Virtual desktop mashup with Citrix Microsoft and Citrix Systems hosted a virtual desktop love-in Thursday, talking about how their respective desktop virtualization products mesh well and how the companies will continue to cooperate in the future. Microsoft also lifted the veil on upcoming service packs for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, which have features to improve server and desktop virtualization.… Full published article at: Read More »

Not deeply enough IBM has been mum about when its high-end servers based on the eight-core Power7 processor are going to come to market.… Full published article at: Read More »

Spring sale for SMBs Paul Maritz, ex-Microsoftie and current president and chief executive officer at VMware, is learning just how much fun it is to compete against his former employer.… Full published article at: Read More »

Microsoft Windows 7? 'It's free' Dell has told a Linux-loving Reg reader that he can't receive a refund on the copy of Windows 7 that shipped with his new Dell netbook because it was bundled with the machine for "free".… Full published article at: Read More »

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 18 March 2010 at 13:48:00 Integration and new product development takes place across the entire group The Co-operative Group is placing a strong focus on technology as it progresses with the integration of acquired businesses and continues to drive efficiency. In its full-year results released today, the firm said that the Somerfield takeover and the merger with financial services businesses Britannia and Plymouth & South West Co-operative have posed "significant challenges" around integration of IT, structure and the brand going forward. “These challenges have been addressed and considerable progress has been made...Read More »

Delivering stability for the movers Workshop In the past decade we have witnessed the use of laptops in organisations reaching similar levels to those of desktops. All the signs are that the penetration of such machines will soon exceed that of their immobile siblings. Today, they are more than status symbols. They are established as essential business devices, without which many users would find their jobs difficult, if not impossible, to perform adequately.… Full published article at: Read More »

Holographic light at end of the tunnel Collapsed holographic storage maker InPhase is being resuscitated.… Full published article at: Read More »

It's all about video Switch maker and server wannabe Cisco Systems is making big bets that video streaming over the internet will be the next killer app - and one that will drive its revenue and profits in the new decade as voice over IP did in the prior one. Today Cisco put some new fixed-port Ethernet switches into the field to support video streaming better than current products and also to improve energy efficiency and security.… Full published article at: Read More »

Redmond downplays virtual PC vuln A newly discovered flaw in Microsoft's virtualisation technologies creates a potential mechanism for hackers to sidestep security defences.… Full published article at: Read More »

Angelica Mari, Computing, Wednesday 17 March 2010 at 15:19:00 Technology allows customers to accumulate 'reward money' and redeem it at the point of sale Barclaycard has launched its a new loyalty scheme to allow cardholders to earn reward points when using their credit card to purchase goods and services in participating retailers. The scheme, dubbed Barclaycard Freedom, is going live for over eight million customers today and some 30,000 outlets are participating in the initiative. So far, more than 900 Shell petrol stations in the UK are taking part in the scheme, as well as other...Read More »