The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has announced the configuration of its 2008 Technical Council, the group responsible for providing guidance on various technical activities.

The Board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has unanimously voted to elect New Zealander Peter Dengate Thrush as its new chairman.

Storage and information protection specialist Iron Mountain has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire electronic discovery provider Stratigy for US$158 million (AU$171).

Taking a leaf out of Google Earth’s book, the NSW Department of Lands has just released a new web portal enabling anyone with an internet connection to get a birds-eye view of NSW now, or historically.

IBM has kicked off a new green initiative, announcing the launch of the industry’s first corporate-led energy efficiency certification program.

In an industry first, RAID specialist Infortrend has rolled out a new line of 2.5” SAS disk arrays that it claims offer lower power consumption and noise levels in a compact, high-density storage system.

In a landmark decision, a French court has ruled that Wikipedia cannot be held responsible for content published on its service by its users.

Stanford University’s Pande lab Folding@home project has been recognised as the largest distributed computing environment in the world by The Guinness Book of Records, largely thanks to support from Sony and its Playstation 3 user base.

With the paperless office still far from a reality, IDM’s Imaging 2.0 Conference and Exhibition put business imaging back to the frontline as a number of speakers shared their stories from across the globe.

Content management specialist Interwoven has announced that it and ICT services provider Alphawest have been selected by The Australian War Memorial in Canberra to provide a new end-to-end content management system.