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Server hardware strategy

• February 13, 2008 13 Feb'08

  HP to sell four-socket Itanium Integrity blade server

  Hewlett-Packard is shipping a four-socket blade server based on the dual-core Itanium chip. It has more memory capacity than any blade on the market, but is it enough to run your largest applications?

• February 05, 2008 05 Feb'08

  Dell overhauls support offerings

  After years of customer complaints, Dell has overhauled its support offerings to create more streamlined -- and local -- service packages.

• January 21, 2008 21 Jan'08

  Intel vs. AMD power efficiency hinges on memory

  New tests show greater power consumption for Intel Xeon quad-core processors compared with AMD's latest quad-core Opteron processors, partly because Xeon uses FB-DIMM memory.

• January 21, 2008 21 Jan'08

  Dell PowerEdge M-Series blade server woos the critics

  Dell's new blade servers are worlds better than previous blade offerings, analysts say. They are power efficient, have impressive switch options and are aggressively priced.

• January 14, 2008 14 Jan'08

  HP pumps out four new Intel-based ProLiant servers

  HP has introduced four new ProLiant servers and its Lights-Out remote management software aimed squarely at midmarket customers.

• November 28, 2007 28 Nov'07

  HP taps Scalent to virtualize I/O on c-Class blades

  HP will sell Scalent Systems' Virtual Operating Environment software for its c-Class blade server platform to simplify blade provisioning, repurposing and failover.

• November 26, 2007 26 Nov'07

  Intel vs. AMD? HP vs. IBM?: Survey of x86 server buyers tells all

  A survey of x86 server buyers reveals that they are less concerned about processors than they are about floor space, power and cooling, and consolidation via virtualization.

• November 14, 2007 14 Nov'07

  Sun offers telcos new Netra blade servers

  The new Sun Netra ATCA blades include one based on UltraSparc T2 and another based on AMD's Opteron Rev F.

• November 12, 2007 12 Nov'07

  Dell PowerEdge R900 designed for virtualization, Oracle

  With Intel Xeon processors and loads of memory, Dell's latest PowerEdge servers are a natural for intensive workloads like Oracle and virtualization.

• November 12, 2007 12 Nov'07

  Intel shrinks Xeon with new Penryn 45-nanometer processor

  Intel's latest-generation Xeon is a 45-nanometer processor, packing more than 400 billion transistors on the platform.

• November 12, 2007 12 Nov'07

  HP Virtual Connect crosses c-Class BladeSystem chassis

  HP deluged data center managers with new offerings for BladeSystem c-Class, virtualization management, and power and cooling infrastructure.

• October 22, 2007 22 Oct'07

  Microsoft allows Voltaire InfiniBand for Windows servers

  Traditionally found on HPC applications running Linux, InfiniBand is finding a home on servers running Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server.

• October 16, 2007 16 Oct'07

  IBM and HP spar over blade server superiority

  HP says that its blade servers run cooler than IBM's. IBM tests show that HP blades can burn through memory. And users say both vendors' blades can overheat in dense data centers.

• October 09, 2007 09 Oct'07

  Sun Microsystems' Niagara 2 servers hit shelves

  Sun's latest UltraSparc T2 boxes include two rack servers and one blade, which can share a chassis with x86 models.

• September 26, 2007 26 Sep'07

  First Intel-based Sun Fire servers come in a small package

  Sun Microsystems' latest foray into Intel-based servers, the Sun Fire X4150 and X4450, promises density and performance.