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Test: IBM’s eServer 326m, 10/16/06
Multicore technology pays off for IBM with its 326m server. Cramming as many dual-core Advanced Micro Devices Opteron processors into the smallest space possible, the eServer 326m provides enormous amounts of CPU muscle.
How we tested IBM server, 10/16/06Freescale’s MRAM: a solution in search of problems, 10/13/06
Having succeeded in building a memory chip that stores data quickly, and then doesn’t forget, Freescale Semiconductor now faces a new challenge: what to do with it.
How to avoid branch-office network overload, 10/13/06
When it comes to consolidating infrastructure and centralizing services, enterprise network executives face a Catch-22 of sorts. As they work to reduce costs and complexity in data centers and corporate networks, many network executives find their …
Fujitsu to offer flash-disk option with laptops, 10/13/06
Fujitsu will soon join two other major PC makers in putting on sale a portable computer that uses flash memory in place of the traditional hard-disk drive.
Intel to launch quad-core chips on Nov. 13, 10/13/06
In a race with rival Advanced Micro Devices, Intel will bring its quad-core chips to market in a new line of HP workstations due to be introduced on Nov. 13.
Servers Newsletter: University of Texas bags a Sun supercomputer, 10/12/06
The Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas has just scored big with a $59 million supercomputer courtesy of the National Science …
HP hires Ethics and Compliance Officer, 10/12/06
HP is hiring a chief ethics and compliance officer to make sure its businesses practices, sullied by a boardroom spying scandal, remain on the straight and narrow.
Virtual Iron launches VMware competitor, 10/12/06
Virtual Iron has launched version 3.0 of its virtualization software, aimed directly against VMware.
Survey shows Microsoft leading Apache in Fortune 1000 companies, 10/12/06
A survey of Fortune 1000 companies released this week by Microsoft Partner Port80 Software found that for the first time Microsoft’s Internet Information Services 6 Web server has outpaced Apache as the most popular Web server for corporate Web sites.
Transmeta sues Intel over chip patents, 10/11/06
Transmeta has sued Intel, claiming that its Pentium and Core PC processors violate Transmeta patents.
BladeLogic aims to streamline data center management, 10/10/06
BladeLogic is aiming to streamline management tasks in the data center by enabling IT managers to get a big-picture view of system changes made by a variety of automated tools.
Google’s power proposal, 10/10/06
Of every kilowatt of power entering your data center, less than 30% will do any actual “work” for you. The rest will be lost to inefficiencies in …
IBM will run Power6 server chip at 5.0 GHz, 10/10/06
IBM plans to crank up the speed on its Power6 server chip to 5.0 GHz, far higher than competing processors from Intel and Sun.
Servers Newsletter: IBM aims to clear the mystique surrounding mainframe management, 10/10/06
IBM is on a $100 million, five-year campaign to simplify mainframe management, administration and development …
