Weekly Tech News Update: 10th July, 2009In this week’s show Google announces its Chrome OS, the internet survives Michael Jackson, China turns off the web, a botnet takes down government websites, Sony shows off its first netbook, and the Microsoft chooses a winner of its Imagine Cup.
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Sony unveils its first netbook PCThe Vaio W will push Sony into the only part of the PC market showing growth at present.
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Microsoft Imagine Cup winners design software to solve global problemsMicrosoft wrapped up its seventh annual Imagine Cup and announced the worldwide winners of the challenge.
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Weekly Tech News Update: 24th April, 2009
The Pirate Bay four are found guilty, Oracle buys Sun and the eco house aims to be carbon neutral.
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Panasonic aims a laser at TV tubes to improve recyclingThe company's new recycling technology more than doubles the speed with which cathode ray tube can be cut in half.
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Savings do add up: How organisations are saving thousands by adopting Unified Communications and Collaboration. 15 June, 2009 12:01
This week's CW Live podcast features a discussion between Audrey William, research director at research firm Frost & Sullivan Australia, and Craig Campbell, business unit executive for Integrated Communications Services at IBM Australia / New Zealand on why companies are adopting unified communications, and whether there is any benefit to hosting a unified communications solution in the cloud.- +
Storage Virtualisation: Increasing Information Availability and Lowering Costs 02 June, 2009 12:36
This week's CW Live features a discussion between Dr Kevin McIsaac, IBRS Research's Advisor for Virtualisation and Craig McKenna, Consulting Technical Leader, System Storage, for IBM's Growth Markets division, on why storage virtualisation is key to an organisation's information management plan.- +
Computerworld Live Podcast #100: Enterprise Cloud Computing and Network Virtualisation 25 March, 2009 13:46
CW Live speaks with Matthew Zanner, HP ProCurve worldwide director of datacentre solutions, about how cloud computing is changing the way IT professionals are designing their networks and running their datacentres.- +
Computerworld Live Podcast #99: Reducing the Costs of Enterprise Mobility 28 January, 2009 10:43
CW Live speaks with Mark Thompson, Global Sales/Marketing Manager for HP's ProCurve Networking Business, to discuss strategies for reducing the cost of enterprise mobility, including tips on securing a wireless network, smart network design strategies, and advice for simplifying the management and support of wireless networks.- +
Computerworld Live Podcast #98: The Future of Datacentre IP 18 December, 2008 10:33
CW Live speaks withLin Nease, Director of Emerging Business for HP ProCurve, to discuss the future of networks, including the effect of IP-based storage on datacentres, new capacity requirements generated by the use of 10Gb Ethernet, and how an efficient network design can slash energy and cooling costs, and help enterprises build a "green" image. - +
Verizon Business Launches New Security Program to Help Enterprises Protect Key Software Applications 10 July, 2009 13:23
Windows 7 Experts, Ensyst, Give Update On Real World Trials Of Microsoft’s New Operating System 10 July, 2009 10:00
North East Water to transform the customer experience with Gentrack Velocity 10 July, 2009 09:45
Acronis launches integrated deduplication and backup & recovery solution 09 July, 2009 15:46
Mindjet adds to visual collaboration leadership team with new Vice President of Marketing 09 July, 2009 14:34
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