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Microsoft Squeaks Out SQL Server 2008 Not a Moment Too Soon August 07, 2008 
Following a nearly six-month delay from its original target release date, Microsoft announced the release to manufacturing of its SQL Server 2008 Wednesday. The software maker had initially planned to launch the database application in February, but in January said it would have to move the date back to the third quarter.
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Samsung, Sun Give NAND Devices 5 Lives July 18, 2008 
Samsung and Sun Microsystems have partnered to develop a single-level-cell NAND flash memory device for use in solid state drives with significantly high endurance levels, the two companies said Wednesday. The new device will provide much higher endurance levels than other flash memory devices currently available, according to the companies.
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A No-Brainer for SMBs July 11, 2008 
Small and medium-sized businesses are demanding the same level of quality and functionality for their IT Web infrastructure as larger enterprise IT organizations. Many SMB organizations are implementing their own application delivery optimization solutions; however, others prefer to outsource their application delivery optimization infrastructure to managed hosting providers.
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IBM's Roadrunner Supercomputer Zooms Into Petaflop Territory June 09, 2008 
IBM has designed a new $100 million supercomputer, called "Roadrunnner," that's powerful enough to operate at 1 petaflop -- a cool 1 thousand trillion calculations per second. That's twice as fast as the next closest supercomputer -- the IBM Blue Gene system -- and nearly three times as fast as other top supercomputers in the world.
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Azul Systems: Jazzing Up Java May 08, 2008 
In early 2002, the founders of Azul Systems wagered that Java was going to become a prominent enterprise platform. If that happened, they suspected enterprise customers of Java would soon need relief from the pain points caused by poor scaling and disappointing deployment costs.
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Dell Gets Real With Virtualization Strategy May 08, 2008 
Dell unveiled an array of virtualization solutions Wednesday. The hardware maker's new lineup includes more than a dozen servers, tools and services designed to make the deployment and management of virtual environments as simple as possible for enterprises regardless of size, the company said. Four new virtualization-optimized servers stand at the center of the hardware manufacturer's latest offering.
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A Linux Server in the Palm of Your Hand April 23, 2008 
Japanese Linux computer firm Plat'Home released in March a palm-sized, full-featured Linux-based server dubbed "OpenBlockS." This tiny marvel is no lightweight wanna-be replacement to a real Linux server. It can run most server applications that you would expect to run on a "normal" full-sized Linux box. Despite its tiny size, OpenBlockS servers are capable of doing real work.
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IBM Soups Up RFID-Ready Server April 07, 2008 
IBM is unveiling upgrades to its WebSphere Premises Server at Impact, its SOA event taking place in Las Vegas this week. The buffed-up SOA software -- Version 6.1 -- and IBM's RFID Information Center will be the two main product spotlights at the event. The cumulative effect of the improvements is that users will find it far easier to gather, analyze and act upon data.
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Sun Takes a Shine to Ubuntu for Servers April 03, 2008 
Sun Microsystems, one of the largest server makers, announced that it would increase the number of products certified for use with Ubuntu Linux, one of the fastest growing open source operating systems. The upcoming expansion is the latest development in the two-year relationship between Sun and Canonical.
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HP Bundles CRM Road Maps With New Servers April 02, 2008 
HP has released a number of new offerings targeting the mid-market, including new Linux management tools, remote security access products and -- for companies embarking on a customer relationship management implementation -- two new additions to the HP ProLiant server line that include configuration blueprints for two popular applications: Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Oracle's Siebel CRM.
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Citrix, HP Crossbreed XenServer With Proliant Line March 21, 2008 
Citrix and HP announced a deal Thursday that integrates the virtualization company's XenServer into HP's 64-bit ProLiant Servers. The jointly developed server virtualization solution, Citrix XenServer HP Select Edition, will be available to both HP and Citrix customers.
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Green IT: Behind the Buzzwords March 06, 2008 
Conserving energy, reducing floor space and managing utility costs are becoming major priorities for IT organizations. As the number of servers continues to grow and demand for storage capacity increases, companies are faced with the challenge of powering and cooling these systems while controlling their energy consumption and complying with environmental regulations.
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Finjan Unearths Hackers' Stash of Pilfered Server Access Codes February 27, 2008 
The precarious nature of data security -- and accounts' vulnerability to hackers -- came to light Wednesday when Finjan said it had found a cache of more than 8,700 stolen File Transfer Protocol server credentials. The stolen account information, containing usernames, passwords and server addresses, were connected to Fortune-level companies and government agencies around the world.
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MS Pulls Curtain on Windows Server 2008 February 27, 2008 
Microsoft launched Windows Server 2008 in Los Angeles on Wednesday. With its new features and enhanced tools, Windows Server 2008 has enjoyed a better reception than Windows Vista and has been deployed by a number of companies in beta, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld.
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Server Heavies to Get VMware Inside February 26, 2008 
VMware announced Tuesday the upcoming availability of servers from a variety of manufacturers that will include a fully integrated preinstalled version of VMware's virtualization software. Within the next 60 days, Dell, Fujitsu Siemens, HP and IBM will begin shipping servers with the VMware ESX 3i hypervisor embedded.
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MetaRAM Leapfrogs Server Memory Limits February 25, 2008 
San Jose, Calif., startup MetaRAM has launched new technology it says can quadruple the memory capacity of servers and workstations. The DDR2 MetaSDRAM technology boosts performance and at the same time decreases the cost of high-performance systems. MetaRAM produced technology that convinces a device's memory controller that multiple DRAMs are instead a single, larger capacity DRAM.
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HP Grabbed Bigger Slice of the Server Pie in 2007 February 22, 2008 
A surge in server shipments during the fourth quarter helped HP gain ground against IBM in server sales revenue and extend its lead in server shipments, according to a report released Thursday by Gartner. Overall for the year, worldwide server shipment sales grew in 2007, increasing 7.4 percent from 2006, while server revenue rose by almost 4 percent, the research firm said.
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Scrutinizing Shuffle, Pining for iPhone SDK, Head-Scratching Over Media Event February 22, 2008 
The Mac universe got off to a slow start this week, with Presidents Day giving a sizable portion of the U.S. working population the day off. However, that didn't stop Apple from making a few, albeit minor, announcements. First, iTunes announced it would sell songs performed on "American Idol," in addition to the shows themselves.
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Apple Serves Up Heartier Xsan, Drops Stale RAID February 19, 2008 
Apple has delivered a major upgrade to Xsan, the company's enterprise-class storage area network file system for Mac OS X. Called "Xsan 2," the upgrade includes completely redesigned administration tools, which Apple said make it even easier for first-time users to set up and deploy a SAN. In addition, Apple has introduced new features.
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A Home Server of Our Own February 19, 2008 
In the world of information technology, businesses turn to servers to manage the storage, flow and backup of just about every bit of important data. What about the family home? Many households around the world have broadband wireless networks, multiple PCs and everything from priceless vacation photos to bank account information stored on individual PC hard drives.
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