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Compuware brings APM to cloud and Big Data applications

Mainframe software company Compuware has updated its dynaTrace Enterprise product to enable organisations to simplify performance management of cloud and Big Data applications.
IBM brings Intel Ivy Bridge architecture to M4 server line

IBM will begin rolling out a family of Intel Ivy Bridge-equipped versions of its M4 server expected to reduce data centre power costs and offer entry level virtualisation servers.
SAP offers mobile device management on Amazon cloud

SAP's Afaria mobile device management tool is now available on Amazon Web Services' cloud, offered as a way to make it easier to start using the platform, SAP said at the Sapphire conference on Monday.
DDR4 memory poised to boost tablet and server performance

The upcoming shift from Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) RAM to its successor DDR4 will herald a significant boost in both memory performance and capacity for data centre hardware and consumer products alike, according to IHS iSuppli analysts.
Intel launches third generation Core vPro processors

Chip maker Intel today announced the launch of its third generation Intel Core vPro processors, codenamed Ivy Bridge, designed for use in business laptops, desktops and ?intelligent systems?.
Intel introduces low-power Xeon E3 server chips with 3D transistors

Intel on Monday announced faster and more power-efficient Xeon server processors, including the low-power E3 chip that has 3D transistors and is the first server processor based on Ivy Bridge microarchitecture.
Dell and IBM announce servers with new Intel Xeon chips

Dell and IBM have announced servers with Intel's latest Xeon server chips, which will bring faster throughput and memory allowing servers to take on more complex workloads while reducing data centre costs.
Daisy Group completes £1m investment in bomb-proof data centre

Unified communications provider Daisy Group has added a 12-tonne, bomb-proof door to its underground data centre in Manchester, which houses critical data for clients including Manchester Airports Group, Racing Post and Trinity Mirror.
Virtualise the rest of the data centre, VMware recommends at Interop

VMware have recommended organisations follow up server virutalisation and virtualise the rest of the data centre and - including the network.
Arup outsources data centre to Vtesse, to cope with growth

More cost-effective than refurbishing existing space

Latest Features

From packet inspectors to WAN optimisers, network add-ons are all the rage

These days, it seems like a dozen new network "extras" - including traffic monitors, packet inspection technologies and management products, to name just a few - are launched every week, all advertising large-scale gains in performance, security and ease of use.
Cloud APIs ? Extending SOA and Web 2.0 architectures

Cloud APIs are emerging as a successful means of making cloud-based data centre resources and applications available to an array of web-connected devices in a flexible and cost-effective way.
Security concerns over a data centre in the cloud

When the company data centre moves to various cloud configurations, the provisioning of servers will need to be addressed.
Pondering Google Drive: Who owns your data in the cloud?

Google Drive raises several concerns about cloud storage. Many of these consumer-level questions - who owns your data, how data can be used and what happens if the data is lost or stolen - are ones enterprise IT executives should be asking, too.
Can Fibre Channel survive Ethernet's assault?

Expensive and specialised Fibre Channel SANs have been under assault as companies consolidate data traffic over Ethernet. With Fibre Channel disks already largely eliminated from the market by SAS, can networking gear be far behind?
Securing your hybrid cloud

The debate over public cloud versus private cloud continues to rage within the IT industry. As most organisations take an ad-hoc, evolutionary approach to new technologies, the environment over the next five years is likely to be a mixture of the two.
Microsoft System Center 2012 switch simplifies virtual systems management duties

Switching from VMware to Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualisation environment is saving money for two businesses that are also using Microsoft's System Center 2012 to manage and monitor applications and the infrastructure that supports them.
Are zombies sucking the life out of your data centre?

Goodison says zombies tend to happen for one of two reasons. The first is that a server is lightly commissioned by the business for a period of time and becomes a line item in a spreadsheet somewhere. Over time, the need for the application on that server goes away, but there is no tieback to any physical process to decommission it, or if the decommissioning process does take place, it is only partially completed.
Network virtualisation and next generation network architecture

As IT leaders try to get the best performance and efficiency out of their virtualised environments, they're realising the need for virtual networking, and often a whole new networking architecture that's designed for virtualisation from the ground up.
Greenpeace asks Amazon and Microsoft: 'How clean is your cloud?'

Activists at Greenpeace intensified their environmental criticism of Amazon and Microsoft today by posting signage near the Seattle offices of both companies questioning the cleanliness of the companies' clouds.

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