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• Laptops walking out the door of policy-free firms

  By David Braue | 06 October, 2011 14:24

  Concerned that your employees are being a bit lax when it comes to looking after their laptops? Steal them yourself, one vendor has advised in the wake of yet another damning security report that suggests laptops and other equipment are literally walking out of Australian companies that are still operating at far below world's best practice when it comes to device security.

• Local CIOs see open source as strategic, still lack policy

  By Rodney Gedda | 11 February, 2011 11:24

  A recent global survey by analyst firm Gartner has found more than half of organisations have adopted open source software (OSS) solutions as part of their IT strategy, but only 30 per cent of CIOs have a formal policy in place.

• Server sales post biggest jump since 2003, IDC says

  By Sumner Lemon | 26 August, 2010 05:26

  Worldwide server sales posted their biggest jump since 2003 during the second quarter as Hewlett-Packard outsold rival IBM to take the top spot among server vendors, IDC said Tuesday.

• Android growing much faster than expected, say analysts

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 06 August, 2010 02:25

  Google's Android was expected to become the world's second most-used smartphone OS by 2012, after the Symbian OS, but now accelerating sales will help it get there this year, according to analysts.

• Data retention strategies causing IT mistakes: Survey

  By Rodney Gedda | 05 August, 2010 05:30

  Most enterprises know a formal data retention plan is important, but only half have one in place which is leading to informantion management mistakes, according to a new survey of IT and legal professionals.

• Study reflects weak server spending this year

  By Agam Shah | 04 August, 2010 03:23

  Overall server spending in enterprises remains weak in 2010 as companies continue to look for ways to save money following the economic downturn, research firm TheInfoPro said in a study released on Monday.

• Public clouds open data storage services: analyst

  By Lisa Banks | 30 July, 2010 09:34

  Data storage services are becoming available in public clouds with the move set to cut enterprise IT costs and make life easier for CIOs trying to best utilise cloud computing.

• ISuppli raises semiconductor foundry revenue forecast

  By Agam Shah | 09 July, 2010 02:53

  ISuppli has increased its 2010 revenue forecast for semiconductor foundries, driven by a resurgence in demand for consumer products, the analyst firm said on Thursday

• Gartner rolls back 2010 IT spending forecast

  By Chris Kanaracus | 02 July, 2010 03:58

  Gartner has dropped its 2010 IT spending forecast, citing currency fluctuations caused by the ongoing European debt crisis.

• Microsoft admits Windows Phone 7 slide was wrong

  By Stephen Lawson | 31 May, 2010 05:46

  Microsoft acknowledged on Friday that it used an inaccurate number to represent research company IDC's sales forecast for the upcoming Windows Phone 7 platform.

• CIOs lose faith in security outsourcing: global survey

  By Lisa Banks | 28 May, 2010 14:15

  CIOs are feeling increasingly uneasy about outsourcing security and are looking at in-house solutions, according to a recent survey.

• TSMC's chip sales in April hit all-time high

  By Dan Nystedt | 11 May, 2010 05:19

  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), the world's largest contract chip maker, on Monday reported record high chip sales for the month of April.

• Shipments of DDR3 memory growing fast

  By Agam Shah | 05 May, 2010 05:36

  Shipments of the speedy DDR3 memory are growing at a fast pace as implementations of its predecessor, DDR2 memory, slow down, research firm iSuppli said in a study released on Tuesday.

• Smartphones bouncing back from economic woes

  By Stephen Lawson | 04 May, 2010 08:26

  Smartphone shipments have recovered strongly from a slump during the economic downturn, with Nokia delivering the most units but Motorola showing the greatest gains among top vendors, research company Canalys said Monday.

• Server virtualization bounces back in Europe, says IDC

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 20 April, 2010 05:38

  Sales of server hardware and software for virtualization in the fourth quarter of 2009 increased for the first time in a year in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, according to an IDC report issued Monday.