IDC: Q3 server sales were crap
3 Dec 2008 7:43pm GMT But not as crap as 2001 When you are very sick and you are trying to find out what is wrong, you get a second opinion from another doctor - and so it is with the quarterly market statistics tracking server shipments and sales. Gartner usually comes first, and then IDC follows in quick succession with a slightly different set of public stats. Together, the Gartner and IDC figures give those of us on the outside of vendor walls a sense of how healthy or sick the server business is.…
SonicWALL licensing snafu short-circuits protection
3 Dec 2008 7:32pm GMT Reset to FAIL SonicWALL has apologised for a license server outage that left some customers without firewall or email filtering protection for hours yesterday.…
HP, EDS slash internal spending
3 Dec 2008 7:26pm GMT Says leaked memo HP owes EDS more than a little thanks for its respectable fourth quarter. But that hasn't stopped the IT giant from putting the financial squeeze on its new acquisition.…
Windows 7 first beta due January 2009
3 Dec 2008 7:24pm GMT Christmas confusion clarified Microsoft has dashed hopes of a December release for Windows 7's first beta, having created initial confusion on this important code drop.…
Berlusconi plans to use G8 presidency to 'regulate the internet'
3 Dec 2008 4:59pm GMT Forza Italia? Italian president and media baron Silvio Berlusconi said today that he would use his country's imminent presidency of the G8 group to push for an international agreement to "regulate the internet".…