Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Five-year plan: 8 problems IT must solve We don't expect everyone -- or even a majority of people who read this article -- to agree with our picks. Each person has his or her own axes to grind. Tell us what we've missed
Monday, September 27, 2010
HP offers path from HP 9000 to new hardware HP also rolled out a new storage array that scales to 2,000 small-form-factor drives. The HP 9000s are based on HP's now-defunct PA-RISC processor, and the newer Integrity servers use Intel Itanium chips
Friday, September 24, 2010
Voltaire ships storage accelerator software Voltaire Storage Accelerator can be loaded on to an x86 server running Linux and can access Fiber Channel storage through either 10 Gigabit Ethernet or Infiniband interfaces. Voltaire Ltd. claims a storage-server pair can process up to a million IOPS
Monday, September 20, 2010
Yahoo opens 'chicken coop' green data centre The data centre in New York state is wind-cooled and runs on hydro power, making it Yahoo's most energy-efficient
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Cisco upgrades data centre switches In addition to new versions of the Nexus and Catalyst switches, Cisco Systems Inc. announced an update to its Unified Computing System server, plus security software for the Nexus 1000V switch. Find out what’s new in Unified Network Services
Monday, September 13, 2010
HP upgrades SANs, management software The company adds 10Gbit/sec. Ethernet option to its entry-level SAN. The new modular array is targeted at small- to medium-sized businesses
Monday, September 13, 2010
Paving the way for the flat network Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Hewlett Packard Development Co. LP and Juniper Networks Inc. are pushing to sell new data centre switching gear as servers, storage and networking converge. However an analyst predicts many companies will abandon new networking projects
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Cisco, Citrix team on desktop virtualization package The as-yet-unnamed offering will "bring simplicity" to the VDI market, a Cisco spokesman says. How Xen Desktop met Unified Computing System
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
‘Virtual stall’ overtaking ‘VM sprawl’, CA says VMWORLD 2010: The company says that after reaching virtualization numbers of about 30 per cent, many enterprises are hitting a wall on cost savings. A CA executive offers up tips
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Partner CentriLogic ‘excited’ by HP or Dell buying 3PAR The Canadian partner anticipates a positive outcome for its relationship with 3PAR regardless of who wins the bidding war that began mid-August. Why an Info-Tech Research analyst thinks Dell has a greater need to win 3PAR
Monday, August 30, 2010
3Par and 'the fear of missing out' BLOGOSPHERE What's behind the bidding war between HP and Dell over the low-profile SAN vendor? We troll the blogs for an explanation
Monday, August 16, 2010
Oracle, Amazon offer new ways to run Linux from afar Users can run Linux on thin clients or in the cloud. Amazon will start offering the new operating systems by the end of the year
Monday, July 19, 2010
VMware says: Windows still matters … sort of Virtualization diminishes importance of operating systems, VMware says. CEO Paul Maritz said OSes are having their jobs stolen by virtualization and open development frameworks
Monday, July 05, 2010
Dell gains virtualization muscle with Scalent buy The pending acquisition of Scalent will bring it data-center virtualization management software. Scalent's software can work with both VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisors
Monday, June 28, 2010
HP rack, blade servers target exploding data growth The company has released new servers with more memory and bandwidth for improved application performance. The lineup includes new G7 blade, rack-mount systems