IBM demonstrates new Augmented Shopping Assistant App, which will arm consumers with information about all their in-store purchases.

Encryption card builds on Z10's BlackBerry Balance feature to lock-down corporate data.

A Wi-Fi houseplant monitor highlights the possibilities of low-power always-on sensor networks.

Devices using the new Thunderbolt interface for high-performance external storage debuted at CeBIT, plus new unified network storage systems.

Fresh from CeBIT 2012, Teamdrive offers mobile filesharing with enterprise-grade encryption and non-US hosting.

SQL Server 2012 offers a leap forward in turning Big Data into business intelligence, says Microsoft.

Microsoft says its cloud service was downed by a calendar error

Amazon has launched a non-relational database aimed at tasks requiring massive scalability

Going to the cloud for CRM provides greater flexibility, according to Sage.

OpenStack, the open-source operating system for clouds, is growing up.

Free network management supplier Spiceworks plans to turn up the heat on suppliers.

Riverbed adds Zeus expertise in high-performance load balancing and network traffic management to its network performance arsenal.

Four-fifths of knowledge workers say they don't have the technology they need to do their jobs.

Silver Peak adds SDK and API to make virtual appliances easier to integrate.

Extended support for Windows XP ends in under 1,000 days, but will that drive corporates to move to Windows 7?

Company move intended to mirror Amazon web services and drive deployment of larger clouds.

CAST claims it can now scan the health of organisation's applications from the cloud.

The silver lining of cloud computing could be storage as a service.