In a dramatic indication that one of the computer industry's oldest and still most affordable data storage technologies has the potential to provide increased capacity for years to come, IBM researchers have announced they have demonstrated a world record in data density on linear magnetic tape...

Compuware Corp. has introduced the latest version of its performance testing solution, Compuware QALoad 5.5. Compuware QALoad is an automated load-testing tool for web, Java, .NET, packaged ERP/CRM applications and distributed environments...

Microsoft Corp. has announced that its hypervisor-based solution is on track to be available with the upcoming Microsoft Windows Server 'Longhorn' operating system. Microsoft expects having a beta release of Windows Server virtualisation...

With more than 60% of Fortune 2000 companies using some type of Application Performance Management (APM) tool (Forrester), CA's new rollout of its Introscope 7 and Customer Experience Manager (CEM) products in the Asia-Pacific Region is positioned to provide a fillip to the APM business landscape in APAC. Introscope is a solution for monitoring and optimizing the performance...

About 50 percent of the network equipment provider (NEP) community will adopt advanced telecommunications architecture (ATCA) in parts of their product line by 2007, said IDC in a survey. The survey predicts that more than 900 percent growth in ATCA adoption with revenue increasing from USD 790 million in 2007 to USD 8.6 billion in 2011...

There is strong growth in adoption levels for Software as a Service (SaaS) in 2005, and even brighter prospects ahead, said IT research firm Springboard Research in a study. According to the study the regional market (excluding Japan) saw revenues increase...

To promote the use of computers for education and public utility in developing countries, Intel Corp. has announced an investment of USD 1 billion over the next five years. The initiative dubbed, the Intel World Ahead programs, outlines three strategies of increasing the availability of low-cost personal computers...

Yahoo! Inc. has launched Yahoo! Tech, a new Web site that gives consumers plain-English advice and information about choosing and using the technology that has become a part of their daily lives. Yahoo! Tech is designed to make personal technology and gadgets...

Failure to address IT business risk can jeopardise business outcomes, and it outlines potential blind spots for Chief Information Officers and IT leaders worldwide, said Mercury Interactive Corp. in a survey report produced in cooperation with the Economist Intelligence...

Nearly 70 percent of consumers worldwide favor using biometrics technologies such as fingerprints or voice recognition administered by organisations, such as banks or healthcare providers, as a way to verify an individual’s identity, according to new global research from Unisys Corporation. The research conducted by the Ponemon Institute for Unisys...

Hewlett Packard has launched an information cycle management (ILM) product for delivering storage products, software and services that enable customers to better capitalise on their business information. The company claims the offerings will help businesses accelerate data archiving and retrieval, increase worker productivity...

The future development of China's insurance industry was discussed by a panel of leading industry experts at the China Insurance IT Innovation & Development Summit hosted by Sybase Software (China), a provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software, which was recently held at the Beijing InterContinental Hotel...

Serena Software haspublished the results of its second Asia-Pacific (APAC) CIO surveys carried out in late 2005 and early 2006. The Singapore survey contacted 100 CIOs from medium and large sized companies based in Singapore. CIO surveys, led by MarketShare, were also carried out concurrently in Australia, Japan and Korea with 100 CIOs surveyed in each market...

The compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) for the client PC market from 2006-2010 for Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka will reach 19%, 22% and 11% respectively, said market intelligence and advisory services company, IDC.

Small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are nearly twice as likely to use software-as-a-service (SaaS) for business-critical operations than large enterprises, says IT market research and consulting firm, Saugatuck. Based on responses from more than 150 U.S. business and IT executives surveyed in January 2006, Saugatuck says that SMB...