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• Logica says cloud is 'railway of 21st Century'

  By Sophie Curtis | 29 January, 2012 07:56

  Logica has described Cloud computing as "the railway of the 21st century", claiming that the community Clouds it is building with Microsoft will help to promote sharing and collaboration among like-minded companies.

• Extreme Networks prepares to ship 'world's fastest Ethernet switch'

  By Sophie Curtis | 08 January, 2012 02:27

  Extreme Networks' latest switch, the BlackDiamond X8, billed as the "fastest Ethernet switch in the world", went on general release this week with shipments expected to go out during the first half of February.

• Logicalis picks CA Technologies for private cloud services

  By Sophie Curtis | 14 December, 2011 01:47

  CA Technologies has been selected by Logicalis UK, part of the international ICT solutions integrator, to help provide private cloud services for a number of its FTSE 250 and public sector customers.

• Virgin broadband downed after rats chew through cables

  By John E Dunn | 18 October, 2011 00:56

  The great BlackBerry blackout has been blamed on a 'core switch failure' but Virgin Media offered a more arresting excuse for a loss of broadband services that hit Scottish subscribers this week - rats chewed through cables.

• Stealth startup invents 'do-it-all' analytics database

  By John E Dunn | 28 May, 2011 04:07

  A highly-touted Anglo-US startup has emerged from stealth mode this month with a new type of database design it believes can transform the way this class of software is used by many large companies.

• Veeam adds backup support for Microsoft Hyper-V

  By Leo King | 17 May, 2011 00:54

  Virtual infrastructure management firm Veeam Software has added Backup & Replication support for Microsoft Hyper-V, in an important move in the virtualisation market.

• Open source web firewall launched by Qualys

  By John E Dunn | 17 February, 2011 06:05

  Today's web application firewalls are not up to the challenge of securing cloud systems according to security company Qualys which has set out its alternative vision based on building a new generation using open source development.

• Standards body sets out cloud guidelines

  By Maxwell Cooter | 05 February, 2011 01:43

  The US government is setting out to address concerns about security in the cloud. The US National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a draft document looking at issues such as privacy and security within cloud environments.

• Taking hold of emerging technology

  By Nadia Cameron | 05 August, 2009 15:38

  Westcon Group’s first dedicated chief technology officer, Bill Hurley, was initially appointed CIO 12 months ago and is now tasked with overseeing the distributor’s IT organisation while identifying future technologies and capabilities to invest in globally. He caught up with NADIA CAMERON during a recent visit to Sydney to discuss his background, the status of Westcon’s vendor line-up and his emerging IT agenda.

• Four considerations for SSD deployment

  By Bob Fine | 02 November, 2009 19:01

  While solid state drives offer increased performance, the key to figuring out the role they can play in the data center is balancing that performance against cost.

• Five Lessons from a Data Center's Crisis of Capacity

  By Robert Lemos | 16 October, 2009 02:31

  When the data centre neared its failure point, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory embarked on a project to revamp facilities without breaking the budget. Consider these practical lessons from the edge of failure.

• HP vs. Cisco: A data center smackdown looms?

  By Kevin Fogarty | 12 June, 2009 03:48

  Despite an overwhelming dominance of the networking business, Cisco has a target painted on its back, in the eyes of Hewlett-Packard.

• Six Steps to a Green Data Center

  By Darryl Wilson | 13 October, 2008 09:31

  Environmental issues exposed by the media and driven by consumers have placed IT departments under pressure to develop "green" data centers. Factors including the reduction of energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions in large data centers often provide the impetus for becoming green. A recent report issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) highlights the need for data center efficiency and demonstrates the increased pressure that IT departments are under.