Infrastructure

Citibank Singapore is offering a new way for credit-card holders to make payments -- using their fingerprints instead of credit cards.

Sun Microsystems Corp. has unveiled Project Blackbox, a prototype of the world

The simplest way to protect data on mobile devices is to not store it there in the first place. Encrypting data on mobile devices, or adopting remote access tools to stop information leaving the confines of the data center, are some other ways of protecting data.

IBM says its blade servers are "fundamentally better" than Hewlett-Packard Co.'s (HP's) that are based on energy efficiency, a growing concern of data center operators. But HP questioned the credibility of IBM's claims.

Texas Memory Systems has produced what it claims is the fastest storage in the world, working at more than 600 times the speed of your normal disk drive.

Strange bedfellows Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have partnered to simplify how webmasters and online publishers submit their sites' content for indexing in the companies' search engines.

Standardization is the last line of defense for many enterprise firms in the battle against vendor lock-in; however, the time taken to formulate product standards, for the early adopters, is risky. We asked Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Australian and New Zealand vice chairman Clive Gold about how standards, and standard-based products, free enterprise firms from being locked into using proprietary technologies for years to come.

Some disaster stories about data loss are more colourful than others but here are some of the best for 2006.