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Dresdner Kleinwort moves datacentre out of London

Dresdner Kleinwort is moving a key datacentre out of London's Docklands area, in a bid to cut energy bills and improve power reliability.

Microsoft partners with Micro Focus to boost Cobol on Windows

Micro Focus and Microsoft have sigend an agreement to bolster efforts to enable Cobol-based mainframe applications to run on Windows and also plan a version of CICS for .Net.

Microsoft struggles with Windows Server update problems

Microsoft is investigating two-week-old reports from users unable to update client PCs using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).

Dell sharpens blade installs with FlexAddress

Dell has released an I/O virtualisation tool for its blade servers, making it easier for IT managers to install new blades and swap out servers, the company says.

IT buyers 'won't pay a premium' for green products

IT organisations are reacting against a tightening economy and a perceived vendor "greenwash" by saying they are not prepared to sacrifice hardware performance for environmental considerations.

Microsoft prepares users for early release of Hyper-V

Microsoft is set to launch its Hyper-V virtualisation technology tomorrow, two months ahead of the company's own deadline.

Fujitsu launches £44 million Green datacentre

Fujitsu has opened a £44 million green datacentre in a former warehouse, which it claims will use half the energy of current datacentres.

HP enters de-duplication fray with new tools

Hewlett-Packard has launched de-duplication software designed to speed up and simplify data backup operations in its high-end and midrange disk-based backup systems.

Gartner: The seven deadly sins of virtualisation

Virtualisation can be a great boon to any IT department but, according to Gartner analysts it brings with it potentially nasty side effects.

Free search tool for virtual environments launched

Virtual management start-up Hyper9 has taken the covers off its company and upcoming free software download that is designed to help virtual systems administrators search for meaningful data across virtual and physical machines.

Hitachi and HP sharpen their blades

Hewlett-Packard and Hitachi have revamped their range of blade servers. Hitachi's new products use the latest Intel chips while HP has created a specially configured appliance that can handle demanding data-warehouse workloads.

Cisco revamps virtualisation for datacentre products

Cisco Systems has announced new data centre virtualisation software that builds on a Data Center 3.0 programme it launched a year ago.

HP to users: We will support 'old' systems

The ears of attendees at Hewlett-Packard's annual technical conference seemed to perk up last week when HP CIO Randy Mott said that many companies are spending too much to keep ageing systems running.

Software makes virtual servers a moving target

Carefully managed virtual servers can make the job of attackers more difficult by reducing the time that any one version of a server is exposed to the Internet, according to a George Mason University professor who has developed software that phases virtual servers in and out of use.

Red Hat Summit panel: Who 'won' OOXML battle?

A Microsoft official said Wednesday that Open Document Format (ODF) has clearly benefited from the two-year fight over the OOXML standard.

Microsoft releases near-final beta of HPC Server 2008

Microsoft Wednesday said it plans to release at the end of the month another beta of its Windows HPC Server 2008 and that the final version will ship by year-end.

New Intel CIO plans cloud computing trials

Incoming Intel CIO Diane Bryant will network with fellow information chiefs, examine cloud computing and advocate using the chip giant’s internal operations as a test-bed for product development in her new role.

HP adding solid-state memory to its servers

Hewlett-Packard and startup Fusion-io Wednesday announced plans to jointly enable the latter's solid-state memory technology to run across HP server products.

Red Hat transforms virtualisation offering

Red Hat has released a beta version of a Linux-based hypervisor that can be loaded onto servers and desktop computers with a flash drive.

IBM launches green datacentre challenge to Sun

IBM is set to announce a modular datacentre designed to reduce energy consumption. The Enterprise Modular Datacentre, essentially a datacentre in a box will be offered in sizes ranging from 5,000 to 20,000 square feet, set to compete with Sun's own Modular Datacentre.

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