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  IN PICTURES: CeBIT 2013 exhibition, Germany
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  CeBIT: Getting down to IT

• IN PICTURES: CeBIT 2013 exhibition, Germany

  By Hafizah Osman | 08 March, 2013 18:43

  Technology vendors were out and about showcasing their latest innovations and solutions at the recent CeBIT 2013 exhibiton in Hannover, Germany. Check out this slideshow of the general exhibition. Photos courtesy of Dominic Whitehand, WhiteGold Solutions.

• With SecuSmart chip, German officials free to talk and type securely on BlackBerry Z10

  By Peter Sayer | 08 March, 2013 16:59

  German government officials including Chancellor Angela Merkel could soon be communicating about classified matters using BlackBerry Z10 smartphones equipped with a new micro-SD card from SecuSmart.

• Huawei leans on SAP to give enterprise push a boost

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 08 March, 2013 14:18

  Huawei Technologies' enterprise division is ramping up its European presence, helped by the announcement this week that SAP has certified the company's servers to run its HANA in-memory platform. Such deals with SAP and other big software vendors will be key for Huawei to succeed in the enterprise.

• Uniscon document exchange service uses two-factor authentication, stores no passwords

  By Peter Sayer | 07 March, 2013 11:18

  Uniscon's IDgard, a service for securely exchanging documents between companies and their clients or partners, uses two-factor authentication and stores only its customers' encrypted data on the server, with no passwords or hashes for hackers to steal.

• Deutsche Telekom unveils real-time map of global cyberattacks

  By Lucian Constantin | 06 March, 2013 20:12

  Deutsche Telekom launched a Web portal Wednesday that provides a real-time visualization of cyberattacks detected by its network of sensors placed around the world.

• Adaptec demos 12Gbps Serial Attached SCSI

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 06 March, 2013 18:19

  The arrival of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) at 12Gbps will be a boon for demanding applications such as databases, according to Adaptec by PMC, which is demonstrating the technology at Cebit.

• A giant, tethered tablet: Acer shows its Android Display

  By Peter Sayer | 06 March, 2013 16:52

  Acer's DA220HQL looks like a giant Android tablet, with its 1920 x 1080 pixel, 21.5-inch touch screen -- but you wouldn't want to carry it around.

• OCZ aims to improve SQL Server performance with new acceleration card

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 06 March, 2013 15:41

  OCZ Technology has started offering to beta testers is ZD-XL SQL Accelerator, a card that uses solid state drive (SSD) storage to improve the performance of SQL Server databases.

• Cloud computing still a dream?

  By David Price | 04 March, 2011 01:58

  Today at CeBIT, representatives of some of the biggest names in IT came together for a discussion of cloud computing, which organisers have suggested could be the overriding theme of this year's show.