Stories by Tom Jowitt

BT commits to large fibre investment

UK carrier BT is to spend £1.5bn pounds (US$2.99 billion) rolling out super fast broadband to 10 million (or 40 per cent) of UK homes by 2012.

IBM joins in-memory database party

IBM has joined the in-memory database (IMDB) party after launching the IBM solidDB, which it claims will deliver data 10 times faster than a conventional relational database.

IBM releases ODF-based Office killer

IBM has officially launched the commercial version of its Lotus Symphony suite of productivity applications, and looks set amount a challenge to Microsoft Office in its enterprise heartland.

SteelCloud offers one-stop Blackberry appliance

Compliance systems provider SteelCloud has launched a one-stop product designed for small to medium businesses (SMBs) looking to roll out a BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) throughout their organizations.

SanDisk warns on USB drive threat

SanDisk has warned that IT managers are unaware of the extent to which unsecured flash drives are being brought into their organizations, backing this with a new study of corporate end-users and IT executives.

eBay slammed over pirated software

A leading anti-piracy body has accused eBay over counterfeit software, claiming in a new report that "at least 90 percent of all software available on eBay is illegal."

Database pioneer continues to bash RDBMS

Database guru Michael Stonebraker, one of the pioneers of the relational database model, continues to bash the way relational database management systems (RDBMS) stores data.

Ipswitch gets compliance with Standard Networks buy

Ipswitch's File Transfer division, in the UK, better known as the developer of the popular FTP (file transfer protocol) software WS_FTP, has acquired Standard Networks in order to expand its reach in the enterprise space.

Small businesses feel uneasy with the Internet

Only 16 percent of British small business managers think that the Internet has increased their operational efficiency, while nearly half think that it has made running their businesses more complex. That's according to a study carried out by the Cranfield School of Management on behalf of Pipex Business.

IBM and EU launch cloud computing initiative

IBM and the EU have launched a joint research initiative to develop new virtualization and grid technologies for cloud computing, which will enable the sharing of IT services.

IBM to combine archiving with data warehousing

IBM is to introduce new software that Big Blue claims will allow businesses to better manage the growth of information by integrating data warehousing and archiving capabilities in a single offering.

Another PC maker touts Vista downgrade

NEC Computers has launched a kit that will allow IT administrators to quickly "downgrade" machines running Windows Vista Business to Windows XP Professional.

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