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• HP, IBM, CA deliver powerful toolkits

  A network that measures downtime in millions of dollars per minute (or per second!) needs a serious, enterprise-level network management tool. Nothing less will do.

• How to protect online transactions

  The trusty telephone is emerging as one of the key elements in new multifactor authentication schemes designed to protect online banking and other web-based financial transactions from rapidly evolving security threats.

• Post-merger Vodafone, 3 unify project management

  With 5000 staff, 600 stores, 7.5 million customers and $4.4 billion in revenue, the merged Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has consolidated its project management office around one core application which it is now integrating with other business systems.

• 2011: Year of the tablet PC

  If the emergence of iPads, like a plague upon the land, through the latter half of 2010 wasn’t warning enough, the slew of devices released at the CES expo in Las Vegas should leave you with no doubt that 2011 will be the year of the tablet PC.

• So you think you know virtualisation?

  So you've heard about or already deployed virtualisation and don't really need any more info? Yeah, right.

• CA reframes business units, changes leadership

  CA Technologies has announced the realignment of five business units, appointing new unit heads to spruik its new brand and help it find direction in the Australian marketplace.

• CA selling off information governance software to Autonomy

  CA Technologies is selling off its information governance software portfolio to Autonomy for an undisclosed sum.

• CA World: Cloud computing is new turning point, says CEO

  Cloud computing marks a new "inflexion" point in the IT industry, according to CA Technologies.

• CA changes name, again

  For the second time in five years, CA has changed its name.

• CA local job cuts uncertain

  The fate of 650 local CA employees is uncertain as the IT management software company prepares to axe 1000 positions globally.

• CA cutting 1000 jobs

  CA is planning to cut about 1000 jobs, or roughly 7.7 percent of its workforce, according to a document filed Tuesday with the US Securities & Exchange Commission.

• IDC: Storage software market has typical fourth quarter jump

  According to IDC Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker, the worldwide storage software market experienced a slight increase in year-over-year growth in the fourth quarter of 2009 (Q4- 09) with revenues of $US3.09 billion, representing 0.5 percent growth over the same quarter one year ago, as well as 6.3 percent growth from the previous quarter (Q3-09).

• CA to buy Nimsoft

  CA said Wednesday it has signed a deal to buy IT performance monitoring vendor Nimsoft for US$350 million.

• CA continues cloud computing buying spree

  CA on Wednesday announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire for an undisclosed sum a company called 3Tera, a move that industry watchers say will equip the management software maker with tools to offer customers a smoother transition to private and public cloud computing.

• CA brings SOA security to open source JBoss

  CA has announced its SiteMinder and SOA Security Manager products are now available for the open source JBoss middleware platform.