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  • IBM to Acquire Solid Information Technology

    In another bid to boost its information on-demand portfolio, and its 12th acquisition of the year, IBM has announced that it is acquiring the privately held in-memory database software developer Solid Information Technology.

  • Dell Picks Networked Storage for Christmas

    With Christmas just gone and the new year approaching, it appears that many firms are hard at work despite the holidays, with Dell another of several IT heavyweights announcing acquisitions in the final days of 2007, in this case the data ...

  • QuickBooks Users Launch Class Action Over Data Loss

    Intuit, the developer of QuickBooks Pro is under fire from its customers after deploying a faulty automatic product update that is alleged to have deleted purchase orders, spreadsheets and a host of other sensitive business data.

  • Intel Shrinks SSDs

    Intel has taken another big step forward with its solid state memory capabilities, announcing a new generation of flash storage chips that can cram 16GB of data in the same area as a small coin.

  • ‘Last out? Lights out!’ says AIIA

    As the Christmas break approaches the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has sent out a reminder that being green over the holiday period should begin before leaving work.

  • Opinion: Facebook the Insidious Spawn That Won’t Let Go?

    Unless you’ve been living under a rock or shielding your ears in blissful ignorance you’ve no doubt heard about the social networking phenomenon that is Facebook, but what you may not know is that joining the site is much like joining the ...

  • Most PC Users Unaware of Online Productivity Apps

    While online productivity suites are being hailed as the next big thing by many ICT commentators, it appears that services such as Google Docs and Zoho have a long way to go to spread the word among PC users.

  • Microsoft Releases Virtualisation Beta Early

    In another break from tradition following the early release of Office 2007 SP1 last week, Microsoft has squeaked out the first public beta of its virtualisation technology well in advance of the early 2008 data originally planned.

  • Onara Updates Virtualisation Offerings

    Virtualisation specialist Onaro has rolled out a range of new products aimed squarely at data centre storage automation, claiming it can help virtualised data centres further integrate storage with IT operations.