Sunday | 6 July, 2008
Stories by: Jon Brodkin
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Gartner: Seven cloud-computing security risks 03/07/2008 08:00:56
Cloud computing is fraught with security risks, according to analyst firm Gartner. Smart customers will ask tough questions, and consider getting a security assessment from a neutral third party before committing to a cloud vendor, Gartner says in a June report titled "Assessing the Security Risks of Cloud Computing". - +
Dell simplifies blade server management with virtualization 02/07/2008 09:23:04
Dell is releasing an I/O virtualization tool for its blade servers, making it easier for IT managers to install new blades and swap out servers. - +
The top enterprise search vendors 02/07/2008 21:04:45
The best enterprise search products on the market come from Autonomy, Endeca, the Microsoft subsidiary Fast and Vivisimo, but Google's Search Appliance continues to dominate the market in terms of brand awareness and sheer number of customers, Forrester Research says in a new report. - +
Analysts: VMware trumps Hyper-V on functionality, not price 27/06/2008 08:42:34
With the release Thursday of Hyper-V as a free download to Windows Server 2008 users, Microsoft is drastically undercutting the prices of x86 server virtualization pioneer VMware. But while Microsoft provides good enough capabilities for many use cases, there are still numerous reasons for an enterprise to choose VMware, analysts say. - +
Flash storage gets enterprise attention as prices decline 26/06/2008 09:59:16
The little USB stick on your keychain and the memory in your iPod is fueling a revolution in the enterprise storage world. - +
VMware's CEO talks Microsoft, security, EMC and cloud computing 25/06/2008 08:53:38
Diane Greene is the president, CEO and co-founder of VMware, a pioneer of x86 server virtualization and one of the most innovative companies to hit the IT world in the past decade. Greene was in Boston last week with her VMware team, briefing analysts on new technologies that haven't been made public yet. She took some time out to speak with Network World's Jon Brodkin about a range of topics. - +
Red Hat CEO on patents, open-source virtualization 23/06/2008 13:41:12
A half-year after becoming president and CEO of Linux vendor Red Hat, Jim Whitehurst was in Boston last week for the annual Red Hat Summit. The former COO of Delta Air Lines sat down with Network World's Jon Brodkin to discuss open source, a new patent settlement, and Red Hat's moves in virtualization. - +
Blade consortium backed by IBM, Intel predicts the future 20/06/2008 11:16:02
A blade server industry group founded by IBM and Intel is predicting three key trends that will reshape the data center: network convergence with Ethernet technology; advanced energy efficiency techniques such as water cooling; and "hyper consolidation" involving both virtualization and blade servers. - +
Red Hat develops hypervisor, virtualization security tool 19/06/2008 08:55:20
Red Hat released a beta version of a Linux-based hypervisor Wednesday that can be loaded onto servers and desktop computers with a flash drive. - +
Web sites for the apocalypse 17/06/2008 11:26:07
If the Internet died, which Web sites would you want to save? - +
The world’s fastest supercomputer 16/06/2008 10:05:57
IBM, Los Alamos smash petaflop barrier.
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Computerworld Live Podcast #96: Security at the Edge 11/06/2008 09:22:22
CW Live speaks with Amol Mitra, HP ProCurve Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan. Today's topic: how enterprises are starting to shift away from simply controlling security via server logins, firewalls and moving to more adaptive security frameworks. - +
Data Management Edition #10: Multi-Petascale Systems 02/05/2008 09:12:33
This week we look at sustainability and the development of multicore technologies to build multi-petascale systems. - +
IT Security Edition #11: How to poison the Storm botnet 01/05/2008 08:51:55
This week CW Live presents a case study on how to poison the notorious Storm botnet . Plus we take a look at Cisco's plans for Ironport. - +
IT Security Edition #10: Cyber-battles fought and won 24/04/2008 11:09:47
Vendors bow to end user pressure to improve product security, and we take a look at the latest concepts shaping the cyber-battlefield of the future. - +
Data Management Edition #9: Data centre makeover 24/04/2008 07:43:06
This week CW Live looks at the death of the old style data centre which is undergoing its first makeover in more than 30 years.
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