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MoD extends £3.5 billion battlefield satellite communications deal

The Ministry of Defence has extended a deal with EADS, to use a fourth satellite that will provide communications and data to troops in the field. The total value of the deal is now £3.5 billion.

IBM offers de-duplication for mainframes

IBM has launched an appliance that de-duplicates data being backed up for mainframes, offering as much as a 25:1 data reduction ratio.

IBM mainframes can predict failures

IBM is upgrading the mainframe operating system with new features for predicting failures and reducing the time it takes to recover from performance slowdowns

SGI brings supercomputing to the masses

SGI is extending the reach of supercomputing power. The company is rolling out what it claims is the first hosted supercomputing service on the market.

Shell standardising operations in $3bn saving drive

Shell standardising operations in $3bn saving drive

Royal Dutch Shell is driving forward an aggressive standardisation, simplification and offshoring programme in an effort to slash $3 billion (£1.9 billion) from costs.

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Facebook to build energy efficient data centre

Facebook's first custom data centre will use energy-efficient technologies and help maintain performance levels for the site's growing legion of users.

Data centre plays major role in Avatar

The futuristic world and blue creatures in the hit movie Avatar have their roots in an unusual data centre situated in Miramar, a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand.

Half of all data centres understaffed, says Symantec

Fifty percent of IT executives say their data centres are understaffed, and companies are still looking for more ways to cut costs, according to Symantec's latest report.

HSBC mainframe crash floors ATMs

HSBC mainframe crash floors ATMs

HSBC cash machines stopped functioning for nearly four hours on Friday, after one of the bank’s mainframes crashed.

IBM offers Linux mainframe on the cheap

IBM has expanded its server lineup with a new mainframe system designed just for Linux that may be aimed, in particular, at higher-end x86 systems.

Big Bang machine smashes world record

After a year in drydock, the Large Hadron Collider returned to action and quickly became the world's most powerful matter-rending machine.

Scottish supercomputer fired up

The University of Strathclyde has turned on a powerful new supercomputer designed to help its Faculty of Engineering tackle complex problems in materials, fluid dynamics and design.

Al Gore says green supercomputing can save planet

Supercomputing technology, according to Al Gore, will aid the expansion of renewable energy use and create models that help people understand the severity of global warming.

Japanese government to drop supercomputer funding

An ambitious plan by Japan to build the most powerful computer in the world stands on the brink of collapse this week after a government panel recommended funding for the project be virtually eliminated.

Asus builds supercomputer with 960 Nvidia GPU cores

Asustek Computer unveiled its first supercomputer on Monday, the desktop computer-sized ESC 1000, which uses Nvidia graphics processors to attain speeds up to 1.1 teraflops.

IBM faces two legal tangles

IBM's lawyers have a busy winter ahead of them as Big Blue attempts to fight off antitrust accusations related to its mainframe business and an IBM employee faces allegations of insider trading.

IBM plots business hardware update

IBM executives outlined the company's plans to unveil new hardware systems next year in discussions after announcing third quarter financial results.

IBM sales drop, but profits rise

Citing improved profit margins and a stabilising IT spending environment, IBM revised its 2009 earnings estimates upward, even as the company's revenue dropped.

US House of Representatives decommissions its last mainframe

The US House of Representatives has taken its last mainframe offline, signalling the end of a computing era in Washington, DC.

IBM PureScale boosts transaction processing

IBM is taking on Oracle over clustered databases with DB2 PureScale, a new offering that, the company claimed will help enterprise grow their computing needs more efficiently.

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