07 October 2008
By Patrick Thibodeau, Computerworld US
Despite the turmoil in the financial markets, consulting firms Gartner and Forrester Research have forecast that IT spending will fare better than the economy as a whole and continue to grow on a year-to-year basis. Read more...
21 March 2008
By John E. Dunn
What it is reasonable to expect from a 434Mb software download these days? If my experience with Vista’s Service Pack 1 (SP1) is anything to go by it’s tempting to say that it’s sweet to install but devoid of significance. Read more...
25 April 2008
By Joel Snyder, Network World
The world of network access control is being drawn, irresistibly, into Microsoft's orbit now that the Redmond giant's full repertoire of Network Access Protection client, server and policy components are out there in the real world. Read more...
14 May 2008
By Denise Dubie, Network World
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. Read more...
15 September 2008
IP-based SANs are on the up - and it's all thanks to server virtualisation, argues Larry Cormier, of iSCSI storage developer LeftHand Networks. Read more...
21 May 2007
By Lumeta
WindowsVista andWindows Server Longhorn enable organizations to reduce risk by implementing network security as a key component of the operating system. Large enterprises and government agencies can more rapidly define, implement and manage security policies through the use of newVista security features and functionality, such as native IPsec-based group policy definition and management using Active Directory. Read more...
27 June 2008
By Randall C. Kennedy, Infoworld (US)
04 September 2007
By Chris Mellor, Techworld
Server virtualisation and a variety of storage technologies can help to significantly reduce the number of boxes in your datacentre. There is less scope in the networking area, apart from port consolidation. Any strategy needs to take a long-term view of information processing and storage growth, otherwise you'll arrive back at square one. Read more...
12 February 2008
By Robert L. Mitchell, Computerworld
General Motors might be globalising its business, but in the area of servers, the auto-maker is thinking small. Read more...