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EC orders IBM to behave in mainframe business

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:08:00 GMT

EUROPEAN REGULATORS have told IBM that it must not abuse its position as mainframe market leader and have given it a set of rules to live by.

HP urges the EU to launch an antitrust case against Oracle

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:12:17 GMT

FLOGGER OF EXPENSIVE PRINTER INK HP is attempting to get European antitrust regulators to investigate Oracle, claiming the firm used its software to push HP out of the hardware market in Europe.

HP releases an 80-core Intel Xeon E7 server

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:44:00 GMT

SERVER VENDOR HP has released four new Xeon E7 servers that increasingly blur the lines between the capabilities of x86 kit and big-tin custom RISC or Itanium boxes.

Novell fires up SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP apps

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:20:00 GMT

SOFTWARE VENDOR Novell has announced the availability of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP, explaining that it will let customers run a range of the German's software house's business applications.

HP admits failure to justify buying 3Par

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:31:00 GMT

Updated

BUYER'S REMORSE is a terrible thing but it seems that HP was so keen to justify buying 3Par that it trashed itself in the process.

Supermicro X8DA6 and X8DAi with Dual Xeons

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:26:26 GMT

Review

US BASED COMPUTER HARDWARE MAKER Supermicro isn't just an OEM design house helping the Tier 1 US brands design and build their servers and workstations. These days, it focuses quite a bit on its branded mainboard and systems business too, including fully assembled bare-bones servers. And Crucial, Micron's branded memory outfit, has been delivering some of the highest-density fast ECC registered server memory modules around. Here we have a look at the ultimate combination - Supermicro's X8DA6 and X8DAi workstation mainboards with Intel X5680 Xeon processors, along with Crucial's two kinds of top end server memory - one based on 8GB 1.5V DIMMs and the other based on 4GB 1.35V low power DIMMs, both ECC registered variants.

HP shrinks a server

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:52:00 GMT

MAKER OF EXPENSIVE PRINTER INK HP has released a Proliant microserver for small businesses that the company claims offers the features of its larger servers.

Lacie announces a small business server

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:28:00 GMT

FRENCH MANUFACTURER Lacie has launched its 5big Backup Server running Microsoft's Windows Home Server.

Lacie announces a small business server

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:28:00 GMT

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Windows Home Server gets a look in

Lacie announces a small business server.

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:28:00 GMT

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Windows Home Server gets a look in

Verbatim flogs a home network server for £150

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:12:13 GMT

PEOPLE LOOKING to share and stream content for different computers at home can now get their hands on a stylish looking box that acts as a home network server.

Verbatim flogs a home network server for £150

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:12:13 GMT

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With added web sharing bits

Gigabyte low power dual Xeon in mini size

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:05:00 GMT

Review

AS WE'VE SEEN in our high end system component reviews recently, total power consumption - whether at idle or under full load - is gaining in the system evaluation points priority in addition to the usual performance, price and features factors. Besides Asus and Supermicro, Gigabyte also offers a top-notch yet compact dual Xeon server and workstation mainboard that can provide high performance while keeping power consumption low and size down.

Gigabyte low power dual Xeon in mini size

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:05:00 GMT

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Review GA 7TCSV2 with L5640 ultra low power Xeons

Nvidia is losing on the HPC front

Fri, 28 May 2010 16:06:00 GMT

Analysis

DESIGNER OF HOT GRAPHICS CHIPS Nvidia might have an unlikely competitor thanks to the mess it made with Fermi.

Nvidia is losing on the HPC front

Fri, 28 May 2010 16:06:00 GMT

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Analysis Forget Fermi, bring on the Atom

Nvidia's Fermi GPGPU chip gets squeezed into servers

Wed, 05 May 2010 12:50:00 GMT

SERVER VENDORS Supermicro and Appro have managed to work out how to fit Nvidia's Tesla GPGPUs into servers.

Nvidia's Fermi GPGPU chip gets squeezed into servers

Wed, 05 May 2010 12:50:00 GMT

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Warms up the datacenter nicely

ARM takes on the server big boys

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:41:24 GMT

DESIGNER OF CHIPS ARM claims that servers using its multi-core chips will go up against Intel within the next 12 months.

ARM takes on the server big boys

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:41:24 GMT

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Tries its hand

Google buys Agnilux

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:10:00 GMT

BUILDER OF ITS OWN LINUX SERVERS Google has splashed out of Agnilux, a mysterious firm started by ex-Apple and PA Semi staffers.

Google buys Agnilux

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:10:00 GMT

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Tight-lipped on plans

Head to head: Intel's Nehalem EX and AMD's Magny Cours

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:14:41 GMT

Analysis

AS EXPECTED, the last week of March saw both Intel and AMD unveil what will be their highest end X86 CPU product lines for this year: for Intel the Nehalem EX Xeon 7500 series, and for AMD the Magny Cours Opteron 6100 series. And we still have the Westmere EP Xeon 5600 series that Intel launched just two weeks ago.

Head to head: Intel's Nehalem EX and AMD's Magny Cours

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:14:41 GMT

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Analysis Latest round in the enterprise CPU battle

Red Hat update supports the latest server chips

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:52:00 GMT

LEADING LINUX VENDOR Red Hat has released Enterprise Linux version 5.5 and it is capable of running the latest Intel and AMD server processors.