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Data Centre & IT Infrastructure

The rise of virtual sprawl

The challenges of systems management are about to grow with the proliferation of virtual machines.

Data Centre & IT Infrastructure

Colocation's hunger for power

Demand for rented data centre space is soaring, but co-location providers are under intense pressure of their own.

Management & Skills

One touch commerce

Banks and retailers are throwing their weight behind contactless payments systems, giving rise to the e-wallet.

Comms & Networking

Scottish Power’s network make-over

IP communications speeds engineers to troublespots.

Magazine

Security as a service

Anti-spam software is helping drive customer service improvements at Irish Life & Permanent.

Information Management

The data blame game

As organisations tackle data quality and governance, they must confront broader information issues.

Business Applications

Q&A - London Stock Exchange

Robin Paine, CTO of the LSE, on how the institution has armed itself with world-class IT.

Business Applications

Changing ERP's spots

ERP pioneer Jan Baan is making a comeback at the head of Cordys - an SOA and BPM company

Business Applications

SAP rethinks software

SAP’s on-demand applications offering, Business ByDesign, may turn the company into a mass market vendor.

Magazine

Disaster recovery provision 'inadequate'

Nearly half of all DR plans fail when they are needed most.

Magazine

Businesses struggle to find value in data

Information overload still prevalent despite content management adoption.

Business Applications

Human resources software goes online

On-demand human capital management applications grow 27%

Magazine

SMBs wrestle with online security

Small and medium-size businesses underestimate spyware

Magazine

Western Europe leads IT pay

The UK ranks fourth in global IT salary rankings.

Magazine

IT industry growth stabilises around 12%

Industry index for October

Comms & Networking

Networking industry in flux

Cisco buys into WiMax at last, while 3Com's China connection spooks US politicians.

Information Management

Microsoft still booming despite its size

Plus, a look under the hood of the business intelligence market.

Magazine

Month in review

October's news reviewed.

Magazine

Return of the king

Michael Dell plans to revive his company's fortunes by mimicking his rivals.

Magazine

Citrix finds a competitive streak

Citrix aims to virtualise Windows before Microsoft can

Business Applications

Microsoft Dynamics aims for best of both worlds

Microsoft aims to add coherence to its Dynamics convergence message.

IT Services

World Class IT Service Delivery

Peter Wheatcroft explores the concepts of quality in terms of IT service, and examines how organisations can excel.

Information Management

Second Lives

A beginner's guide to online virtual realities.

Data Centre & IT Infrastructure

A grand 3G theory

Technology desperately seeking a killer app.

Magazine

Microsoft's mind reading patent

Could a worrying patent application from Microsoft point to the future of advertising?

Magazine

Insider: Booze ruse

One New Zealand company hopes to use the power of alcohol in order to retrieve a recently stolen laptop.

Magazine

The environmental cost of airborne documents

Documents make up the overwhelming majority of global air cargo.

Comms & Networking

The unified communications revolution

Unified communications technology: productive business boon or over-hyped white elephant?

Magazine

E-wallet watch

Contactless payment cards could at last bring about the oft-predicted 'death of cash', says Information Age editor, Kenny MacIver.