http://eu.hardware.com/news/storage/The latest news from Hardware.comenCopyright 2010 Hardware.comStoragehttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60http://eu.hardware.com/images/header/logo.gifhttp://eu.hardware.com/01234567181920212223SaturdaySundayhttp://eu.hardware.com/news/storage/datacentres-and-cloud-computing-to-save-billions/There is a current trend towards virtualisation and cloud computing and there is nowhere else where consolidation of network infrastructure and network services can make a huge difference, than Government.StorageThu, 11 Feb 2010 11:27:20 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/storage/2010-prediction-increase-in-it-spending-including-virtualisation/Goldman Sachs increased its 2010 outlook for global IT spending, doubling the growth prediction from 2% to 4%.StorageThu, 03 Dec 2009 09:34:17 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/storage/hardwarecom-is-now-a-professional-partner-virtual-infrastructure-for-vmware/Hardware.com has just launched VMware, server virtualisation software, in order to deliver business infrastructure virtualisation for our customers.StorageWed, 25 Nov 2009 09:17:39 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/storage/cisco-emc-and-vmware-coalition-as-upturn-in-latest-results/The new virtual computing environment coalition, called Acadia, will accelerate virtualisation and private cloud infrastructures.StorageThu, 05 Nov 2009 15:38:34 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/storage/coping-with-2012-network-traffic/Network traffic will double every year, over the next 3 years. As a result there will be an annual bandwidth demand of 522 exabytes or more than half a zettabyte. To put that in perspective 500 exabytes is more than 10 times the words human beings have ever spoken. Global IP traffic will reach 44 exabytes per month in 2012; effectively this will have increased 100 times from 2002.StorageThu, 01 Oct 2009 11:27:40 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/storage/can-you-escape-the-cloud/There seems to be a great deal of hype surrounding cloud computing; SAP, IBM, Cap Gemini, Netsuite, Oracle, Microsoft and Salesforce are pushing the technology. However, there is some dispute around the pure economics, while integration with current systems is a huge challenge, there are dangers of being locked into proprietary systems and security remains the top concern, along with the question of trust in outsourcing the storage of the most valuable item – data.StorageThu, 01 Oct 2009 09:46:51 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/storage/it-the-political-battleground/A number of Labour government IT projects have failed, are failing, are too expensive or have come in too late. Why are they an election issue? For the simple reason that we are in a recession and being seen to be competent and financially astute are very much on the political agenda.StorageThu, 01 Oct 2009 09:35:29 UTC