Computerworld UK Infrastructure

Cumbrians lose broadband after public subsidy cut

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:30:00 GMT

Part of Cumbria is to be cut off from broadband next month as public subsidies to operate it have run out, putting the microscope on government policy to help deliver basic broadband to every UK home.

BT accused of UK broadband monopoly

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Chris Martin — Thu, 24 May 2012 09:36:00 GMT

BT may have to split into two companies after being warned it is making a monopoly out of superfast broadband.

SkyTree in Tokyo is world's tallest broadcast tower

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Jay Alabaster — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:55:00 GMT

Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcast tower, officially opened to the public this morning.

AMD to improve HD video and 3D graphics with R-series processors

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah — Tue, 22 May 2012 09:19:00 GMT

AMD aims to improve the quality of high-definition video and 3D graphics on equipment in casinos and hospitals with its new R-series processors, which Advanced Micro Devices announced yesterday.

Investors pouring funds into Big Data vendors

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Jaikumar Vijayan — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:35:00 GMT

In recent months, top venture capital firms have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into companies that make products designed to manage so-called big data, generally defined as very large and diverse sets of structured and unstructured data gathered from a websites, clickstreams, email messages, social media interactions and the like.

Data centre outsourcing set to grow in Europe

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Derek du Preez — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:46:00 GMT

Data centre outsourcing in Europe is set to surge, according to BroadGroup Consulting’s fourth annual report on data centres in Western Europe.

Leeds NHS trust simplifies IT to improve patient data access

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas — Sun, 20 May 2012 13:15:00 GMT

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is unifying its IT infrastructure to reduce costs and improve patient care.

UK investment banks point to in-memory analytics to tackle big data

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Derek du Preez — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:50:00 GMT

Big data is increasingly being seen as a significant problem by the UK’s investment banks, where 67 percent believe that in-memory analytics will be the predominant architecture deployed within the next three years to help tackle it.

UK investment banks point to in-memory analytics to tackle big data

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Derek du Preez — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:50:00 GMT

Ticketmaster targets more reliability with data centre monitoring software

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Anh Nguyen — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:00:00 GMT

Ticketmaster, the ticketing platform used by the London 2012 Olympic Games, has awarded a contract to nlyte Software for data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) services.

NASDAQ fines Morgan Stanley over coding error in trading software

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Derek du Preez — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:02:00 GMT

Morgan Stanley International has been fined £35,000 by NASDAQ OMX Stockholm after a coding error in its algorithm software caused unusual volatility in the market on 30th November last year.

Research Councils reveals plans for £33m supercomputer investment

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Derek du Preez — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:45:00 GMT

Research Councils UK (RCUK) has revealed plans to invest up to £33 million in a government-backed high performance computing facility (HPC) that aims to help position the UK at the forefront of supercomputer research.

IBM M4 server line now with Intel Ivy Bridge processors

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Jon Gold — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:07:00 GMT

IBM will begin rolling out a family of Intel Ivy Bridge-equipped versions of its M4 server expected to reduce data centre power costs and offer entry level virtualisation servers.

Insurers spend over £100m on preparing data for Solvency II

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Derek du Preez — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:10:00 GMT

Some of the UK’s biggest insurance companies are spending in excess of £100 million in organising their data to prepare for the implementation of Solvency II, according to a former FSA executive.

Reed Recruitment upgrades to VoIP system

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Anh Nguyen — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:30:00 GMT

Reed Recruitment has extended a contract with Azzurri Communications for the provision of a network and telecoms managed service.

IBM and Dell announce improved servers with new Intel Xeon chips

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:15:00 GMT

IBM and Dell have announced servers with Intel's latest Xeon server chips, which will bring faster throughput and memory allowing servers to take on more complex workloads and reduce data centre costs.

IBM and Dell announce improved servers with new Intel Xeon chips

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:15:00 GMT

Intel introduces low-power Xeon E3 server chips with 3D transistors

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:40:00 GMT

Intel has announced faster and more power-efficient Xeon server processors, including the low-power E3 chip that has 3D transistors and is the first server processor based on Ivy Bridge microarchitecture.

Arup outsources data centre to cope with growth

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas — Sat, 12 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Global design engineering firm Arup is outsourcing the management of its data centre to Vtesse Cirrus facilities in Hertfordshire, and moving 500 pieces of equipment out of its own West London headquarters as part of the deal.

Oracle tweaks storage options for virtual desktop infrastructure

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Tim Greene — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:07:00 GMT

Oracle's virtual desktop infrastructure is no longer reliant solely on the company's own storage infrastructure, giving customers a range of new options that won't tie customers to one vendor.

Intel announces high-performance Atom Z2580 smartphone chip

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah — Fri, 11 May 2012 09:07:00 GMT

Intel announced it will release a high-performance Atom Z2580 smartphone chip later this year, following up last month's news that the company would focus on processors that improve performance and power efficiency in smartphones.

SSDs driving IT improvements in storage, mobility and the cloud

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Sponsored by Intel — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:28:00 GMT

If IT leaders listened every time a vendor claimed it started a revolution in business technology, their heads would never stop spinning. Nonetheless, steady improvements in some technologies should provoke a re-examination of the current state of affairs.

Provident Financial outsources data centre

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT

Consumer credit company Provident Financial has outsourced its data centre following a head office move.

Lenovo building £500m tablet and smartphone development facility

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Michael Kan — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:15:00 GMT

Lenovo plans to invest more than 5 billion yuan (£493 million) to build facilities for the development and production of tablets, smartphones, and other mobile devices.

Top 10 performance desktop PCs

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Nate Ralph — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:50:00 GMT