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Recovering Server Market Led By HP & IBM, Says IDC
IDC says global server markets showed their fastest growth in 10 years during Q3. HP and IBM were the main beneficiaries
Why Data Centre Cooling Is Getting Simpler
Free air and evaporative cooling are far more simple than the chillers and refrigeration units they could replace, says Peter Judge
Quiet Cabinets Save Energy, Says Kell
Instead of keeping noisy machines in a server room, why not make them quiet enough to share the office air-con?
AMD And Marvell Move To Compete With x86-ARM
AMD plans to move x86 architectures into the tablet space while Marvell aims an ARM chip at the data centre
Microsoft Database Products Revealed At PASS Conference
Microsoft unveiled the next version of SQL Server and a Warehouse appliance at the PASS Summit conference
Kaspersky Anti-Malware Package Bundles In Eight Products
Kaspersky Lab's anti-malware suite brings security for endpoints, file servers, mail servers and the network gateway
Release Candidate Of WinServer 2008 SP1 Improves Virtualisation
Microsoft has unveiled a Release Candidate (RC) for Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
Cost-cutting Power7 Express Servers From IBM
IBM is rolling out Power7 Express servers for smaller enterprises and cost-conscious businesses
Latest Dell Hardware Targets Cloud And HPC
AMD-based server highlighted as Dell unveils its new hardware designed to bring HPC and cloud computing capabilities to a wider customer-base
HP Launches Low-Cost SMB Micro-Server Push
Hewlett-Packard takes on Dell, with a tiny cheap server aimed at small businesses
ARM Taking Aim At Green Server Space
Chip designer ARM is looking to move into the low-end server space through virtualisation support
Silly Season: Electricity From Waste Server Heat?
It's not perpetual motion, but the idea of generating electricity from server heat is a very wasteful way to save energy, says Peter Judge
Dell Supplies Servers For NASA Climate Research
NASA is spending £3.25 million ($5 mn) with Dell, to revamp its climate simulation research project using PowerEdge servers
HP Blades Pitched To Slice Into Server Sprawl
New blades from HP are packed with memory and designed to reduce sprawling data centres, the company says
SGI Creates Petaflop Single Cabinet Computing Platform
SGI announced a new computing platform that scales up to a petaflop of computing power in a single server cabinet
HP Overtakes IBM In Server Market, Say Analysts
HP overtook IBM in worldwide server revenues in the first quarter accoprding to Gartner and IDC
HP Slates IBM’s Mainframes Bias
IBM depends on mainframe revenues, so don't go there to streamline your IT, says HP's Paul Evans
SharePoint 2010 Offers More: Review
Administrators and users will both find much to like about Microsoft's SharePoint Server 2010, offering easier upgrading and better management tools
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server Hits Close To The Mark: Review
Canonical's Ubuntu Server offers a serviceable alternative to server offerings from other Linux vendors and from Microsoft
HP Launches New Servers And Finance Advice
Hewlett-Packard's new servers are fast, but today's announcement is all about finding ways to pay for them
IBM Beefs Up Server Play With New Power7 Blades
IBM has grown its portfolio of Power7 servers with three blades systems that includes an entry-level server and a midrange blade
Cisco Upgrades UCS Blades With Xeon 7500
Cisco is building Intel's Xeon 7500 chips into its servers in a major revamp of UCS, the converged data centre strategy it launched a year ago.
New Xeon 7500 Treads On Itanium’s Toes
Intel says its Xeon 7500 gives its biggest performance jump yet. Others wonder if it spells the end for Itanium, and trouble for IBM's Power processor
New Server Cooling System Puts Blades In A Bucket
GRC's data centre cooling system saves energy costs and keeps things simple - by dunking standard blades vertically in a bath of coolant
IBM Banks on Latest Chip Development For System x
The next generation of IBM System x servers are banking heavily on Intel's Nehalem and IBM chipsets. The plan is to shake up mid-range servers
Fasthosts Debuts Virtual Server Range
Fasthosts targets UK firms’ growing appetites for virtual server solutions, featuring Hyper-V technology and customisable RAM, CPU and disk space