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Article | 4/03/2013 IDC says tech spending will grow by 6 per cent this year, the same rate as 2012

IDC is predicting a growth rate of 6 per cent in IT spending in the US this year, an amount that's virtually unchanged from last year.

Article | 24/10/2012 Windows 8 in the enterprise? Not next year, says Gartner

Enterprises will not be moving quickly to adopt Windows 8, and most will skip next year, according to market research firm Gartner.

Article | 13/03/2012 White House CIO's first 40 days included 'worst day' ever

PHOENIX - Here are two facts about Brook Colangelo 's job as the CIO of the Executive Office of President.

Article | 12/10/2011 IBM takes its BI capabilities into the data center

IBM is taking its business analytics capabilities down a new path by making them available to IT organizations to monitor and predict issues with syst...

Article | 28/09/2011 Salaries rise for engineers despite higher unemployment

Salaries for engineers have been increasing, despite a weak economy and a higher than normal rate of unemployment for this group, according to the IEE...

Article | 22/09/2011 Ousting Apotheker may add to disruption at HP, say analysts

The man Hewlett-Packard hired just one year ago to build its software and cloud computing businesses, as well as take on Apple with a WebOS-powered ta...

Article | 21/09/2011 Business paper use remains high

Businesses aren't rushing to create paperless offices; in fact, some are relying on paper documents more than ever, according to a new study by CompTI...

Article | 15/09/2011 Server virtualization pushes storage demand to new highs

In 2001, VMware delivered its first virtualization products for x86 servers, setting off what has become one of today's biggest tech trends. But the b...

Article | 8/08/2011 Subway picks cloud software for usability

Subway, a fast-food franchise operation with 35,000 restaurants worldwide, expected to host a new, mission-critical financial system at its own data c...

Article | 28/07/2011 Cloud security fears exaggerated, says federal CIO

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is not afraid of the public cloud.

Article | 9/08/2011 Cloud Fears Are Overblown, Says U.S. CIO

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security isn't afraid of the public cloud.

Article | 5/08/2011 Former Microsoft exec, Obama donor named new U.S. CIO

WASHINGTON - Longtime Microsoft executive Steven VanRoekel is set to become the nation's second federal CIO, replacing outgoing federal CIO Vivek Kund...

Article | 7/07/2011 Energy hogs: Servers vs. desktops vs. set-top boxes

Set-top boxes supplied by cable companies are likely using more power than desktop and laptop computers, and about 25 per cent of the power used by a ...

Article | 16/07/2011 What is Cloud.com worth?

Citrix Systems this week bought Cloud.com, a 70-employee start-up that makes cloud infrastructure software. At the same time, it acquired what may be ...

Article | 12/07/2011 Meet IBM's new $75,000 mainframe

IBM never talks about the cost of its high-end mainframes, but when it comes to its low-end mainframe, price is a major focal point.