Grid computing
Global banking brands need to re-think attitudes to IT
Time for banks to deliver IT value
Banks should be looking at outsourcing, managing suppliers and sharing resources in order to restore their fortunes more...
Grid computing Indepth
BT Group CIO Al-Noor Ramji is helping the telco bounce back
Going back to the source
Al-Noor Ramji is helping the telco bounce back with a re-evaluation of outsourcing part of the agenda more...
Adobe CIO draws on secret SaaS
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The IT chief of graphics software powerhouse Adobe likes software as a service and sees it eating into traditional ERP implementations more...
Government cloud computing must have a proper business case
Helping G-Cloud hit the spot
Cloud computing could enable an improved approach to public-sector IT, as long as the business case for its adoption is properly established more...
Twenty companies to watch in 2010
The MWD Advisors tech watchlist
We meet hundreds of interesting lesser-known vendors every year but we just don’t have room to write about all of them. Here, with the help of analyst firm MWD Advisors, are some companies worth keeping an eye on next year more...
Cloud computing, a personal experience
Some companies could move most of their apps to the cloud. Here's how one did it.
Some companies could move most of their apps to the cloud. Here's how one US firm did it. more...
Capgemini Amazon EC2 service may convince CIOs to embrace cloud computing
Several tech companies now support the Amazon.com Web services, though at different levels
Several tech companies now support the Amazon.com Web services, though at different levels more...
Top benefits and concerns of putting BPM in the cloud
Many organisations start looking to move applications into the cloud.
Many organisations start looking to move applications into the cloud. Should firms consider using business process management software in this fashion as well? more...
Jaguar Land Rover hit the Google Apps road
Luxury British car makers indicate hosted apps future
Google signed up another big customer for its Apps collaboration and productivity suite: Jaguar Land Rover. more...
Trend Micro boss Eva Chen challenges IT security and iPhone threats
Studying security trends
Eva Chen runs the biggest software company in Asia, Trend Micro. She tells us about the challenges of IT security in the 21st century more...
Grid computing news
VMware and Citrix users targetted by virtual PC start-up
Unidesk enhances VMware View and Citrix XenDesktop rollouts
A virtual desktop start-up Unidesk is aiming to improve deployments of VMware View and Citrix XenDesktop with management software that it says reduces storage costs and gives users a more personalised desktop than the VDI tools by themselves. more...
Google buys DocVerse increase its range of apps
Google to offer online Microsoft Word app
With its acquisition of DocVerse, Google is offering an online component to Microsoft Word before Microsoft does so itself. more...
VMware creates developers social media product
New Labs site is meeting place for virtualisation techies
VMware has introduced a new labs site more...
Google Apps covered by advanced backup
Data replicated throughout Google data centres
Google recently extended what it describes as highly advanced and sophisticated data backup and recovery to all components of its Apps communication and collaboration suite. more...
New British forum to give cloud a lift
But CIF survey finds plenty of misunderstandings in terminology
A quarter of British businesses don't understand what is meant by cloud computing more...
Former NSA CIO won't back cloud
Unpatched security flaws leaves cloud open to attack
The former National Security Agency technical director told the RSA Conference he doesn't trust cloud services and bluntly admonished vendors for leaving software vulnerabilities unpatched sometimes for years. more...
Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer backs cloud computing
Microsoft betting cloud will deliver
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at University of Washington about cloud computing, the company's strategy and why it's not just for techies. more...
European CIOs avoid the cloud
Only one in five thinks it's a methodology for the future says CA survey
Barely one in five of European IT managers think that cloud computing represents a game-changing change in methodology for enterprises, roughly the same proportion that believes that cloud computing is a fad. more...
EMC, Intel and VMware align on cloud security
Hardware layer locked down
EMC, Intel and VMware are teaming up to improve security and regulatory compliance in cloud computing with a proof of concept to be demonstrated at this week's RSA Conference. more...
Citrix acquire asset management company
Paglo will help improve remote support
Citrix has bought asset management company Paglo more...








