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22 March 2010

NEWS

Multicore chips call for OS redesign: Windows architect

19 March 2010

Microsoft engineer has suggested that operating systems may need a fundamental redesign if the benefits of multicore processors are to be realised

Siemens to slash 4,200 IT jobs

18 March 2010

IT services and telecoms group to shed thousands of IT positions in latest cost-cutting drive

Lords report questions EU engagement with business in cyber-attack prevention

18 March 2010

As the US proposes bill to permit intelligence agencies to share information with infrastructure providers, a House of Lords investigation has found EU engagement with private sector to be lacking

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Stacked up

The IT industry’s largest suppliers are returning to the old model of selling pre-integrated system stacks. But this time it may help their customers, not hinder them

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Highlights

Data Centre & IT Infrastructure

UK leads the way in server virtualisation

Enterprise organisations in the UK are steaming ahead in terms of sever virtualisation adoption, industry research has found

Security & Continuity

Check Point enjoys high margin on security

Security software vendor Check Point is successfully capitalising on the move to cloud computing and virtualisation

Comms & Networking

Unified communications market to hit $1bn by 2013

A recovery in the world’s economies will encourage a significant upturn in unified communications revenues, according to study

Data Centre & IT Infrastructure

Preview | Global Technology Review 2010

Information Age’s Global Technology Review 2010, previewed here, details one of the IT industry’s toughest years

Management & Skills

Post-recession CIO

Chief executives see IT as a driver for revenue growth as the economy recovers, but IT leaders cannot expect things to return to how they were

Management & Skills

Agile in the enterprise

The Agile methodology is becoming mainstream in the world of software development, but it can still clash with corporate culture

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