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  • Why software-defined security is essential in a virtualised environment

    Virtualisation is widely accepted to be the most effective way to improve efficiency and reduce running costs in the data centre. But the issues of security and compliance within a virtualised environment continue to make many enterprise IT managers nervous about the technology.

  • Novell CEO plots company's return

    Two decades ago, Novell's network operating system software was almost ubiquitous in the enterprise. Now, its current president wants to restore Novell to a similar level of prominence.

  • Skeptcism follows Cisco-IBM led OpenDaylight SDN consortium

    If you're skeptical about the intentions of the OpenDaylight SDN consortium, you're not alone.

  • Cisco acquisition highlights growing interest in small cells

    Operators and telecom equipment vendors are showing a growing interest in small cells, which aim to give users improved coverage and speeds.

  • How NFC is transforming the weekly shopping experience

    Retailers have been talking about enabling consumers to pay for groceries using their mobile phones for years but, in reality, the mobile payments revolution is still some way off.

  • The rise of cloud-based IDEs

    Development tools in the cloud enable programming from anywhere, but they're not suited for all app dev needs

  • The programmable enterprise has arrived

    The programmable enterprise has arrived, with businesses in almost every market sector using application programming interfaces (APIs) to open up their software assets and encouraging developers to innovate using the infrastructure that they would not normally have access to.

  • What's in a top-level domain name?

    The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is currently in the process of evaluating 1,930 applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), in the hope of ushering in a new era for the Internet and enabling organisations to register domains such as .shop or .bank alongside existing gTLDs like .com and .org.

  • Spiceworks: IT procurement models must adapt or die

    Spiceworks continues to grow in popularity, with a user base of 2.4 million and aspirations to grow to 3 million by the final quarter of this year. But providing a platform that caters to the needs of both IT professionals and vendors is a tricky business, according to co-founder Jay Hallberg.

  • Tape storage finding new life in the enterprise and beyond

    Long considered slow and outdated, tape is holding on in many enterprises that need cost-effective, long-term storage, and it's even finding new applications in the virtualised and increasingly video-centric world of IT.





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