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How to keep your kilter in load balancing

Companies can save money on server load balancers (SLBs) if they know a thing or two about their software infrastructure before making the purchase, according to a report from Forrester Research Inc.

IBM opens European supercomputer on-demand centre

To meet growing demand for supercomputing services, IBM Corp. opened a new high-capacity centre in Europe on Friday

If they develop it, will it work?

Google Inc.'s free e-mail service, Gmail, has received a huge amount of interest in the recent weeks thanks mostly to its claim that it will offer 1GB of storage to each user.

Q&A: Bob Young speaks out on open source movement

Bob Young is no stranger to open source. In fact, he has one of the most recognizable names in the industry, alongside movement gurus such as Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman and Jon "maddog" Hall. After all, Young co-founded Red Hat Inc., arguably the most successful Linux vendor in the world.

HP updates Unix workstation

Nothing hurts the ears of a user like the droning buzz of a Unix workstation. With that in mind, Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday announced its newest unit, the c8000, which has been designed to run quietly, among other improvements.

IBM to virtualize servers, storage

IBM Corp. on Wednesday will announce plans to begin offering new virtualization software and partitioning technology with its servers that will allow them to run as many as 10 versions of an operating system on a single processor.

HP clears desktop space with blade PCs

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s bc1000 blade PCs, first announced last year, are now available in North America for customers looking to manage their employees' desktop PCs from a central location, HP said Monday.

Yahoo updates Messenger

Yahoo Inc. is updating its Messenger program with new avatars, emoticons, and other features for fun, but it is also providing ways to conceal the frivolities and keep instant messages more businesslike when desired.

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