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Windows hit by PC decline but Intel riding high
20 January 2012
Sales of Windows operating system hit by "softness" in PC market, says Microsoft, but Intel reports record year
- VMware co-founder joins Google board 13 January 2012
- New mainframe for London Insurance Market 3 January 2012
- Oracle's growth slows to a crawl 21 December 2011
IT Case Studies
When data centres collide
6 December 2011How Nomura got its data centre power allocation under control following the rapid integration of Lehman Brothers’ non-US business in 2008
- Becoming a monster 24 October 2011
- Tesco's power analytics 23 March 2011
- Towards 'IT as a service'
21 March 2011
Perspectives & Trends
Thai flooding to cause HDD shortage in 2012
10 November 2011The worst flooding on record in Thailand has hit the hard disk supply chain harder than the Japanese earthquake did in March, says Probrand
- Restricted view
23 September 2011 - Despite virtualisation, server sales booming in Europe 30 August 2011
- PC shipments drop 15% in the UK
17 August 2011
Company Analysis
Intel reveals the fruits of its McAfee acquisition
21 November 2011
DeepSAFE will work outside the operating system at chip level watching the hardware for signs of malware, says Intel CTO Justin Rattner
- Independence for Facebook’s open source hardware project 14 November 2011
- Trouble at the top? 28 June 2011
- Intel's '3D' chips keep Moore's law on track 5 May 2011
Features
Data centre power still under pressure
24 January 2012Demand for data centre capacity was tempered by economic circumstances in 2011, but power management remains the hot topic
- Centre of attention 28 July 2011
- Locking down the data centre 12 July 2011
- Criminal intent 12 July 2011
| Company | Period | Revenue ($m) | Rev Change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hewlett-PackardCo | 1Q09 | $28,800.0 | 1% |
| Lenovo Group Ltd | 3Q09 | $3,592.0 | -20% |
| Quest Software Inc | 4Q09 | $201.6 | 8% |
| Unica Corp | 1Q09 | $26.1 | -8% |
| Xerox Corp | 4Q08 | $4,370.0 | -10% |
| Websense Inc | 4Q08 | $79.3 | 30% |
* Figures converted to US dollars
More Financial Results in Data Centre & IT Infrastructure| Acquirer | Target | Price ($m) |
|---|---|---|
| CA | Cassatt | n/a |
| EMC | Configuresoft | n/a |
| IBM | Exeros | n/a |
| Chatsworth Products | Epicenter | n/a |
| Rackable Systems | Silicon Graphics | $ 25m |
| Novell | Fortefi | n/a |
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Business Applications Innovation Award
BravoSolution's e-procurement tool won the Information Age Innovation Award in the Business Applications Category
Security Innovation Award
Websense took the Information Age Innovation Award for the Security category for its integrated approach to web, email and data security
Data Centre Innovation Award
Digital Realty Trust won the Information Age Innovation Award in the Data Centre category for developing a set of standard for building sustainable data centres
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