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Article | 19/05/2009 Microsoft confirms serious IIS bug, downplays threat

Microsoft late Monday confirmed that its Internet Information Services (IIS) Web-server software contains a vulnerability that could let attackers ste...

Article | 21/05/2009 Ozzie: E-mail, collaboration will drive move to cloud

Moving e-mail and collaboration applications to the cloud will drive the first wave of adoption of cloud computing in the enterprise, which is still i...

Article | 20/05/2009 Free tools help protect users from IIS zero-day exploit

Security and patch management vendor Shavlik Technologies Tuesday recommended a pair of free tools from Microsoft to help users protect themselves fro...

Article | 20/05/2009 New DNS bug and fix announced

Domain name registries are scrambling to patch a newly discovered bug in popular open source DNS software that could be exploited for denial-of-servic...

Article | 19/05/2009 Appro pulls CPUs, GPUs together for server cluster

Appro's new HyperPower Cluster, announced Monday, mixes the processing power of CPUs and graphics processing units to tackle high-performance computin...

Article | 19/05/2009 IIS 6 attack could let hackers snoop on servers

Security vendors are warning users of Microsoft's Internet Information Services 6 Web-server software that a new online attack could put their data at...

Article | 19/05/2009 Amazon beefs up EC2 with new enterprise-appealing tools

New auto-scaling, monitoring and load-balancing tools for Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud are now in public beta, the company said Monday.

Article | 16/05/2009 EPA gives servers Energy Star ratings

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will introduce its Energy Star for Servers program on Friday, aiming to make it easier for buyers to identify...

Article | 16/05/2009 Apacer launches new 'tough' hard drives

Apacer today launched its new Serial ATA Flash Drive (SAFD) 254 for industrial and embedded applications. According to a press release, the new produc...

Article | 18/05/2009 Emulex fends off Broadcom once more

Emulex has once again rejected an attempt by Broadcom to take over the company, reiterating its stance that the bid undervalues the company and does n...

Article | 18/05/2009 Dell puts low-power netbook chip in new server

Dell on Friday announced an "ultra-light" server that will be powered by low-power processors designed for use in low-cost laptops.

Article | 15/05/2009 Data centre managers concerned about EU green rules

Nearly three-quarters of European data centre managers are concerned about the impact that environmental regulation could have on data centres - altho...

Article | 15/05/2009 Research groups gravitate to IBM's sideways server cluster

One year ago, IBM made a play for the Web 2.0 market with iDataPlex, a server cluster designed for the needs of Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace...

Article | 15/05/2009 Flash cards promise to save time, cost on network storage

A solid state drive device that promises to embed SAN performance on a single PCIe card, bringing faster data access times, lower power consumption an...

Article | 15/05/2009 SMBs lack basic security and storage measures: Symantec

A group of surveyed small and medium businesses (SMBs) from the region lack basic security and storage measures, said information security vendor Syma...

Article | 15/05/2009 Seagate's Replica: truly set and forget

The scoop: Replica backup storage device, by Seagate, about $200 (for 500GB version; 250GB version costs $130)

Article | 13/05/2009 Microsoft to offer more goodies in free Hyper-V Server update

Ratcheting up the competition with virtualization market leader VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp. will include a number of advanced features in its upcomin...

Article | 14/05/2009 Seagate to lay off 1,100 workers

As part of ongoing efforts to save money that include staff and operating cost reductions, Seagate Technology today announced a restructuring plan tha...

Article | 13/05/2009 Samsung ships first 32GB memory card

Samsung Electronics Co. announced today that it is shipping a 32GB NAND memory card, the highest-density embedded memory card to date and one that off...

Article | 13/05/2009 Otellini: Sparc uncertainty an opportunity for Itanium

Oracle's decision to acquire Sun Microsystems has created a larger market opportunity for Intel to put its Itanium chips into more enterprise servers,...