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Wyse VDA promises to speed up remote virtual desktops

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:24:00 GMT

The end of thin client latency and packet loss?

Wyse has launched a protocol accelerator can speed up remote virtual desktops regardless of the distance between it and the host data centre, helping address challenges encountered by companies using cloud computing or virtual clients in remote locations.

Sun shareholders give nod to Oracle deal

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:14:00 GMT

It's a yes...but only just.

Sun's' shareholders have voted to approve the company's acquisition by Oracle, but not by a wide margin.

Google banks on data centre with no chillers

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:00:00 GMT

But what happens on hot days?

Google has taken a radical new approach when it comes to cooling data centres. The search giant has opened a unique data centre in Belgium that has no backup chillers installed, but instead relies totally upon free air cooling to keep its servers cool.

Businesses dismiss cloud security concerns

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:38:00 GMT

We trust third parties more than our own servers say CIOs.

Business leaders have more confidence in cloud computing than the organisation's technical managers. That is according to business Internet service provider Star, which found that UK CIOs have dismissed security concerns about cloud computing.

Micro Focus launches mainframe migration tool

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:19:00 GMT

To move Cobol apps onto Windows servers.

Micro Focus has launched a platform dubbed Reuze to help small and medium-sized businesses to move their Cobol-based business applications off of IBM mainframes and onto Windows servers.

Opera slams Redmond's 'minor tweak' of Windows 7

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:37:00 GMT

IE8's off-switch won't restore competition.

The company that sparked off the EU's antitrust investigation into Microsoft in Europe, Opera Software, has slammed the way that Microsoft will remove IE8 from Windows 7.

Hope as PC sales beat expectations

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:38:00 GMT

But enterprise spending still weak.

The PC industry gained another welcome sign that things may be heading in the right direction after IDC found that PC shipments were slightly stronger than expected in the second quarter, propped up by consumer spending and lower prices.

Glasshouse offers data centre 'greening' service

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:32:00 GMT

How to get a green bill of health.

IT consultancy Glasshouse Technologies has launched a new service to help organisations get a green bill of health for their data centres, making them both more cost effective and energy efficient.

Intel revenue hit by EU fine

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:48:00 GMT

If it's hurting, it's working.

Intel's net income for the second fiscal quarter of 2009 dropped US$2 billion year-over-year thanks to the hefty fine imposed by the European Commission.