Latest data center news.
Server virtualization is on the rise, 12/06/04
While EMC subsidiary VMware has garnered the bulk of attention regarding server virtualization, a slew of vendors are looking to address what they see as rising demand for this server consolidation technique.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/120604server-virtualization.html?nl
Opteron gets power management, 12/06/04
In an effort to help enterprise users get a handle on power and heat issues associated with new server designs that pack more processing punch in smaller spaces, Advanced Micro Devices Monday announced that systems built with its 32/64-bit Opteron …
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1206opteronpower.html?nl
Former Sun, BEA executives forge grid venture, 12/06/04
Former executives from companies such as Sun Microsystems, BEA Systems, and Oracle this week are formally launching a venture called Cassatt, which is endeavoring to automate IT operations, leverage commodity hardware and software, and govern network …
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1206formesun.html?nl
Microsoft offers flat-fee support for NT, Exchange 5.5, 12/06/04
Microsoft will offer custom support options on a flat-fee basis to users of Windows NT 4.0 Server and Exchange Server 5.5 when the standard support phases for those products end.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1206microoffer.html?nl
IBM launches industry consortium for Power processors, 12/02/04
In a move to open up its Power microprocessor architecture, IBM has formed an industry consortium chartered with opening up the process of building Power processors. Called Power.org, the consortium was announced in Beijing on Thursday.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1202ibmlaunc.html?nl
Newsletter: NEC rolls out fault-tolerant server, 12/02/04
NEC last week launched a Linux-based fault-tolerant server that gives users five nines of availability.
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/servers/2004/1129server2.html?nl
Gartner: Half of U.S. IT operations jobs to vanish, 12/01/04
In an eyebrow-raising forecast, Gartner researchers said they believe that as many as 50% of the IT operational jobs in the U.S. could disappear over the next two decades because of improvements in data center technologies.
