When Australian firm WesTrac needed to expand its data center capacity quickly, the company bought the equivalent of a Band-Aid for its server needs: A containerized data center.
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Modular data centers: A fast, secretive option that’s spreading
Google is opening up its Docs hosted office productivity suite so that users can store any type of file in it, giving the popular software-as-a-service product an important online storage component.
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Google Docs to allow online storage of any type of file
Fifty percent of IT executives say their datacenters are understaffed, and companies are still looking for more ways to cut costs, according to Symantec’s latest “State of the datacenter” report.
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Half of all datacenters understaffed, Symantec finds
Google continues to broaden it business focus, now seeking permission to buy and resell electricity. The search company has created a subsidiary called Google Energy and has applied for a recently created subsidiary to become an electricity marketer from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
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Google applies to become electricity marketer
WASHINGTON — Demand for H-1B visas has accelerated over the last six to eight weeks after being flat for months. This comes as the number of companies planning to increase college hiring is also on the rise. Together, the trends may be early indicators of an improving economy for skilled professionals.
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H-1B demand spike may signal improving outlook for skilled pros
A shareholder lawsuit seeks to block HP’s $2.7 billion bid for 3Com. According to blog TechCrunch , a lawsuit filed last Thursday in a Delaware court claims 3Com is undervaluing itself.
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HP-3Com deal faces shareholder lawsuit
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) is the top recipient of campaign contributions from large Internet service providers like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast over the past two years, according to a new report from the Sunlight Foundation and the Center for Responsive Politics . McCain has taken in a total of $894,379 (much of that money going to support his failed 2008 bid for the presidency), more than twice the amount taken by the next-largest beneficiary, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev
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Net neutrality foe McCain biggest beneficiary of telco/ISP money
Despite Thursday’s Windows 7 launch and hoopla, Microsoft remains cautious about corporate uptake of the operating system and believes 2010 will be the real start to the upgrade cycle that could run into 2012.
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Microsoft sees slow but real take-off for Windows 7 in business
Users can do a “clean” installation of Windows 7 using an upgrade license to save $80-$100 over the price of a “full” edition, a popular blog reported today.
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Windows 7 install trick saves up to $100
Microsoft reported revenue that was down 14 percent year-on-year for its first fiscal quarter, with net income down 17 percent — but it still beat analyst expectations on both counts. The figures were dragged down by deferral of revenue from sales of Windows 7 to PC manufacturers ahead of the operating system’s launch on Thursday, the company said.
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Update: Microsoft sales and earnings drop less than expected
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