While disaster recovery and business continuity services are increasingly being investigated and deployed, a new survey has found that most companies that have implemented failover systems are neglecting to test them.

Desktop and server virtualisation provider VMware, has announced its continuous growth is as significant as ever with a record annualised run rate of more than US $1 billion.

A global conference in Egypt has highlighted the need for the international community to step up its information systems for disaster warning systems and natural disaster recovery.

In what could be called a case of sour grapes, Microsoft is urging an antitrust review of Google’s purchase of DoubleClick saying the deal puts competition in jeopardy and raises privacy concerns.

Oracle has upped the ante again with its on demand applications, extending functionality in its Siebel CRM with new Web 2.0 features along with increased customisation, administration and integration.

After acquainting itself in the consumer space, Web 2.0 has finally become a reality in most of the globe’s largest corporations.

In a busy week for EMC, the storage giant has toughened up its information management offerings, enhancing its EmailXtender and DiskXtender software and providing seamless integration for EMC Documentum software and Microsoft SharePoint.

A number of storage vendors have come together to create a technology specification proposal for a Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoe) standard allowing storage networking technology to run over Ethernet.

Imation has just launched its latest RDX removable hard disk storage system, claiming its new kit provides easy and reliable backup, data security and expandable storage by combining features from both tape and hard disk backup.

Taking a swipe at Adobe’s Flash, Microsoft is showing off its new cross-browser, cross-platform next generation media plug-in that it says marks a step forward in rich interactive web application delivery.