Servers & Data Center Breaking News

Under pressure: 10 sources pushing CIOs to go green
Now with a stagnating U.S. economy, CIOs need to squeeze every penny out of their IT operations and that means choosing the most efficient servers and desktops as well as data center power supplies and air conditioning systems. More..

Dell simplifies blade server management with I/O virtualization
Dell is simplifying management of its blade servers with an I/O virtualization tool. More..

Cognos business intelligence software ported to System z
IBM's Cognos 8 business intelligence software is now generally available for System z mainframes running Linux, the company announced Monday. More..

VMware, Microsoft battle over virtualization management capabilities
VMware dominates the virtualization market, but industry watchers expect hypervisor technology to become secondary to management and other capabilities when customers commit to large virtual server implementations. Can Microsoft unseat the leader by differentiating its hypervisor with advanced management capabilities? More..

HP, Hitachi boost blade server offerings
HP and Hitachi boosted their existing blade server offerings on Tuesday, with Hitachi upgrading its systems with the latest Intel chips and Hewlett-Packard combining blades to create a specially configured appliance that can handle demanding data-warehouse workloads. More..

Microsoft expected to release Hyper-V Thursday
Microsoft is expected to launch its Hyper-V virtualization technology Thursday, two months ahead of the company's time line for releasing it by the end of August. More..

VMware's CEO talks Microsoft, security, EMC and cloud computing
VMware CEO Diane Greene on competing vs. Microsoft, the emergence of cloud computing and her relationship with EMC. More..

7 side effects of sloppy virtualization
Gartner analyst shines light on downsides of virtualization at the Infrastructure, Operations and Management Summit as the technology continues to take off in customer IT organizations. More..

Rackable Systems unveils high-density servers
Rackable Systems announced new rack-mount servers on Monday that aim to provide more processing power while reducing power consumption and taking up less space. More..

Blade consortium backed by IBM, Intel predicts the future
Blade server industry group Blade.org, founded by IBM and Intel, says big trends are network convergence with Ethernet technology; advanced energy efficiency techniques such as water cooling; and "hyper consolidation" involving both virtualization and blade servers. More..

Software makes virtual servers a moving target
Carefully managed virtual servers can make the job of attackers more difficult by reducing the time that any one version of a server is exposed to the Internet, according to a George Mason University professor who has developed software that phases virtual servers in and out of use. More..

CiRBA to optimize virtual environments
CiRBA announces Data Center Intelligence 5.0, which now provides automatic updates to analysis to help IT improve performance and utilization across virtual environments. More..

Red Hat develops Linux-based hypervisor, virtualization security tool
Red Hat released a beta version of a Linux-based hypervisor that fits on a flash drive. More..

HP targets mainframe users with fault-tolerant blade server
HP is trying to take a chunk out of IBM’s mainframe business with a new blade product and free offer for customers willing to junk mainframe apps. More..

ManageIQ takes on virtual server configuration management
There is no question virtual servers will challenge IT staff when it comes to the many facets of managing systems. More..

Pepsi bottler swallows skepticism, gives virtualization a try
Once skeptical of virtualization, IS manager at G&J Pepsi Cola Bottling Company in Cincinnati is leading a server and storage virtualization project. More..

Microsoft highlights virtualization at TechEd, week 2
Microsoft's virtualization strategy is expected to take center stage during the second week of Microsoft's TechEd conference series in Orlando. More..

Strong demand for drives propels storage revenue
Despite a slowdown in server shipments, disk-based storage revenue grew during the first quarter of 2008, with companies like Dell cashing in on the increased demand for storage. More..

Juniper woos corporate customers
Business customers, get ready for Juniper 2.0 -- more integrated network features and new support packages. More..

Sun to embed flash storage in nearly all its servers
Sun will release a 32GB flash storage drive this year and make flash storage an option for nearly every server the vendor produces, Sun officials are announcing Wednesday. More..

Free tool secures VMware servers
VMware and Tripwire jointly announce the ConfigCheck free utility, which uses Tripwire configuration management technology to check VMware ESX Server configuration against VMware best practices guide for configuring the vendor's virtual servers More..

Corporate cloud computing service on tap from Terremark
Terremark is the latest vendor to tackle the cloud computing market. More..

Unisys unveils first AMD server, new virtualization services
Unisys is releasing several new virtualization services and its first server based on AMD processors. More..

HP blade server targets cloud computing
A new HP blade server is designed for cloud computing and high-performance applications. More..

Sierra Leone set for solar-powered school PC center
Plans are set to install the first computer center powered by solar energy in Sierra Leone. More..