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• Red Hat hits VMware with open source virtualisation
  The data centre revolution will be Linux.
• Microsoft launches data warehousing campaign
  Meet Fast Track Data Warehouse.
• Next Ubuntu to support Amazon's cloud
  'Karmic Koala' is coming.
• Citrix makes XenServer free
  Strengthens ties with Microsoft to catch up with Vmware
• Intel aims new updates at cloud computing
  Low energy offerings on the way.
• Emulex touts do-it-all 10Gig Ethernet card
  'We don't just do storage any more.'
• HP sees decline across the board
  But EDS comes to the rescue, again.
• Microsoft wins motion in Vista capable suit
  But courtroom appearance remains a possibility.

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• The downside of the cloud
  Cloud technology is being much talked about - particularly as a storage option. But what if there are problems, how do you cope. It's important to have your strategy in place before you commit.
• Why IT freeze will unfreeze in the cloud
  Cloud computing offers respite for IT departments gripped by recessionary spending freezes.
• Broker warns of VMware slowdown
  Financial broker Morgan Stanley has questioned VMware's ability to meet its fourth quarter revenue numbers, after a turbulent 12 months for the virtualisation giant that saw the ousting of its co-founders, and a massive decline in its share price.

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• Check-list for the economic green datacentre
  How can you deliver economic benefits in an environmentally sound manner, while addressing power and cooling issues in the datacentre?
• How to improve your datacentre operations
  Hardware, software and networks are more reliable than ever, but electrical and mechanical infrastructure improvements lag, so that operator errors, electrical and mechanical single points of failure, design problems, and construction defects are leading causes of datacentre disruptions.
• How to keep virtual test environments in check
  Using virtualisation for testing reduces costs and saves money, but environments need to be managed or they can run amuck.

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• IT Service Management: Metrics that MatterNew
  

  This whitepaper provides insights on how companies can improve their performance

• Becoming Proactive In Application Performance ManagementNew
  

  This Forrester survey of global technology decision-makers looks at the effectiveness of their application performance management processes and the technologies they employ.

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• 5 IT skills that won't boost your salary
  Technical skills may never die, but areas of expertise wane in importance as technology advances, forcing companies to evolve and IT staff to forsake yesterday's crafts in favour of tomorrow's must-have talents.
• EPEAT's progress
  EPEAT has stronger support from the US government and HP has just announced a raft of EPEAT-registered kits.
• Vista SP1 Release Candidate targets performance, reliability, security
  The just-released Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidate (RC), like the previous beta, does more to improve the internal plumbing of Windows Vista than it does to make any major changes to the interface.

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• Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.0
  While much attention has focused on server virtualisation, desktop virtualisation has been the poor cousin in the corner. But Parallels' take on the technology, virtual desktop integration, is set to change all that and offer a quick and simple way to virtualise your machines.
• Microsoft Hyper-V RC1
  With Hyper-V finally launched, it's time to have a look at how it stacks up against the VMware, the clear market leader. The result? While there's still some distance to go, VMware should start getting worried.
• Aagon Client Management Platform
  A nicely-designed client manager for Windows-based PCs, with central monitoring and a good GUI, and which should scale well, thanks to being based on a proper DBMS.
• Windows Vista SP1
  Microsoft is getting set to deliver the final bits of what has become an increasingly controversial patch cycle. Windows Vista Service Pack 1, which went 'gold' a few weeks back, was finally made available via Windows Update yesterday.
• Windows Server 2008
  It's been a long time coming but Windows Server 2008 has finally seen the light. Our reviewers have found the product comes with an impressive range of new features - the improved security a definite plus - even if there are some glaring gaps.

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• Microsoft's open-source whizz under dual attack
  Being the director for open-source technology at Microsoft must be a job that's on par with sweeping up in no-man's land. Sam Ramji is under attack from an open-source community for whom Microsoft is the Great Satan and within his own company, with its long-standing suspicion of Linux. But Ramj doesn't seem fazed by his balancing act.
• The next big move in chip manufacturing
  The time for change has come, says Joe Draina, associate director of International Sematech Manufacturing Initiative, in this interview with the Techworld-affiliated IDG News Service.
• Every silver lining has a cloud
  What spooks Microsoft's chief security advisor - is no news, bad news?

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• Water-cooled servers gaining steam
  Using water to cool servers isn't a new idea, but it is gaining new converts at a time when fears of global warming and rising energy costs are making datacentre operators and server vendors search for ways to increase efficiency.
• A pair of green-IT users
  Austin Energy and WellPoint show how to grow your green credentials
• Servers go front and centre
  General Motors might be globalising its business, but in the area of servers, the auto-maker is thinking small.

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