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Test: SLES 10 server provides virtualization, availability, 07/31/06
With SLES 10 Novell offers virtualization, armor and availability.
How we tested SUSE Linux Enterprise server, 07/31/06Test: Windows’ SMB bundle offers few new upgrade enticements, 07/31/06
Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 R2 to ship without many upgrade enticements.
How we tested SMB server, 07/31/06Q&A: VMware eyes ‘real’ utility computing, 07/31/06
VMware created the market for virtualizing x86-based servers when it introduced products in 2001. But the company, which EMC acquired in 2003, is no longer the only game in town. In recent years, competitors — including Microsoft and the open source …
IBM to expand line of AMD-based servers, 07/28/06
In an effort to compete with Sun and HP, IBM is expected to announce Tuesday it will expand its line of servers powered by chips from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
Servers Newsletter: Fujitsu, NEC put the finishing touches on their Montecito dual-core servers, 07/27/06
Fujitsu and NEC last week launched servers based on Intel’s newest dual-core Itanium 2 processor.
Cartoon: Dell laptops, 07/27/06AMD to launch ‘Rev. F’ Opteron chip Aug. 15, 07/26/06
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is set to launch its “Rev. F” dual-core Opteron chip on Aug. 15, defending its turf in the server market against Intel.
HP’s Mercury buy only tip of wide-ranging software plans, 07/26/06
For the past couple of years, HP has been snapping up software companies, but its plans to acquire application management specialist Mercury Interactive should give the systems vendor the boost it needs to convince customers and the industry that it …
Next Debian release to support AMD64 chips, 07/25/06
The next release of the Debian Project’s Linux distribution will run on Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s AMD64 processors for the first time, according to the organization’s Web site.
Sun blames quarterly loss on restructuring fees, 07/25/06
Sun posted a loss of $301 million for the fourth quarter, blaming restructuring costs from a tumultuous period of layoffs and plant closings, the company announced Tuesday.
Servers Newsletter: Legislators call for research into energy efficient data centers, 07/25/06
The House of Representatives this month voted to approve a bill calling for a study of energy efficient servers.
New Data Center Strategies Newsletter: Musical chairs with virtual machines, 07/25/06
Virtualization software vendors offer some interesting management tools that augment …
