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Logicalis Euro honcho Spirlet quits for exec role at Cisco

Turn around – every now and then I get a little bit nervous...
Paul Kunert, 06 Apr 12:49

SimpliVity slips Hyper-V into its hyper-converged party

Ready and waiting for you, sir, please do come in...
Chris Mellor, 06 Apr 08:27

AWS to crack $10bn annual sales this year says Jeff Bezos

Says all other tech companies care only about following competitors
Simon Sharwood, 06 Apr 07:39

Intel restructures financial reporting to 'provide visibility'

Not drowning under-performing products, waving happily about the whole business. Really.
Richard Chirgwin, 06 Apr 06:27

3D printers set for lift off? Yes, yes, yes... at some point in the future

If only hardware makers could print more customers
Paul Kunert, 05 Apr 14:35

The BBC flashes £560m ICT deal at hungry tech suppliers

Auntie dishes out latest slice of £2bn Atos pie
Kat Hall, 05 Apr 14:03
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Hyper-converged prospects? Thanks to firm-gobbling habit and OEM deal, Dell has 3

EMC-Dell deal Dell has three horses in the hyper-converged system race: VMware’s VSAN colt, EMC’s ScaleIO mustang and OEM’d Nutanix’s filly. Come 2017, VMware and EMC should be inside Dell and eyes will look quizzically at the Dell Nutanix OEM deal.

Salesforce acquires AI startup MetaMind

Salesforce.com has confirmed it has acquired AI startup MetaMind on undisclosed terms.

Windows 7's grip on the enterprise desktop is loosening

And so is Microsoft's as PC sales fall, making strong growth for Windows 10 unlikely

Nutanix cracks its first $100m quarter

Revised SEC filings suggest IPO ambitions are un-dimmed, as losses mount
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SoftLayer reveals per-CPU VMware pricing

SoftLayer's pricing for VMware-as-a-service has emerged and the IBM outfit has scored a deal for per-CPU licences.
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Intel executive shake-up coming, with three big-name departures

Intel's lost more Cs from its C-suite, with reports emerging that two senior executives have left and another is on the way out the door.

Brocade stirs up a Ruckus, swallows wireless kit maker for $1.5bn

Storage and Ethernet networker rides on enterprise horse
Chris Mellor, 04 Apr 14:40

Sanctions-slapped Chinese telecoms vendor ZTE swaps execs

Preps to file delayed results after US lifts restrictions on alleged Iran trade rule shirk
Kat Hall, 04 Apr 11:35

Carving up the IT contract behind £500bn of annual tax collection is a very risky move

Analysis Why is HMRC breaking up Aspire
Kat Hall, 04 Apr 11:01

EMC's virtue is its VCE, but Cisco and NetApp's Flexpods slightly floppy

It's all about converged and hyper-converged now, says IDC
Chris Mellor, 04 Apr 09:57

Microsoft lures top Linux exec from Oracle to Redmond

Wim Coekaerts' hire another sign of open source push
Iain Thomson, 01 Apr 21:58

Apple Fools: Times the House of Jobs went horribly awry

Apple at 40 Plenty of bumps in the 40-year road for Mac makers
Shaun Nichols, 01 Apr 20:34

BlackBerry's still losing millions – but hit its revenue target, finally

Android isn't exactly pulling up any trees, though
Andrew Orlowski, 01 Apr 15:56

NetApp ain't all that: Flashy figures show HPE left 'em for dust

A truer picture emerges thanks to Gartner numbers
Chris Mellor, 01 Apr 15:32

Huawei on bumper results: We owe growth to ginormous ICT market

Worldwide roll-out of 4G didn't hurt, either
Kat Hall, 01 Apr 13:27

IBM snaps up small Bluewolf for reported $200m

CRM-as-service-acquisition strategy plays out

Micron turns $900m profits into a $97m loss. Only took 12 months

Fifth straight quarterly revenue decline reverses 11 profitable quarters' trend
Chris Mellor, 01 Apr 10:36

Michael Dell takes $11m pay hit

Just need to find some more cash to make up that $67bn EMC acquisition
Kat Hall, 31 Mar 14:58

Brexit: Time to make your plans, UK IT biz

Analysis Legal Armageddon? Maybe, maybe not – but we'd better get moving
Frank Jennings, 31 Mar 14:02

EE most 'reliable' mobile provider for cities – Ofcom

Also releases postcode-checker for folk to confirm coverage crapness
Kat Hall, 31 Mar 13:19
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One pane of glass to rule them all? Vanity – thy name is cloud management

Is it possible to achieve a single view of the cloud? The more cloud services that a company uses, the more complex it would seem to get. Maybe you use a bit of AWS here, some Azure there, and some Rackspace somewhere else. That might be complex enough, but add in your own on-premise cloud solutions and it gets even muddier.
Julie Larson-Green Microsoft Corporate Vice President, Windows Experience

Mud sticks: Microsoft, Windows 10 and reputational damage

Comment So, Windows 10 isn't the saviour of the PC industry after all – and is beginning to look more like a Windows Vista than a Windows XP.
Railway line split. Pic: Ian Sane

Wobbly Acer goes two-legged to steady itself

Acer is to split into two in an effort to stabilize an uncertain recovery.

Tech's big dogs snarl at UK.gov over Snoopers' Charter

IPB The biggest internet businesses in the free world have written to the British government to politely urge that its Investigatory Powers Bill is improved.

Opinion

Chris Mellor

IDC stats reveal who's who in the backup appliance bearpit
Carry on Cleo

Gavin Clarke

Infamy, infamy, Amazon and Microsoft have all got it in for me!

Tim Anderson

Also signals stronger cross-platform tools, access to new markets
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Chris Mellor

Cometh the migration hour, cometh the migration technology
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Chris Mellor

Captain's log: Will peace remain among product lines?
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Chris Mellor

Faster flash goodness inside the VMAX data services house

Features

Apple logo. Pic: Blake Patterson
Plenty of bumps in the 40-year road for Mac makers
single pain of glass
Game of Thrones
Keep your head, don't lose it
Attack film poster
How 2006 was like 1914 for Microsoft, IBM, Oracle et al
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If we vote to leave the EU we'll all become poor and unemployed, allegedly
An explosive combination of Safe Harbor and Snoopers' Charter