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Data
centres: tech on a platter
The process of consolidating distributed data centres to a
central location has begun. Many companies are choosing to
outsource that task while a slew of technologies is making
life easier for data centre managers. Faiz Askari reports
Driving
billing innovation in a converged world
As consumerism spreads, people want any service over any network
in any location and via any payment type. Raghav Sahgal analyses
the new reality
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Google
messes up free e-book search
Google is back in limelight for a book search engine that
offers access to books that are in the public domain.
IBM
re-focusses on mainframe business
Big Blue has renewed its focus on mainframes. The company
plans to spend a couple of million dollars over the next few
years in training customers, tuning their software for mainframes,
and assisting them in migrating from their existing computing
infrastructure.
Microsoft
extends support for business & developer apps
The company’s new Customer Support Agreement (CSA) programme
for legacy products gives customers the opportunity to migrate
based on their specific situation, taking into consideration
the CSA cost and Microsoft’s support lifecycle policy
timeline.
Creative
wins $100 million suit
If you have come up with an idea but for some reason could
not make a successful product out of it while some other company
took the idea and produced a killer product, don’t lose
heart. Creative didn’t, and sued Apple whose iPod dominates
the market for MP3 players.
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