Dell Wins, Sun Loses In Latest Server SurveyOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 99 days ago (http://www.informationweek.com)
Category: servers | Tags dell, sun microsystems, servers, hp, x86, sales, Search All Tags
Dell increases its market share, Sun Microsystems takes a hit, and overall server sales are looking good due to IT departments replacing x86 servers. read more »
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Dell thrives in up server marketOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 99 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
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"The server biz is still booming thanks to customers buying up x86 boxes. The current worldwide economic agitation doesn't seem to have affected with major..." read more »
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Rackable to Offer IBM Blade Servers in Containerized Data CenterOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 124 days ago (http://www.byteandswitch.com)
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Antone Gonsalves reports, "Rackable Systems Inc. on Monday said it would offer IBM...BladeCenter servers inside Rackable's data-center-in-a-box product." read more »
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10 ways to make Linux boot fasterOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by sajid 129 days ago (http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com)
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On those infrequent occasions when you need to reboot Linux, you may find that the process takes longer than you’d like. Jack Wallen shares a number of tricks you can use to reduce boot times. read more »
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VMware Performance TestsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by vogelabv 132 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: servers | Tags vmware, performance, virtual servers, virtual, esx, Search All Tags,
While this performance data is funded and posted by VMware it is interesting to see virtual environments nearly matching native environment speed. Check out the SPECWeb results in particular and the testing of multiple Oracle DBs. read more »
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Sun, Fujitsu Launch Quad-Core Spar64 VII-Powered ServersOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 137 days ago (http://www.informationweek.com)
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Antone Gonsalves writes, "The servers run the Solaris operating system and are built for large-scale applications from Oracle, SAP, and other business software vendors." read more »
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How's that again? Gartner revamps its Q1 server revenue dataOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 146 days ago (http://www.betanews.com)
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Jacqueline Emigh reports on an embarrassing mistake from Gartner. Despite widely reported stories that HP outsold IBM in server revenue, Gartner has recently revamped their figures placing IBM back in first place and sales of servers overall much further down. read more »
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IBM mainframe acquisition raises antitrust concernsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 151 days ago (http://www.infoworld.com)
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IBM acquires Platform Solutions, a hardware vendor it had been locked in legal battle with for two years. The CCIA is concerned about the antitrust implications of IBM's continued acquisitions. read more »
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