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Top five most interesting figures from Facebook’s IPO

Dan Worth — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:34:00 GMT

What the filing tells us about the social networking giant

With Facebook readying its hugely anticipated initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday the world has been pouring over its paperwork to glean as much information about the social networking giant...

Five key concerns for firms to consider with revised Data Protection laws

Dan Worth — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:11:00 GMT

Dan Worth, V3.co.uk

The issues that could keep you awake at night in the coming years

The European Commission (EC) has unveiled the first draft of its revised Data Protection Directive aimed at overhauling Europe's outdated data regulations. European justice commissioner Viviane Reding said the changes...

Analysts doubtful RIM's leadership changes will stop the rot

Rosalie Marshall — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:32:04 GMT

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Promotion of Thorsten Heins fails to inspire confidence in troubled BlackBerry maker

Analysts and industry commentators have cast doubt on whether Research In Motion's (RIM) leadership changes are enough to boost the firm's poor financials and reverse its declining reputation among businesses....

Microsoft aims for cloud domination with System Center 2012

Daniel Robinson — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:07:41 GMT

Daniel Robinson, V3.co.uk

Updated management suite adds support for building and orchestrating private clouds using virtual machines

System Center 2012, which hit release candidate (RC) status this week, is Microsoft's bid for a greater share of the private cloud market, expanding the firm's management toolset into a...

Intel smartphone move cranks up ARM rivalry

Daniel Robinson — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:37:00 GMT

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Medfield chip could pose a threat to ARM's dominance in smartphones if Intel can get power consumption low enough

Intel's unveiling of Atom-based smartphones at CES 2012 is the most serious attempt yet by the chip giant to break into the lucrative handset market and is set to intensify...

Dell outlines 'fluid' storage strategy, as EMC is ditched

Daniel Robinson — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:31:00 GMT

Daniel Robinson, V3.co.uk

Dell talks about its storage plans and why the partnership with EMC ended

Dell spelt out its storage strategy at the firm's Storage Forum event in London this week, detailing its vision for enterprise storage going forwards and shedding light on the firm's...

Big crowds not matched by big news at CES 2012

Shaun Nichols — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:16:00 GMT

Shaun Nichols, V3.co.uk

Industry's top names offer little in the way of breakthrough announcements

Las Vegas: If attendance at the annual Consumer Electronics Show is an indication of the state of the industry, then 2012 got off to a promising start. According to the...

SC11: Vendors tackle high-performance hurdles on road to exascale computing

Shaun Nichols — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:32:00 GMT

Shaun Nichols, V3.co.uk

Next computing milestone presents myriad challenges and solutions

The 2011 Supercomputing conference (SC11) in Seattle last week saw developers and engineers grappling with a variety of new questions and opportunities. Many of these challenges centre on exascale supercomputing, which...

Forty years of the microprocessor

Daniel Robinson — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:30:00 GMT

Daniel Robinson, V3.co.uk

Intel's 4004 was the first single-chip processor on the market in 1971

Forty years ago today, a magazine advert proclaimed the arrival of the Intel 4004, an integrated circuit that combined enough components to form a self-contained processor on a single chip...

O2's London 4G trial marks a bright spot for UK's beleaguered 4G market

Dan Worth — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:52:11 GMT

Dan Worth, V3.co.uk

Test network shows LTE technology is finally advancing in the UK

O2's nine-month trial of a live 4G network across London is one of the few positive headlines about 4G in recent months. The debates around 4G spectrum have dragged on...

Big data analytics faces challenges before mainstream adoption

Rosalie Marshall — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT

Rosalie Marshall , V3.co.uk

Many businesses are not ready for the next wave of IT innovation

Industry analysts have pinpointed big data analytics as the next wave of innovation for the IT industry, while user case studies are starting to emerge that demonstrate the value big...

Firms should embrace crowdsourcing and employee-led innovation, say Dell and Intel

Daniel Robinson — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT

Daniel Robinson, V3.co.uk

Early adopters can reap the benefits of consumerisation of enterprise IT

Much has been written about the consumerisation of IT, but the implications of this trend go much further than just companies allowing staff to bring their iPad to work. In...

HP chief Meg Whitman lauded for U-turn on PC strategy

Dan Worth — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:04:00 GMT

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Léo Apotheker's reign being erased, but no update on webOS future

HP has been on something of a rollercoaster ride this year, with two different chief executives and huge confusion over the future of one of its most notable divisions, the...

#NokiaWorld: Nokia begins smartphone assault but jury out on Windows Phone tie-up

Khidr Suleman — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:23:30 GMT

Khidr Suleman, V3.co.uk

Emerging markets still central to firm's future strategy

As Nokia World draws to a close for another year it leaves the Finnish firm at an interesting point in its development, as it attempts to go from a smartphone...

IBM goes for safe pair of hands with Ginni Rometty appointment

Madeline Bennett — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:08:00 GMT

Madeline Bennett, V3.co.uk

New boss to follow on current IBM path of promoting services over products

The handling of the appointment of Virginia 'Ginni' Rometty as chief executive and president of IBM perfectly reflected Big Blue as a company. There was no drama here. Current chief...

VMware looks to a hybrid cloud world

Daniel Robinson — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:23:00 GMT

Daniel Robinson, V3.co.uk

Virtualisation giant says interoperability with other cloud platforms is not an issue

VMware's chief theme at its VMworld conference in Copenhagen centred on cloud computing being here to stay. The virtualisation giant said it represents the future of enterprise IT service delivery,...

Focus 2011: Intel to make its presence felt at McAfee conference

Shaun Nichols — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 03:56:00 GMT

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Leaders from both firms are expected to highlight joint projects

LAS VEGAS: McAfee is set to kick off its 2011 Focus customer conference in Las Vegas under new leadership and a greater sense of connection with parent company Intel. With...

RIM outage woes continue, but customers give cause for optimism

Dan Worth — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:39:00 GMT

Dan Worth, V3.co.uk

Legal, law enforcement and transport firms all sticking with beleaguered BlackBerry maker

RIM is having a tough year. Staff have been let go, profits have fallen, the PlayBook has been a disappointment, its Messenger service was used to co-ordinate riots and now...

Steve Jobs: 1955 - 2011

Shaun Nichols — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:18:00 GMT

Shaun Nichols, V3.co.uk

V3 remembers the iconic Apple figurehead

On 5 October 2011, the technology industry lost one of its leading visionaries. Steve Jobs' passing leaves Apple without its longest serving and most successful chief executive. Under his leadership,...

Amazon Kindle Fire turns up the heat on iPad and Android

Shaun Nichols — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:47:00 GMT

Shaun Nichols, V3.co.uk

Tablet will benefit from retailer's huge online reach

The low cost and huge retail backing for Amazon's newly launched Kindle Fire will help the device compete with the biggest names in the tablet market, according to industry analysts....

Analysts question wisdom of Whitman as HP boss

Phil Muncaster — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:49:00 GMT

Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk

Autonomy acquisition could also be under threat

Analysts have given a cautious welcome to HP's newly installed president and chief executive Meg Whitman, but warned that the former eBay boss needs to concentrate on HP's key assets...

Windows 8 poses a quandary for the enterprise

Daniel Robinson — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:26:04 GMT

Daniel Robinson, V3.co.uk

Microsoft's new platform could prove a curate's egg for organisations and IT departments

Windows 8 has only just reached the preview release stage, but many organisations must already be trying to figure out what the next release of Microsoft's platform means for them,...

Steve Jobs resignation could spark long term strategic changes at Apple

Phil Muncaster — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:20:00 GMT

Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk

Enterprise buying habits likely to remain unchanged, however

Apple is unlikely to be affected by the resignation of its talismanic chief executive Steve Jobs in the short term, but doubts persist over the longer term strategic future of...

Steve Jobs's resignation could spark long-term strategic changes at Apple

Phil Muncaster — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:25:00 GMT

Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk

Enterprise buying habits likely to remain unchanged, however

Apple is unlikely to be affected by the resignation of chief executive Steve Jobs in the short term, but doubts persist over the strategic future of the company, according to...

Linux @ 20: The Swiss Army knife of operating systems

Daniel Robinson — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:10:00 GMT

Daniel Robinson, V3.co.uk

How Linux went from a personal pet project to driving everything from smartphones to mainframes

Linux, the poster child for open source software, was officially disclosed by Linus Torvalds in a Usenet newsgroup posting on 25 August 1991. The two decades since have seen it...