Items tagged with 'servers'
IBM Raises the Bar on Security Testing
IBM Raises the Bar on Security TestingIBM Internet Security Systems Challenges the Security Industry to Support Monthly Testing for Consistent, Pre-Emptive Security Against Evolving ThreatsATLANTA, GA - 03 Feb 2009: IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today it is the first vendor to commit to monthly testing to measure the security... Read More
Virtualization 101, From Data Center To Desktop
In the last few years Virtualization has gone from a buzzword to a platform of choice in the world of Information Technology. Consumers already reap its benefits on a day to day basis as Banks, Internet Service Providers, online merchants, and many other companies have adopted the technology all the while transparent to... Read More
Servers? Cheap. Electricity? Yikes!
Ken Brill at Forbes does a little arithmetic to examine the true cost of running a server, and the numbers are a bit of a surprise. Since we're in the midst of something of a boom in data center construction, shouldn't someone be figuring out what they really cost before they buy a bunch of servers and roll out the plans?... Read More
As Servers Crash, iPhone 3G Buyers Frustrated
It seemed obvious, didn't it? With the new in-store activation process, not only would it take longer, it would also be prone to the same sorts of server issues as last year, when customers would go home and be unable to activate. Only this time, it would in the store. Ah, the joys of early adoption.It... Read More
IBM Unveils New Opteron-Powered Servers
IBM Unveils Three Energy-Efficient Servers Powered by Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors - Enterprise Customers have Choice of 28 Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor-based OEM Server Platforms - SUNNYVALE, Calif. — May 28, 2008 — AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced growing industry support for the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor... Read More
Quad-Core AMD Opterons Now in Sun Servers
Sun Microsystems is a long-time player in the enterprise-level world of servers, software, and services. While the company prides itself on its Java technology, Solaris operating system, and UltraSPARC processors, its true bread-and-butter comes from its servers--including rackmount, x64, blade, enterprise, among other... Read More
Dell Offers New Quad-Core Opteron-Based Servers
Dell Now Offering Five Server Platforms Based on Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors Qualification for VMware Virtualization now Completed; 13 Global OEM Platforms now Shipping SUNNYVALE, Calif. - April 16, 2008 - AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is now offering five server platforms based on high-performance,... Read More
Microsoft Servers Wilt, Vista SP1 RC Goes Public
Microsoft's download servers must be on overload this week. First Office 2007 SP1, then Windows XP SP3 RC1, and now Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) have gone public.Microsoft was vague this week about when Windows Vista SP1 RC1 would be available, but based on the other two releases yesterday, it was going to... Read More
AMD Validated Servers Now Certified For Suse
AMD Validated Server Platforms Now Certified for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell - AMD expands Validated Server Program; empowers solution providers with increased platform choice and new opportunities to engage customers - SUNNYVALE,... Read More
Intel To Power 300,000+ New Google Servers?
Intel To Power 300,000 New Google Servers? DigiTimes has a new article about Google and a possible purchase of 300,000 or more new Intel-powered servers: "According to sources at motherboard makers, Intel recently landed a deal with search engine giant Google to supply CPUs for about 300,000-400,000 servers for Google,... Read More
QNAP TS-101 and TS-201 NAS Servers
Home users and Small Business owners can often benefit from technologies that are normally out of reach for some general consumers. Home users may benefit from having a file server for sharing media, transferring large files between PCs, or even remote access while away. Small Office users can utilize... Read More
Dell Debuts first Two AMD Servers
Cnet is reporting that Dell has finally released their first two AMD servers. The first system is the PowerEdge 6950 which is a quad cpu configuration ranging from 2.0Ghz to 2.8Ghz. The next system is the PowerEdge SC1435 which is a dual CPU configuration based off of the same speed cpu's. Both systems... Read More
IBM and AMD Opteron Servers
Some good news for AMD for a change. The success Sun and HP have been having in the server market with AMD's Opteron family of processors has caught the attention of IBM. IBM is now considering increasing their server product lineup with more servers built around the Opteron processor. The Opteron's... Read More
Sun Announces Availability of x64 Servers and Workstations Powered by AMD Opteron Processors
Sun Fire(TM) x64 Servers and Sun Ultra(TM) x64 Workstations, Boosted by Solaris(TM) 10 and Sun(TM) Studio 11, Deliver 16 New World Records SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 11 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced the availability of Sun Fire(TM) x64 (x86, 64-bit) servers and Sun Ultra(TM) Workstations powered... Read More
Interview with Appro: XtremeServers Way to Go!
Appro, one of the largest OEM rack mount computer manufactures in the 90's, has recently released their new XtremeServer products into the market. Tonight the folks over at X-Bit labs had a chance to sit down with Appro, and discuss server features, their current relation with AMD, and a host of other topics."The Appro... Read More
AMD Announces First 64-Bit, x86 Multi-Core Processors For Servers And Workstations
AMD Announces World's First 64-Bit, x86 Multi-Core Processors For Servers And Workstations At Second-Anniversary Celebration Of AMD Opteron Processor —AMD launches Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors for server and workstations and unveils AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core processor for consumers and business users —... Read More
NVIDIA & INTEL Team Up, Servers, and Portable Storage!
Good morning all. I may be a little behind in delivering the news this morning, but it turned out for the better. We just found out some major news from Intel and NVIDIA that is about as big as it gets. Check the PR below for a taste and then head over to Intel.com or NVIDIA.com for more details. Then... Read More
Head Sets, Digital Music Servers and a lot about Printers!
Good moring everyone. It's time for your morning news fix. We have an interesting collection today, covering printers, hard drive enclosures, video cards and more. Let us jump right into it and see what's on tap for today... The Tech Zone took five of the smallest color printers on the market and pit them against... Read More
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