Latest data center news.
HP’s Dunn to step down in January, 09/12/06
Patricia Dunn, HP’s embattled chairman, will be relieved of those duties after the board’s Jan. 18, 2007, meeting, but will continue as a director.
Intel to slash 10% of workforce, 09/11/06
Intel on Tuesday announced that it would cut 10,500 jobs, or about 10% of its workforce, by the middle of next year as the chip maker attempts to regain its footing in an increasingly competitive x86 processor market.
HP desktops will use vPro business bundle, 09/11/06
HP is using streamlined IT management as a sales pitch for its latest line of PCs, including the first desktops to use Intel’s vPro technology bundle.
Content compression accelerates apps, 09/11/06
In Web applications, client response time and latency represent challenges for network and systems administrators. Content compression is one of the most popular methods used to get content from the application to the client faster.
Q&A: Data growth, complexity and cost driving storage market for Dell, 09/11/06
At its annual Technology Day in New York next week, Dell is expected to talk about its storage and server roadmaps and make what it says is a significant storage announcement. Network World Senior Editor Deni Connor this week caught up with Praveen …
Analysis: HP fight comes amid changes in boards, 09/08/06
HP’s board of directors has leapt out of the mainstream with the recently disclosed scandal that’s set members against each other, but changes over the past several years have made conflict on boards more likely.
NEC selling off Packard Bell, 09/08/06
NEC executives are negotiating the sale of the company’s Packard Bell division, reportedly to eMachines founder Lap Shun “John” Hui. The move would leave NEC without a consumer PC brand, while it continues to supply the European professional market …
HP updates Integrity line with dual-core Itanium, 09/07/06
HP has released two new servers featuring Intel’s new dual-core Itanium chip.
IBM will build new Department of Energy supercomputer, 09/07/06
The U.S. Department of Energy chose IBM to build a new supercomputer for its Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, IBM announced Wednesday.
CiRBA updates server consolidation, virtualization management tool, 09/07/06
CiRBA last week announced the latest version of its data center consolidation software, which includes enhanced support for virtualized …
Gateway names new CEO, 09/07/06
After a seven-month search, Gateway has a new CEO.
HP updates Itanium-based Integrity servers, 09/07/06
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) Thursday announced an upgrade and expansion of its Itanium-based Integrity server line to include new low-end models, a processor upgrade and improved virtualization support that it hopes will make the systems more attractive …
Storage in the Enterprise Newsletter: Less power (consumption) to the people, 09/05/06
The battle going on right now between Intel and Advanced Micro Devices for the hearts and minds of CPU lovers everywhere reflects a similar state of …
Servers Newsletter: Amazon sells processing power of its compute grid, 09/05/06
Amazon last week released the beta of a compute cluster from which users can buy processing power for their Web-based applications.
New Data Center Strategies Newsletter: Rube Goldberg variations for data center management, 09/05/06
Ridiculously complicated mechanical systems for accomplishing straightforward tasks are often referred to as Rube Goldberg machines. They’re funny …
Network Optimization Newsletter: Cisco targets application performance at branch offices, 09/05/06
Cisco is set to introduce a product suite designed to help enterprise IT managers better manage their branch office operations.
