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CIO CV: Tiffany Hall, BBC CIO
Auntie opens up
At a BBC opening up to suppliers, viewers and staff, CIO Tiffany Hall is setting standards and building platforms more...
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BBC CIO Tiffany Hall is setting standards and building platforms
Auntie opens up
The BBC opening up to suppliers, viewers and staff. more...
Book review: The Next Big Thing
From fallen giants to the next big thing
Trend-spotting has evolved from glorified parlour game to quasi-scientific endeavour. more...
Mainframe computing is set for a rebirth
The mainframe was once dismissed as outmoded legacy computing, but today there are plenty of indicators that it could be set for a major revival
Ten years ago, many people in our industry were predicting that the mainframe would be effectively dead within a decade, killed off by the rise of distributed computing, super-powerful PCs and newer, apparently more exciting options such as the client server. more...
Brokers buy in managed online back-up to remove costs
Scott Martin, head of IT at Martin Brokers, explains his strategy for cost reduction
No matter the organisation, IT management are being told to reduce costs. The credit crunch has placed increased pressure on IT to reduce its costs and lower the over-heads of the entire organisation. more...
Planning for the end of the recession
Where will it all end?
With the global recession deepening, how does anyone plan for the future? A CIO event from Gartner Group could help more...
Bill Watkins: The last words on personal storage
Spin City
Just before being ousted as Seagate CEO Bill Watkins in a typically outspoken interview with CIO UK, spoke about the future of personal storage and data security more...
The second age of e-discovery
Good governance – and the law – mandate that companies invest in e-discovery solutions for tracking down messages and files in the event of a probe
Good governance – and the law – mandate that companies invest in e-discovery solutions for tracking down messages and files in the event of a probe more...
Crude certainties: the CIO's role in cutting pollution
There’s no escaping rising oil prices and the need to cut carbon emissions. It is the CIO who can provide major answers at most organisations, writes Kim Thomas
There’s no escaping rising oil prices and the need to cut carbon emissions. It is the CIO who can provide major answers at most organisations, writes Kim Thomas more...
Storage virtualisation
With good research and the right technology you can manage multiple appliances without the space headaches, reports Robert L Scheler
Virtualisation – creating logical pools of IT resources not linked to physical devices – can reduce spending on new server and storage hardware, increase application uptime and simplify IT management. But organisations will only get those benefits if they follow some key steps, according to IT managers, analysts and other industry observers. more...
Storage news
Oracle Exadata database engine will integrate Flash storage
Servers to feature embedded drives for performance
The second iteration of Oracle's Exadata database engine will feature flash storage embedded within the server machine, eliminating the need to source data from storage disks and cutting query processing time significantly, a company executive revealed. more...
Secure storage created by scientists with magnetic crystals
1000 times more capacity
Researchers at Florida State University have discovered crystals that could lead to super security chips as well as contribute to the discovery of materials that expand the capacity of electronic storage devices by 1,000 to 1 million times. more...
HP profit up 28 per cent, thanks to Windows 7
Printer, industry-standard server and PC businesses report strong growth
HP's first-quarter profit increased by 28 per cent from a year earlier as growth returned to some of its core businesses. The results are another sign that parts of the tech industry are emerging from the recession. more...
HP upgrades StorageWorks SANs
Doubles drive count, doubles performance, four times increase in snapshots
HP announced it is shipping an upgraded configuration of its StorageWorks MSA P2000 array that doubles the drive count and adds 2.5-in, small form factor drive capability. The company also announced the availability of its SAN clustering software, SAN/iQ with its MSA P4000 midrange array. more...
IBM mainframes can predict failures
Predictive Failure Analysis in z/OS Version 1 Release 12
IBM is upgrading the mainframe operating system with new features for predicting failures and reducing the time it takes to recover from performance slowdowns more...
CIOs in Asia Pacific region will see recovery this year
86 per cent feel confident about economic recovery in 2010
Recession took everybody by surprise last year but a large number of chief information officers (CIOs) in the Asia Pacific were very optimistic about economic recovery in 2010. This revelation is apparent from a newly released report by Hitachi Data Systems, which showed that about 86 per cent of the respondents felt confident about economic recovery in 2010. more...
CIOs not adopting cloud storage says Forrester
It is almost all hype, analyst claims
Few business customers are opting for cloud-based storage despite the hype around cloud computing. more...
Forrester say IT spending downturn is over
Spending to rebound in UK and globally, analyst claims
Businesses and the public sector will begin to spend more money on technology this year, according to analyst house Forrester. more...
Boris Johnson opens London data for competition
Mayor and Channel 4 launch 'Datastore' competition
London Mayor Boris Johnson is releasing large amounts of previously unavailable data about the city. more...
EMC buys up corporate compliance specialist
Archer Technologies gets eaten
EMC said on Monday that it plans to acquire GRC (governance, risk and compliance) vendor Archer Technologies for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter, and is likely on the smaller side, as EMC said it would not have a material impact on its fiscal 2010 revenue or earnings. more...
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