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8th March 2010 Archive

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  • IBM's Power7 pitch deconstructed

    Big Blue polishes UNIX crown

    Some of IBM's Power7 machines have been shipping for several weeks, and the high-end Power 770 and 780 boxes start shipping this coming week. Now, the sales pitching and smooth talking by IBM and its local business partners will begin. What, exactly, will that sales pitch be? That all depends on what gear you have installed, …

    Enterprise 8 Mar 05:02

  • BSkyB yanks more cash from HP's hide

    Bad EDS deal gets worse

    IT giant Hewlett-Packard said on Friday after the markets closed on Wall Street that it had to knock off another £70m from its first quarter of fiscal 2010 ended in January to cover yet another interim payment to BSkyB relating to a lawsuit filed against EDS relating to the implementation of a customer relationship management …

    Enterprise 8 Mar 06:02

  • Fujitsu president was sacked, not sick

    Dodgy dealing not doctor's note behind departure

    Fujitsu has admitted that its ex-president Kuniaki Nozoe, who left the firm in September apparently due to ill health, was in fact sacked by the board of directors. Nozoe left Fujitsu in September last year with a company statement blaming illness. But last week Nozoe reportedly wrote to Fujitsu asking for his resignation to …

    Enterprise 8 Mar 09:27

  • Conservatives want big IT deals delayed

    Shadow minister calls for 'moratorium on contracts'

    Shadow minister Francis Maude has asked the cabinet secretary to postpone the signing of important IT contracts until after the election. In a letter to Gus O'Donnell, Cabinet Office shadow Maude added that a minister must justify any cases where the government decides it must go ahead with a new deal. The Conservative Party …

    Enterprise 8 Mar 10:23

  • Microsoft delivers official Word on Office 2010 'tech guarantee' plan

    Readies Maypole for biz launch

    Microsoft has kicked off its Office 2010 "technology guarantee" plan, details of which the company prematurely let slip in February. In addition Redmond also confirmed late last week that it would roll out the red carpet for its upcoming suite of office products with a business launch planned for 12 May. The company is …

    Software & Security 8 Mar 11:35

  • 3PAR tiering faster than FAST

    Supports STEC SSD too

    Faster than EMC's FAST: you can order 3PAR's automatic data moving across storage tiers software right now. 3PAR is also adding solid state storage to its arrays. FAST is EMC's Fully-Automated Tiering Technology, and it moves data at the logical unit (LUN) level from one type of storage to another. For example, from Fibre …

    Enterprise 8 Mar 13:02

  • Botnet takedowns 'don't hurt crooks enough'

    Punching fog

    The takedowns of the Mariposa and Waladec botnets last week were victories for the good guys, but security experts warn that although cybercrooks suffered a bloody nose they collectively retain the upper hand in their ongoing conflict with law enforcement and its security industry allies. "We have had significant victories …

    Software & Security 8 Mar 14:25

  • BBC protects 'unique' 1Xtra listeners from radio cull

    All gone a bit Pete Tong Logan's Run at 6Music

    The BBC has justified 1Xtra’s survival in the Corporation’s recent biz strategy cull by claiming that the station’s “unique” audience, which is made up of fewer listeners than death row candidate 6Music, is worthy of more investment. In effect, the Beeb is keeping 1Xtra - which is its "new black music network" - alive despite …

    Enterprise 8 Mar 14:56

  • iSuppli: Semi recovery a 'false spring'

    2010 revenues to barely exceed 2007

    A consensus is evolving that the semiconductor industry is going to recover mightily in 2010. But the analysts at iSuppli want to remind everyone that things are only going to feel so good this year because they were so bad in late 2008 and through 2009. The latest estimates for global semi sales for this year from iSuppli …

    IT Channel 8 Mar 16:52

  • Intel investigates after retailer sold fake CPUs

    Updated 'Sochet' LGA not as good as real thing

    Intel says it's investigating the sale of fake desktop processors by online electronics retailer Newegg in a scandal that's prompting outrage among customers and recriminations among sellers. The counterfeit Core i7-920 processor package was so crudely put together that it would have been easy to spot even by non-technical …

    PC Builder 8 Mar 21:03

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