Hardware stories - Page 6

State-owned valuation and property information company Quotable Value (QV) has signed a seven-figure contract with Revera.

Despite a dismal year for IT spending with a 5.2% global decline, Gartner predicts a rebound in 2010 with a 3.3% increase, reaching USD $3.3 trillion.

Telecom CEO Paul Reynolds argues rural service is uneconomic, despite investing USD $200 million annually; Vodafone insists rural customers are crucial.

Revera outlines strategies for optimising data centre efficiency, stressing the importance of robust virtualisation, redundancy, and cost-effective innovation.

Sun Microsystems has launched its open storage offering, promising breakthrough economics and reducing costs by up to 90%.

As firms push for greener IT solutions, virtualisation is set to cut energy use in data centres, but careful management is crucial to maintain service levels.

PlateSpin has released PlateSpin Forge, an all-in-one disaster recovery appliance for physical and virtual server workloads, now shipping in Asia Pacific.

As security becomes commoditised, New Zealand CIOs focus less on it, yet its strategic importance in IT spending and MSS rises, says IDC analyst Jenna Griffin.

New Zealand's schools are embracing ICT to enhance learning and administration, supported by up to NZD $70 million in annual funding from the government.