Latest data center news.
Sun to roll out new modular storage arrays this week, 08/07/06
Sun on Thursday is expected to announce two modular storage systems that allow users to scale their existing capacity and complement the company’s Sun StorageTek 6920 and 6130 mid-range arrays.
Review: Cymphonix Network Composer, 08/07/06
Cymphonix’s Network Composer DC30X is a security appliance designed to sit quietly between users and the Internet, blocking viruses and spyware, reporting on user and application bandwidth, and shaping traffic. It’s intended to let you manage …
Linux event shows move to mainstream, 08/07/06
Conference agenda indicative of a maturing Linux.
Sybase previews data-integration suite, 08/07/06
Sybase this week is expected to take the wraps off a new suite of tools aimed at helping companies combine data from heterogeneous sources.
Opinion: Net infrastructure for the long run, 08/07/06
When we make major infrastructure purchases, we like to know that the choices we’ve made are smart ones – good for the long run. But the long run in my headline refers to another issue – the capability of a device to run for weeks or months without …
Gateway uses latest Intel chip in new desktop, 08/03/06
Gateway will use the new “Conroe” Core 2 Duo chip from Intel to power a PC that users can configure as either a high-end desktop or a workstation, the company said Thursday.
Lenovo reports slim profit on higher sales, 08/03/06
Lenovo Thursday reported a profit of US$5 million for its fiscal first quarter. The company managed to record a profit despite ongoing restructuring costs.
Servers Newsletter: IBM introduces processing monsters, 08/03/06
IBM last week launched two monster servers, the IBM System p5 590 and the 595, a 64-core machine capable of processing 4 million transactions a minute.
IBM finally unveils Opteron blades, 08/02/06
IBM’s finally revealed details of its well-trailed new line of AMD Opteron-based servers, including a snap-in daughterboard that converts a blade from a two way to a four-way device.
New Data Center Strategies Newsletter: Virtualization hides differences in hardware, 08/01/06
One possible use of virtualization technology is as a hardware-abstraction-layer to hide the differences between servers in a data center.
Data center failure pinches U.K. health service, 08/01/06
Technicians continued working Tuesday to restore a computerized patient administration system for 80 medical facilities in northwest England that failed Sunday during upgrades to the National Health Service’s (NHS) IT systems.
IBM adopts AMD chips for more servers, 08/01/06
IBM said Tuesday it will add two blades and three rack servers to its family of computers powered by processors from Advanced Micro Devices.
IBM launches grid for insurance industry, 08/01/06
IBM last week launched a grid-computing package for actuaries in life insurance companies that lets them perform analysis faster and more cost-effectively.
