Green computing, SupercomputingThe 5th annual list of the most energy efficient supercomputers was published recently. IBM took the top four spots and 18 out of the top 20. The Green500 list is...
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Acquisition, DataCenter, Java, Oracle, SunAccording to Reuters, U.S. antitrust regulators aren't giving early clearance on Oracle's plan to buy Sun Microsystems, due to what Oracle lawyers are calling a narrow,...
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Oracle, Rock processor, Sun Microsystems, UltraSparc processorSun Microsystems scrapped development efforts for the 16-core "Rock" UltraSparc processor, which the company once hoped would help them compete against chips from IBM and...
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Cisco Systems, Dell, Gartner Inc, Hewlett Packard, HP, IBM, server market, Unified Computing, x86 serversDoes anyone else think it is a bad idea for Cisco Systems to enter the server market when the industry is experiencing the most significant year-over-year sales decline in history? Worldwide server revenue declined 24 percent in the first quarter of 2009 and shipments dropped 24.2 percent...
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Data Center, Hyperic, Nagios, open source, Reconnoiter, Systems ManagementTheo Schlossnagle, CEO and founder of managed services and hosting provider OmniTI, hopes to solve some of the common complaints with open source systems management tools with his company’s new tool Reconnoiter. OmniTI manages 15 data...
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Data Center, DataCenter, economy, serversAccording to IDC's recent server report, server sales are plummeting due to the slumping global economy. According to IDC, this is the lowest quarterly server revenue since the analyst firm began tracking the server market on a...
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AMD, Intel, PC processor, performance per watt, power efficiency, power efficient server, server power, Via Nano, Via Technologies, x86 processor, x86 serverWhat was once a battle over who could offer the fastest, most powerful server has turned into a competition over which servers can operate on the fewest watts, leading vendors to put PC chips in x86 systems. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="256" caption=""I just can't do it...
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AMD, EC Treaty, European Commission, Intel, INtel antitrust, x86 CPU, x86 serverIntel just broke another record - this time for getting the largest anti-trust fine ever. The European Commission (EC) slapped...
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high performance computing, Oracle, Rackable Systems, SGI, Silicon Graphics, Sun Microsystems, Virtualization, x86 serverRackable Systems completed its acquisition of Silicon Graphics, Inc. on Monday and oddly enough, Rackable will adopt SGI as its global name and brand, instead of the other way around.
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Blade servers, Boston Athletic Association, Boston Marathon, c-class blade servers, F5 Networks, Hewlett Packard, VirtualizationAbout a million people will visit the Boston Marathon website on Monday to check out the 113th annual race, so the IT pros supporting the website have been hard at work these past few weeks making sure the site doesn't crash that day.
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