Latest data center news.
VMware primes virtualization for dual-core systems, 07/18/05
VMware is preparing its server virtualization software to support dual-core systems and says it plans to charge for the technology on a per-socket – meaning per-CPU – basis, rather charging by individual core.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071805-vmware.html?nl
Investors target systems management, 07/18/05
Looking to offer users new tools to manage complex data center technologies, a crop of network and systems management start-ups has garnered more than $100 million from venture capitalists this year.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071805-management.html?nl
City finds big savings in Linux, 07/18/05
Wisconsin city IT department finds performance, savings in Linux.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071805-linux-savings.html?nl
Intel releases Itanium 2 processors with faster bus, 07/18/05
As expected, Intel took the wraps off two new Itanium 2 processors Monday that will tide the company over until the expected launch of its first dual-core Itanium processor later this year.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071805-intel.html?nl
Netli touts faster Web services, 07/18/05
Netli this week is announcing a way to speed Web services across the Internet with a new offering that reduces the delay in machine-to-machine communications.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071805-netli.html?nl
Start-ups reinforce storage intelligence, 07/18/05
Whether it’s called Information Asset Management (IAM) or Information, Classification and Management (ICM) or Intelligent Data Management (IDM), some start-ups are banking on making sense of the burgeoning data on networks, classifying it, and storing it on the appropriate media based on policies set by an IT administrator.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071805-iam-storage.html?nl
Longhorn beta will have near-complete Indigo, 07/15/05
When Microsoft releases the first beta of its Longhorn version of Windows, it will include a nearly complete version of the product’s Web services-based communication framework, code-named Indigo, a Microsoft product manager confirmed this week.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071505-longhorn.html?nl
IBM posts funeral notice for OS/2, 07/15/05
IBM is measuring OS/2 for its coffin. The company reaffirmed its intent to soon end support for the storied operating system, releasing an official road map for the software’s demise.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071505-ibm-os2.html?nl
Newsletter: The five core data center disciplines, 07/12/05
One of the great things about data center technologies is that they cover such a broad spectrum. In this newsletter, we’ve looked at traditional data …
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/datacenter/2005/0711datacenter1.html?nl
