Stories by Leo King

Four in 10 servers are virtual, snapshot study shows

Nearly four in every 10 servers are not physical, according to a virtualisation study that has examined large businesses in the UK, US, France and Germany.

IDC: Technology consumerisation is overhauling the IT role

The consumerisation of technology in the workplace, whereby users bring in their own devices and even sign up to their own choice of cloud systems, is drastically changing the role of the IT department.

IT security regulations ‘totally out of date’

The legal framework in which businesses operate their IT and data security is "totally outdated" and dates "from the 20th Century, while attempting to tackle problems in the 21st", according to a panel of experts.

Veeam adds backup support for Microsoft Hyper-V

Virtual infrastructure management firm Veeam Software has added Backup & Replication support for Microsoft Hyper-V, in an important move in the virtualisation market.

Canonical services boss quits, in another departure from Ubuntu firm

Neil Levine, Canonical's VP of services, has quit the company and joined a small cloud systems management business.

NHS agreement with CSC ‘weeks away’

An agreement between the NHS and CSC is due to be signed in the "next few weeks", according to the supplier.

Seven in 10 businesses worried about managing cloud

Seventy one percent of businesses are concerned about managing cloud computing, according to a survey.

London Stock Exchange: What really went wrong

The London Stock Exchange has made a U-turn on the system requirements placed on data vendors such as Thomson Reuters, Interactive Data and Bloomberg, after three weeks of problems since the launch of its new trading platform.

Vodafone slams Egypt president Mubarak over text ‘hijacking’

Vodafone has accused Egypts embattled president, Hosni Mubarak, of effectively hijacking its network to send propaganda.

Visa beefs up fraud detection technology

Visa is targeting better fraud detection, through investments in modelling software.

Official report: BP oil spill IT systems lacked key alarms

BP's monitoring IT systems on the failed Deepwater Horizon oil rig relied too heavily on engineers following complex data for long periods of time, instead of providing automatic warning alerts.

SAP in another exec reshuffle

Three SAP vice presidents and a head of services are leaving the company, as part of a major management reshuffle, it is understood.

RBS worker says she was sacked for Facebook post

A Royal Bank of Scotland employee has said she was sacked and lost out on a a £6,000 redundancy payment, after she posted a message on Facebook about her upcoming payment.

SAP-Oracle feud could hurt business, customers say

Prolonging the battle between SAP and Oracle, following last week's £820 million damages award, could hurt enterprise software users and change the support landscape.

BP ignored safety software advice, investigators find

BP ignored the advice of safety critical software in an attempt to save time before the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to a presentation slide prepared by US investigators.