HP and EDS: the real work begins

EDS is now an HP company; HP announced on Tuesday that it has completed its $US13.9 billion acquisition of the Plano, Texas-based outsourcer.

A fattening thin client market

The thin client market for the Asia Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) region continues to grow significantly, pointing to a solid future for this form of 'lean and mean' computing for large enterprises.

Commander's collapse a warning

The cooler financial winds now blowing through the world's credit markets will cut to the bone, and buyers of IT outsourcing services will need to choose partners with the fat to withstand the coming winter. Is big the new black?

When your cloud evaporates

Google App Engine, Amazon Simple Storage Service and Apple's MobileMe service have all experienced some high-profile service outages in the past few months. Is it safe to rely on the cloud?

Microsoft: another 'insurmountable' problem?

The frustration was evident last week at Microsoft's annual financial analyst meeting in Redmond. The company has completed yet another outstanding year, yet its share price has eroded nearly 30 per cent from its peak last year.

VMware gives away its hypervisor

VMware has said that the next version of its ESXi hypervisor - due to be released within the next few days - will ship free of charge.

Myths busted

Despite perceptions of uneasy relations, Fairfax Business Research's recent survey of both CIOs and CFOs reveals a good deal of mutual interest and a positive working relationship, Beverley Uther writes.