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October 28, 2008  2:49 PM

Sun, Fujitsu push out smaller Sparc64 server



Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
DataCenter, Sun Microsystems, Sun Sparc64

Sun Microsystems and Fujitsu today announced the M3000, a 2U, single-chip server based on the quad-core Sparc64 VII...

October 21, 2008  2:28 PM

Rackable Systems updates its most popular half depth server



Posted by: Bridget Botelho
AMD, C2005 Server, data center efficiency, DataCenter, Intel, PCI Express, Rackable Systems, Virtualization, x86 server

Rackable Systems, Inc. today announced the new C2005 server, designed with more expansion slots and a choice of SAS or SATA II hard drives for greater flexibility and configurability. The


October 15, 2008  6:53 PM

Gartner lists 10 most disruptive technologies of 2009



Posted by: Bridget Botelho
blade server, Blade servers, CIO, cloud computing, data center efficiency, DataCenter, Facebook, Gartner, Green computing, IT Asset management, Virtualization, x86 server

Gartner, Inc. analysts highlighted the top 10 technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations in 2009 during the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, being held in Orlando through...


September 25, 2008  6:34 PM

Intel, Oracle collaborate on cloud computing



Posted by: Bridget Botelho
cloud computing, Intel, Oracle, Xeon processor

At Oracle OpenWorld 2008 in San Francisco this week, Oracle Corp. and


September 25, 2008  1:44 PM

IBM opens four new cloud-computing centers



Posted by: Bridget Botelho
Amazon EC2, cloud computing, DataCenter, HP, IBM

IBM has opened four new cloud-computing centers in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Bangalore, India; Seoul, Korea; and Hanoi, Vietnam, where there is increasing demand for Internet-based computing models. IBM now has 13 cloud-computing centers...


September 17, 2008  6:23 PM

vCloud initiative: Enterprises moving to clouds



Posted by: Leah Rosin
cloud computing, DataCenter, server virtualization, virtual machines, VMware

On Monday at VMWorld, a new cloud computing intiative was launched: vCloud. As James Urquhart pointed out at his blog,


September 15, 2008  6:21 PM

Citrix and 3Tera partnership elevates the cloud



Posted by: Leah Rosin
cloud computing, DataCenter, Virtualization

On the opening day of VMworld in Las Vegas, 3Tera and Citrix have announced a partnership that is centered around the


September 15, 2008  1:52 PM

Unisys updates server with six-core Intel Xeon, enhances services



Posted by: Bridget Botelho
Capacity Planning, Data center disaster recovery, data center efficiency, DataCenter, Hyper-V, IT Asset management, Microsoft Windows, server virtualization, Unisys, virtual machines, Virtualization, VMware, x86 server, Xeon processor

Blue Bell, Pa.-based Unisys Corp. announced its new ES7000 Model 7600R Enterprise Server using Intel Xeon six-core processors (Dunnington), which Intel also...


September 8, 2008  1:12 PM

Intel launches 45nm halogen-free processors



Posted by: Bridget Botelho
Intel, Xeon processor

Intel Corp. has launched its first four energy-efficient halogen-free 45nm Intel Xeon processors. Lead and halogen materials have...


August 27, 2008  8:03 PM

IDC Server Tracker shows slowing x86 server growth



Posted by: Bridget Botelho
Blade servers, DataCenter, Dell, HP, IBM, x86 server

Framingham, Mass.-based IDC released its Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker for the second quarter of 2008 (2Q08) today showing that although the overall server market grew in the second quarter of 2008 (2Q08),...