year to $156.3m (£94.4m), ...

From MARTIN COURTNEY, VNUNet.com,  22 Oct 2009
Related Topics: IBM,  Microsoft Corporation,  Accenture Ltd.

UK firms remain averse to e-discovery

More UK IT departments are implementing policies to manage electronically stored information (ESI) and e-discovery to help stave off potential litigation issues. But many still see little point in spending money preparing for legal requirements that ...

From MARTIN COURTNEY, VNUNet.com,  21 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Virgin Holidays

Reed Recruitment signs £10m WAN services deal

Recruitment agency Reed has renewed a contract with virtual network operator (VNO) Azzurri Communications to supply managed wide area network (WAN) services to over 300 branches in the UK, Australia and Singapore. The three year deal, worth £10m, is an ...

From MARTIN COURTNEY, VNUNet.com,  16 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Avaya Inc.

Keep Britain Tidy saves a packet with video conferencing

Anti-litter charity uses MegaMeeting to dispose of staff travel and hotel costs Keep Britain Tidy has implemented a web-based video conferencing system which has eradicated the need for many of its remote staff to attend internal face to face meetings. ...

From MARTIN COURTNEY, VNUNet.com,  14 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Scott Stevens,  Greenpeace,  Martha Lane Fox,  Rentokil Initial,  Google Inc.

Universities target aspiring CIOs

Academic and professional qualifications aimed at CIOs are few. Some universities, including University College London, Exeter, Oxford Brookes, Manchester, Bristol, Sheffield and Lancaster offer information technology management for business (ITMB) ...

From MARTIN COURTNEY, VNUNet.com,  13 Oct 2009

Knowledge is power

IT professionals rarely attain the status of chief information officer (CIO) without first gaining plenty of relevant knowledge and experience. So how can they then go on to consolidate their position through further personal development, and what is ...

From MARTIN COURTNEY, VNUNet.com,  13 Oct 2009

Preview: Gartner Symposium-ITxpo 2009

The , which runs from 2nd to the 5th of November in Cannes, will feature 54 sessions around leadership, strategy and budgeting aimed directly at UK and European CIOs. Jeffrey Mann, research vice president for collaboration and social software at ...

From MARTIN COURTNEY, VNUNet.com,  8 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Gartner, Inc.

Bernard Matthews enjoys broadband feast

Turkey farmer Bernard Matthews has signed a contract with internet provider CI-Net to deliver DSL broadband connections to each of its 40 farms in Norfolk, Suffolk and Lincolnshire. Staff at each farm need to stay connected to Bernard Matthews' head ...

From MARTIN COURTNEY, VNUNet.com,  8 Oct 2009

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