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IT users struggle on email archiving - survey

Employees are failing to properly archive emails, according to research, because they are often too busy or too unsure of their IT skills.

Storage market thrives in down economy

The storage market is thriving despite a tough economy, as exploding digital information growth has forced customers to add more capacity and upgrade to newer storage systems that are faster and more efficient, analysts say.

Citrix upgrades flagship software

Citrix has launched the latest version of its application delivery software, now known as XenApp, following the company's acquisition of XenSource last year

Sun slips in server sales race

Sun Microsystems has been pushed out of third place for worldwide server revenues, according to analyst house Gartner, after Dell recorded impressive growth in server sales.

VMware changes mind on Microsoft support

Virtualisation competitors VMware and Microsoft have found common ground in a deal that will let customers receive technical support for Microsoft applications running on servers virtualised with VMware's hypervisor.

Sun releases beta of NetBeans IDE

A beta release of the open source NetBeans 6.5 IDE is being offered by Sun Microsystems on Wednesday.

Storage boom drives strong Brocade results

Brocade rode a boom in networked storage to double-digit revenue growth and earnings that beat analysts' expectations in its fiscal third quarter.

Intel kills Centrino Atom brand after five months

Intel has dropped the Centrino Atom brand after just five months, opting instead to use just the Atom brand across this part of its product line.

VMware CEO blames quality control for 'time bomb' blunder

Just minutes after VMware issued a patch late Tuesday that allowed enterprises to start up crippled virtual servers, the company's CEO said he was sorry for the problem.

Foundry announces Tivoli integration

Foundry Networks has announced out-of-the-box integration with IBM Tivoli Netcool software for its switching and routing customers.

Web servers produce 632kg of CO2 per year

Web servers are needlessly wasting energy and contributing to excessive CO2 emissions, according to hosting firm Amenworld

Mainframe user optimism reaches ‘three year high’

Optimism around the future of mainframes has reached a three year high, according to a survey of 1,100 mainframe users.

IBM: Virtualise now to save power

Virtualisation, SOA and cloud computing are keys to accommodating the anticipated growth of datacentres in an energy-conscious environment according to a senior IBM executive.

Gartner predicts IT sector slowdown

A weakening global economy will soon cause consumers worldwide to slow spending on electronics products, a Gartner analyst warned today.

Black Hat: Speakers question virtualisation

Virtualisation "will not save you money, it will cost you more," Christopher Hoff, chief security architect at Unisys, said at the Black Hat conference this week. He added that "virtualised security can seriously impact performance, resilience and scalability".