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Aviation group Expressair goes to the cloud News
30.06.2011 Expressair has opted to deploy a cloud solution from Sage that combines business intelligence with CRM. Expressair selected Enclave Technologies, a Sage Business Partner, to... -
Amazon Web Services unveils new cloud caching service News
23.08.2011 Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched a new managed caching service for the cloud called Elasticache aimed at businesses and developers who want to support high performance web... -
Mozy app brings data backup to iOS and Android devices News
26.07.2011 Individuals and businesses who want to retrieve data backed up from their home or office PC or server onto their smartphone or tablets can do so with new iOS and Android apps...Categories: Wireless Communications, Storage, Online Business, Hosting Services, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps Zone, Apps -
Amazon Q2 sales surge 51pc to US$9.9bn, profits down News
27.07.2011 E-commerce giant Amazon has reported revenues of US$9.91bn for the second quarter. However, profits were down 8pc to US$191m and the company says it expects this decline to...Categories: Software & Web Development, Media, Hosting Services, Financial Results, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business, Cloud, AppsTags: Amazon, Kindle, E-commerce, Cloud Computing, Wi-Fi, 3G, Tablet Computers, Android, iPad, E-books -
Tougher data breach code raises security awareness News
26.07.2011 Firmer data breach guidelines and the prospect of heavier fines for compromising private records are raising awareness of the need to safeguard confidential information. That’s...Categories: Security, Legal, IT Management, Hosting Services, Data Management, CIO, Business Software -
PSNI extends stg£34m managed services contract with Fujitsu News
20.07.2011 The Police Service of Northern Ireland has granted a three-year extension worth stg£19m to Fujitsu’s ICT Managed Services division, the company said today. -
Microsoft issues US$250,000 bounty for information on Rustock News
20.07.2011 Microsoft has issued a reward of US$250,000 for new information that will lead to identifying, arresting and jailing the people behind the Rustock botnet, which in its prime was...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Servers, Security, Networking & Telecoms, Internet, Hosting Services, Data Centre, CIO -
Mass expansion of TLDs not a threat to national domains – IEDR News
14.07.2011 Trademark owners rather than national top level domains are the ones who will be most challenged by the impending expansion of generic top level domains (gTLDs), the CEO of the... -
Consortium buys GoDaddy.com for US$2.2bn News
04.07.2011 Web hosting and domain name registrar GoDaddy.com has been bought by a consortium of private equity firms – including KKR, SilverLake Partners and Technology Crossover Ventures...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investments, Internet, Hosting Services, Funding, Deals Done -
4,800 websites erased in Australian web host hack News
22.06.2011 Australian domain registrar and web host DistributeIT is unable to recover 4,800 websites after a "malicious attack" on its servers. -
Celtic Anglian Water moves to the cloud News
02.06.2011 A leading environmental organisation has slashed IT administration costs and boosted IT service levels with a cloud delivery strategy for its Microsoft applications and server...Categories: Virtualisation, Servers, IT Organisation, IT Management, Infrastructure Management, Hosting Services, Cloud -
Prove cloud is green: providers urged to publish energy figures News
31.05.2011 Major cloud computing providers’ inability to provide business leaders with real energy utilisation figures to prove that cloud computing is more efficient is only adding to...Tags: Green Economy, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, Cloud Computing, CiX, Energy Efficiency, Electricity, Green -
Irish web tech firm in CMS deal with UMass Dartmouth News
26.04.2011 One of Massachusetts’ leading colleges, UMass Dartmouth, is to deploy technology developed by Irish company TerminalFour to manage its web system, which is used by 400 staff,...Categories: Software & Web Development, Multimedia, Internet, Hosting Services, Education, Deals Done, Communications -
Apple has least green data centres, Greenpeace says News
21.04.2011 Greenpeace has released its How Dirty is Your Data report, looking at global cloud companies’ energy footprint, with Apple coming out lowest in its clean-energy index due to its...Tags: Apple, HP, Cloud, Facebook, Google, Yahoo!, IBM, Twitter, Amazon, Clean Energy, Smart Grid, Nuclear Energy, Energy Efficiency, Electricity -
Philips unveils the Fidelio SoundSphere News
15.04.2011 ALICANTE – Philips revealed the Fidelio SoundSphere docking speakers, combining AirPlay capabilities and sharp sound quality. -
Global ‘Website Passport’ could boost trustworthy e-commerce News
25.03.2011 Up to 70pc of online shoppers abandon their shopping carts before completing the checkout process, because of a lack of trust in the site. Now a Waterford-based company intends...Categories: Web Development, Security, Online Business, Internet, Hosting Services, eCommerce, Digital Business -
Eircom’s data centre awarded ISO security cert News
22.03.2011 Eircom has been awarded ISO 27001 certification for its Clonshaugh data centre in north Dublin, which proves it adheres to the highest standards of information security.Categories: Security, Networking & Telecoms, Hosting Services, Digital Business, Data Management, Data Centre -
ICANN approves .XXX adult domain News
19.03.2011 Internet domain regulator ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has approved the .XXX top-level domain for adult entertainment sites. It is likely major... -
Too early to say if Rustock botnet cutoff is a success News
18.03.2011 There has been no discernable reduction in the amount of spam flooding inboxes since Microsoft and the FBI tackled the hosting firms behind the massive Rustock botnet on...Categories: Security, Networks, Networking & Telecoms, Networking, Internet, Hosting Services, Data Centre -
DAA awards €1m hosting contract to Data Electronics News
18.03.2011 Dublin Airport Authority, which is in the process of a €400,000 virtualisation investment, has awarded a contract worth more than €1m to Irish data centre firm Data Electronics...Categories: Virtualisation, Security, IT Management, Investments, Hosting Services, Deals Done, Data Centre