Efficiency will hold down storage growth, IDC says

Lean storage techniques will keep a lid on storage investments over the next few years, though the world’s enterprises still are on track to buy 138 exabytes of storage system capacity in 2017, IDC said.

Experts support Google in Oracle’s lawsuit over Java APIs

More than 30 computer scientists signed off on a court brief opposing Oracle’s effort to copyright its Java APIs, a move they say would hold back the computer industry and make technology more expensive.

More malware is travelling on P2P networks these days

Hackers have found a devious new way to disseminate malware: They’re using peer-to-peer networks.

Prism doesn’t have CIOs in a panic – yet

Revelations over the U.S. National Security Agency’s Prism surveillance programme have much of the general public in uproar, but in terms of the controversy’s impact to enterprise IT, some CIOs have measured, albeit watchful reactions.

CloudOn CEO: Office Mobile for iPhone is ‘half-baked’

Microsoft’s Office Mobile for iPhone is a “half-baked” effort that breaks basic features like file compatibility, according to the chief executive of rival CloudOn, which provides Office compatibility across the Apple iPhone, iPad, and Android platforms.

By definition

There may have been a few people who spat out their coffee the morning they read that EMC had unveiled what it called the “world’s first” software-defined storage platform, EMC …

IT on the fly

The art of quickly building, then dismantling, IT operations, so you can always do your job — even when disaster strikes. Keith Robertory was staring down a project of epic …

Conquering the next big challenge – data at the edge

It’s time to modernise your back-up approach for ROBO and end-point data with a single platform, says Allen Mitchell, Senior Technical Account Manager, MENA, CommVault Systems. Read more

Video: Sony Xperia Tablet Z

Sony‘s Xperia Tablet Z will go on sale globally in the second quarter, priced from $499 in the U.S. The 10-inch tablet will be just 6.9 millimetres thick, with an …

VIDEO: TechTips – Mobile printing

Just because you’re on a smartphone doesn’t mean you can’t print. In a few easy steps and you’ll be printing from your mobile device in no time.

VIDEO: RIM demos key features in BlackBerry 10

Research In Motion will launch the BlackBerry 10 operating system on January 30, 2013. Ahead of that launch Jeff Gadway, a RIM senior manager, stopped by IDG to demonstrate some …

VIDEO: EMC – Big Data Transforms Business

EMC – What’s the deal with Big Data? The new opportunities created from Big Data and how technologies make it possible to capture the value of structured and unstructured data!

VIDEO: Candidates emerge to succeed Intel CEO Otellini

Intel CEO Paul Ottelini announced that he’ll retire in May after 40 years with the company. He spent eight of those years as CEO. The board of directors will take …