Latest data center news.
EMC to get SMARTS, 12/21/04
EMC Tuesday joined a slew of vendors doing some last-minute technology shopping when it announced its plans to acquire network management vendor SMARTS for $260 million in cash.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1221emcsmarts.html?nl
PCI-Express on the server fast track, 12/20/04
As high-speed interconnects and virtualization software make their way into enterprise data centers, IT managers need to take a close look at how their servers are keeping pace.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/122004pciexpress.html?nl
Sun adds Linux support to Sun Ray thin clients, 12/20/04
Sun last week said the server software that supports its Sun Ray thin-client devices can now run on x86-based Linux systems in addition to Sparc/Solaris machines.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1220sunadds.html?nl
Open specs add options for BladeCenter customers, 12/17/04
In the three months since IBM and Intel opened design specifications for Big Blue’s BladeCenter, more than 100 vendors have signed up to use the information, meaning that end users will soon have access to network switches, adapter cards and other …
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1217bctr.html?nl
HP sends Itanium designers to Intel, 12/16/04
HP is ending its design work on the 64-bit Itanium processor, announcing Thursday that Intel has agreed to hire HP’s Colorado-based Itanium design team.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1216itan.html?nl
Newsletter: More on Intel’s ‘*T technologies’, 12/16/04
Earlier this week we talked about several technologies Intel lumps under the *T moniker. Two of them, LaGrande and Vanderpool, will make their way into servers …
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/servers/2004/1213server2.html?nl
