December, 2009

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 won’t run on Intel Itanium

Red Hat has confirmed that its Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating system version 6 will not be supported on the IntelItanium processor. The news, broken by The Register shortly before Christmas, presents...

Some IT predictions from IDC

Research firm IDC just released its top 10 predictions for the IT and telecommunications industry. Here are a few highlights:

• Growth will return to the IT industry in 2010. We predict 3.2% growth for...

Gartner analyst compares Itanium to Marmite

LAS VEGAS - Andrew Butler, a Gartner analyst, yesterday called Itanium "the Marmite of the computing industry." Butler, who is from the U.K., was referencing a yeast paste popular over the pond that is commonly used as a spread on toast, sandwiches and...