Stories by: Tom Jowitt

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    Quantum ships backup module for virtual servers 24/07/2009 04:15:00

    With virtualisation being increasingly rolled out across many data centres and server rooms, Quantum has this week begun shipping a module that will allow for the backup and restoration of VMware ESX virtual servers on its DXi-Series of disk backup systems.
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    London servers crash after data centre overheats 03/06/2009 00:41:00

    The spate of hot weather in the UK claimed a notable scalp after a London data centre experienced a cooling failure, which caused several servers to overheat and crash.
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    Users set to ditch tape for online storage 26/05/2009 08:23:00

    Users are set to ditch tape as a storage medium as one in 10 businesses have lost data following a failure of a tape backup system.
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    Greenplum touts super-quick data loading 18/03/2009 08:22:00

    Greenplum has released new technology which it says can speed the loading of data into large scale databases, without compromising overall performance.
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    Organisations struggling with data centre build costs 02/03/2009 10:39:00

    The high costs associated with building a new data centre are coming at a time when more and more companies are facing running out of data centre capacity.
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    Fujitsu Siemens adds 'kill pill' to laptops. 01/12/2008 07:46:00

    Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC) is to offer a security bundle for its customers that will allow them to locate their laptops, as well as protect confidential data, in case of theft.
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    IBM supercomputers rated most energy efficient 25/11/2008 10:32:00

    Supercomputers from IBM are more energy efficient than supercomputing iron from rival vendors, according to latest research from The Green500.org.
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    Ancient IBM drive rescues Apollo moon data 13/11/2008 15:12:00

    Valuable mission data gathered by NASA's Apollo missions to the moon forty years ago looks like it may be recovered thanks to a donation of an ancient IBM tape drive by a Sydney computer society.
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    Avanade offers data centre ROI calculator 03/11/2008 11:51:00

    Microsoft integrator Avanade has developed a tool that will assist organizations looking to measure the ROI (return on investment) that can be achieved when optimizing their data centers.
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    Technology replaces buried cable with fiber 13/08/2008 09:30:43

    A company is offering a unique and less-invasive cable replacement technology, which could prove useful for carriers looking to replace their aging copper infrastructure with fiber, without incurring the cost and disruption of digging up the old cabling.
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    Study finds huge rise in malware this year 21/07/2008 08:23:13

    Malware has risen by a staggering 278 percent in the first half of 2008, thanks in part to the large number of websites comprised last month, so says a new study by ScanSafe. And it warns that things are only going to get worse, especially after Dan Kaminsky goes public with details about his 20 year-old DNS vulnerability.
 
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