Tom Sullivan

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Amazon, IBM, Savvis bridge data centres to cloud

Savvis Compute Cloud lets companies sign up for a slice of hardware, rather than a dedicated system. Find out about the cloud provider

Layoff numbers not as bad as they look

A series of announcements suggest 35,000 or more tech-vendor workers lost their jobs this winter; the real figures are far, far less

Tech layoffs: The real numbers aren’t so bad

A series of announcements suggest 35,000 or more tech-vendor workers lost their jobs this winter. The real figures are far, far less.

Five top IT spending priorities for tough times

Which technologies should get funded come rain or shine? Here are the five technologies that IT shops must continue to invest in despite the recession

Five unconventional strategies for cutting IT costs

The best time to consider a cost-cutting measure is before the CFO comes knocking at your door. Here are five out-of-the-box ways to slash your IT budget

Economic downturn sparks interest in cloud computing

Analysts agree that the current economic downturn is already sparking interest in cloud computing both on Wall Street and elsewhere...

Startups sell Linux with bundled offerings

Integrating open source applications is a task daunting enough to lead some companies toward proprietary products. To that end, a several startups this week revealed plans to offer prebuilt, certified solutions so customers have fewer integration migraines.

Borland, Macromedia back the Eclipse IDE

Borland Software Corp. and Macromedia Inc. are making commercial tools for the open-source Eclipse IDE. Macromedia joined the Eclipse Foundation last month, unveiling a plug-in planned for Eclipse. Also in June, Borland unveiled an incarnation of Jbuilder, its Java IDE, code-named

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