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- IBM System x Enterprise Servers in the New Enterprise Data centre
- Virtualization changes everything! Once you start to virtualize your servers and storage, you will find that you can enjoy a higher degree of server utilization and simpler, more comprehensive server management. But you must have the right partner and the right tools in order to get the most value...
- Tags: Enterprise Server, IBM Corp., Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2009-07-01
- IBM's latest campaign against paper
- IBM's latest campaign against paperPaperless All the talk about going paperless is fine until you get to documents that are really important. The problem with going paperless with important documents is hardware related. The question that has to be answered is "Will the hardware necessary to read my document...
- Tags: Storage, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-29
- IBM's latest campaign against paper
- You've got to love all the statistics that high-tech companies use to express the return on investment of their green IT offering du jour. Here is a new-ish one from IBM: the average office worker uses roughly 10,000 sheets of copy paper year. (Notice that does not mention printer output,...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Content Management, Web Technology, Outsourcing, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- Cisco's commodity server foray likely to boost share, but at what cost?
- Cisco's commodity server foray likely to boost share, but at what cost?Net evenI don't see Cisco's servers capturing much market share. They might grab some small businesses but I can't see an enterprise environment investing in Cisco servers. They have 0 proven track record. Would you stake your job on...
- Tags: Servers, Cisco Systems Inc., server, IBM Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-29
- ESF Database Migration Toolkit Professional Edition 6.0.25 (Windows)
- ESF Database Migration Toolkit lets you transfer data across various database/file systems. With this toolkit, you can reduce the effort, cost, and risk of migrating to/from any of the following database/file systems: Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, IBM DB2, Visual Foxpro, SQLite, FireBird, InterBase, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Paradox, Lotus,...
- Tags: Toolkit, Microsoft Windows, IBM Corp., Databases, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Office Suites
- Software downloads 2009-06-28
- XitNotes 2.5e (Windows)
- Convert Lotus Notes Outlook / Exchange. Exports mail, calendar and tasks to Microsoft with optional export of contacts and distribution lists. With XitNotes conversion of your NSF to PST file has never been easier. Keep your text, attachments, folders and subfolders, message properties (to, from, cc, bcc, sent/receive dates and...
- Tags: National Science Foundation, IBM Lotus Notes, Microsoft Windows, IBM Corp., XitNotes, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2009-06-28
- Notes Pro for Lotus Notes 1.2 (Mobile)
- Notes Pro for Lotus Notes requires no synchronization between your PC and any other third party servers to run. This means you can get true over the air data directly from your Lotus Notes server. Notes Pro for Lotus Notes never requires your data be given to a third party....
- Tags: Mobile, IBM Lotus Notes, IBM Corp., Robert Mooney, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2009-06-26
- IBM backs research behind Lithium-ion battery alternative
- IBM backs research behind Lithium-ion battery alternativeI want to know where my wireless power is. Tesla was on to something andwe need to persue it. Screw batteries... just turn it on... no power needed.Boy that woudl put battery companies in the low demand, make green folks happy and...
- Tags: Engineering, Tesla, battery, lithium-ion battery, lithium-ion, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-24
- IBM backs research behind Lithium-ion battery alternative
- Looks like more people have it in for the Lithium-ion batteries. IBM is the latest company to undertake a research initiative focused on next-generation rechargeable battery options, ones that it says can store up to 10 times more energy than today's Lithium-ion versions. IBM doesn't plan to...
- Tags: Lithium-ion, Battery, Lithium-ion Battery, IBM Corp., Engineering, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- News to know: Intel-Nokia; Netbooks; Security Essentials; Oracle; Win7
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dana Blankenhorn: Intel-Nokia deal boosts open source Jason Hiner: A Nokia, Intel partnership makes sense, but they...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Dana Gardner, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- From Big Blue to Big Brown as IBM expands into sewage management and other green initiatives
- IBM representatives were in San Francisco on Tuesday to announce a partnership with the city around several green initiatives and also to launch several broader initiatives that include the development of advanced battery technologies at its Almaden Research Center in San Jose. I met with Alan Ganek,...
- Tags: Battery, IBM Corp., Engineering, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
- IBM releases upgrade to Tivoli software
- IBM today announced the release of a new verison of its Tivoli Identity Manager, which includes upgrades that allows the company to "administer, secure, monitor and certify user identities and their access to applications, information and systems." Basically, this is about access and being able to manage...
- Tags: Software, Tivoli Software, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Regulations, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Government, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
- Not your average off-the-shelf system: New IBM supercomputer will heat university buildings
- A water-cooled supercomputer, called the Aquasar, is being built as part of a collaborative effort by IBM and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. The project is part of IBM's First of a Kind Program, which leverages relevant research from outside of IBM's own research labs to advance technology...
- Tags: Supercomputer, IBM Corp., Transportation, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
- Roadrunner, Jaguar retain supercomputer edge
- IBM's Roadrunner and Cray's Jaguar have retained their No. 1 and No. 2 rankings on the Top500 supercomputer list which is released twice yearly. Roadrunner (Credit: IBM) IBM's Roadrunner and Cray's Jaguar have retained their No. 1 and No. 2 rankings on...
- Tags: IBM Corp., FZJ, supercomputer, IBM, Roadrunner, Jaguar, Vivian Yeo ZDNet Asia
- News items 2009-06-23
- Virtualization of SAP Applications with VMware ESX Server on IBM System x3850/x3950 M2
- This whitepaper looks at how Virtualization is the concept of decoupling the hardware from the operating systems and applications. This can be implemented a number of ways as we will discuss, but fundamentally it is achieved by inserting a layer between the server hardware and software components, to provide either...
- Tags: SAP AG, Server, VMware Inc., VMWare ESX Server, IBM Corp., VMWare ESX, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Ip storage, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- White papers 2009-06-23
- Trend Watch: Mission Critcial x86
- This paper examines how, over the past several years, research has shown many organisation moving mission-critical systems onto x86 servers.
- Tags: IBM Corp.
- White papers 2009-06-22
- Increasing Energy Efficiency with x86 Servers
- The current economic crisis has most companies scrambling for ways to get the most out of every dollar they spend. However, to date, many of the gains have been illusory due to high server costs, lack of effective virtualization and management, and inefficiencies that make it expensive to power and...
- Tags: Energy Efficiency, X86 Server, IBM Corp., Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2009-06-22
- Virtualization of SAP Applications with VMware ESX Server on IBM System x3850/x3950 M2
- This whitepaper looks at how Virtualization is the concept of decoupling the hardware from the operating systems and applications. This can be implemented a number of ways as we will discuss, but fundamentally it is achieved by inserting a layer between the server hardware and software components, to provide either...
- Tags: SAP AG, Server, VMware Inc., VMWare ESX Server, IBM Corp., VMWare ESX, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Ip storage, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- White papers 2009-06-22
- Virtual SMB Centre in a Box?
- What types of organizations have the most efficient IT operations? Data centers that provide highly available and resilient services with a minimum of human intervention and management? IT shops that can deploy new applications quickly and scale existing workloads to handle unpredictable demand spikes? And, just as importantly,...
- Tags: Information Technology, Small And Medium Business, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Smb/Sme, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management
- White papers 2009-06-22
- One example of "smarter planet"
- The smart grid for electricity has become so mainstream Congress wrote it into the stimulus law enacted earlier this year. IBM's marketing of "smarter planet" goes way beyond electricity and networked grid. I recently spoke with Drew Clark, director of strategy of IBM Venture Capital Group. And...
- Tags: Sensor, Grid, IBM Corp., Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-06-21

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