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• Red Hat looks to partners for Linux in the cloud
  Cos cloud is in 'goat-herding' phase.
• HP launches six-core workstation
  Appliance uses new 'Istanbul' chips.
• No rip-off for European users says Microsoft
  But company won't explain price differential.
• Unisys looks to make cloud more secure
  New set of services to address customer concerns.
• Enterprises say no to cloud computing
  Despite the hype, few companies look to move to new model.
• Sensormetrix launches plug-and-play monitoring
  For the data centre or server room.
• Server chips fail to live up to promise says Facebook
  Intel and AMD not delivering says social media giant.
• PC shipments bouncing back says Gartner
  The end of the slowdown?

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• Why Rock was doomed
  News that Sun has axed its Rock server chip product shouldn't have come as a surprise according to analysts - it was doomed from the outset.
• Cost could hit client virtualisation drive
  There's been plenty of talk about desktop virtualisation, with several companies offering moves in this area but while there are long term benefits, the set-up costs could prove prohibitive.
• The downside of the cloud
  Cloud technology is being much talked about - particularly as a storage option. But what if there are problems, how do you cope. It's important to have your strategy in place before you commit.

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• Check-list for the economic green datacentre
  How can you deliver economic benefits in an environmentally sound manner, while addressing power and cooling issues in the datacentre?
• How to improve your datacentre operations
  Hardware, software and networks are more reliable than ever, but electrical and mechanical infrastructure improvements lag, so that operator errors, electrical and mechanical single points of failure, design problems, and construction defects are leading causes of datacentre disruptions.
• How to keep virtual test environments in check
  Using virtualisation for testing reduces costs and saves money, but environments need to be managed or they can run amuck.

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• Remote Support Solutions to Enhance University TeachingNew
  Remote support isn’t just an efficient way to ensure unmatched uptime. It can also enable university lecturers to connect more effectively with their students to enhance teaching.
• Removing Barriers to Better Server Virtualization EfficiencyNew
  This Forrester Research paper looks at the common obstacles to virtualization, and explores some of the best practices for furthering virtualization.
• Optimising infrastructure controlNew
  This paper outlines the nature of infrastructure integrity, change auditing, and compliance solutions.

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• 5 IT skills that won't boost your salary
  Technical skills may never die, but areas of expertise wane in importance as technology advances, forcing companies to evolve and IT staff to forsake yesterday's crafts in favour of tomorrow's must-have talents.
• EPEAT's progress
  EPEAT has stronger support from the US government and HP has just announced a raft of EPEAT-registered kits.
• Vista SP1 Release Candidate targets performance, reliability, security
  The just-released Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidate (RC), like the previous beta, does more to improve the internal plumbing of Windows Vista than it does to make any major changes to the interface.

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• Xandros Presto Linux
  Presto promises the 'instant-on' OS experience and it delivers it with remarkably little fuss or danger. Now why couldn't Windows have been made like that?
• Pano Desktop Virtualisation Device
  As enterprises become more interested in holding data centrally, there's a growing need for thinner and thinner clients. The Pano desktop virtualisation device seems to take the concept to the most extreme but behind the sleak looks, there's a particularly interesting product.
• Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualisation (MED-V)
  Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualisation is not a standalone product but has been developed as part of a wider programme. While it provides a viable way to bring legacy apps to the desktop, one can only think of an opportunity lost.
• VMware Fusion 2.0
  The emergence of desktop virtualisation has been one of the stories over the past couple of years as Windows user turn to Macs. VMware Fusion is one of the leading players in this field and the newest version offers plenty for the user.
• Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.0
  While much attention has focused on server virtualisation, desktop virtualisation has been the poor cousin in the corner. But Parallels' take on the technology, virtual desktop integration, is set to change all that and offer a quick and simple way to virtualise your machines.

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• Microsoft's open-source whizz under dual attack
  Being the director for open-source technology at Microsoft must be a job that's on par with sweeping up in no-man's land. Sam Ramji is under attack from an open-source community for whom Microsoft is the Great Satan and within his own company, with its long-standing suspicion of Linux. But Ramj doesn't seem fazed by his balancing act.
• The next big move in chip manufacturing
  The time for change has come, says Joe Draina, associate director of International Sematech Manufacturing Initiative, in this interview with the Techworld-affiliated IDG News Service.
• Every silver lining has a cloud
  What spooks Microsoft's chief security advisor - is no news, bad news?

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• Water-cooled servers gaining steam
  Using water to cool servers isn't a new idea, but it is gaining new converts at a time when fears of global warming and rising energy costs are making datacentre operators and server vendors search for ways to increase efficiency.
• A pair of green-IT users
  Austin Energy and WellPoint show how to grow your green credentials
• Servers go front and centre
  General Motors might be globalising its business, but in the area of servers, the auto-maker is thinking small.

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