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- Sony P-series Lifestyle PC
- Sony likes to keep its Vaio products aimed at mid-to-high-end buyers--much like Apple does--and generally eschews the budget end of the market (although there are a handful of less expensive Vaios we've reviewed favorably). When it comes to Intel-Atom-powered systems, it's no different; Sony's entry into the very hot minilaptop...
- Tags: Desktops, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Servers, Notebooks, Sony Corp., IBM pSeries, PC, Intel Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-01-16
- First Sony VAIO P Series reviews: On second thought. . .
- First Sony VAIO P Series reviews: On second thought. . .Why no love for the Atom 330 in netbooks?I'd like to see the dual-core Atom find its place in netbooks some time soon. Enough processing power for high definition video needs to be a shipping feature on a sub-portable...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Microsoft Windows 7, IBM pSeries, Aero, Sony Vaio
- Discussion threads 2009-01-15
- First Sony VAIO P Series reviews: On second thought. . .
- You can't judge a netbook by its cover. With its amazing looks, the Sony VAIO P Series landed a spot on nearly everyone's Best of CES list. But only a few days after the curtain came down, the first full reviews have been posted, and it...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, IBM pSeries, Netbook, Target Audience, Sony P-Series, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Servers, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-01-15
- Sony's svelte P series Netbook
- The mystery of the Sony VAIO P series has been resolved. Sony is calls it a Lifestyle PC, but it is really one of the smallest and lightest Netbooks to date. The P series weighs 1.4 pounds with the standard battery. It is about the size of...
- Tags: Sony Corp., IBM pSeries, Netbook, Servers, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-01-08
- CES 2009: Sony announces P Series ultra portable notebook at 1.4 pounds
- CES 2009: Sony announces P Series ultra portable notebook at 1.4 poundscoolAs usual, it looks great but you didn't mention that it does come with Sony crap wares pre-installed too like all the other Sony laptopsWhile I like the larger keyboard and the shape is finethere are two things I...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Servers, price point, Sony Corp., notebook, CES 2009, IBM pSeries
- Discussion threads 2009-01-08
- CES 2009: Sony announces P Series ultra portable notebook at 1.4 pounds
- I am a big fan of highly portable devices and I just saw a new device announced by Sony that may just have me putting my MSI Wind up on ebay soon. Sony announced their new Vaio P Series ultra-compact notebook that has some good specs and an interesting design....
- Tags: Sony Corp., Hard Drive, IBM pSeries, Notebooks, Servers, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2009-01-07
- Sony's "pocket" PC: Netbook or notebook?
- Details of Sony's rumored mini-notebook are steadily leaking. The last thing the world need is another netbook, but this one seems to have a twist: a small LED display (only 8 inches) with a large resolution of 1,600 by 768 pixels. Other specs appear to include a 1.33GHz Intel processor,...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Notebook, PC, IBM pSeries, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Processors, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-12-27
- Retek Demand Forecasting - Batch Runtime Comparison Between AIX pSeries p570 and SUN Fire 15K
- This white paper presents the results of a competitive benchmark of the Retek Demand Forecasting application on an IBM pSeries server against SUN. Overall batch run times, CPU and disk related metrics as well as the detailed HW and AIX configuration are provided. The goal of this benchmark was to...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM AIX, Sun Fire 15K, Retek Inc., IBM pSeries, Sun Fire, CPU, IBM Corp., Forecasting, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2005-09-01
- Tetra Tech Engineers Grow With eServer IBM Technology
- Tetra Tech company wanted a decentralized IT infrastructure that included 23 enterprise applications in multiple data centers was expensive, difficult to manage and didn't provide a single source for consolidated operations information required to satisfy the business management needs of Tetra Tech. The company consolidated hardware infrastructure into a single...
- Tags: IBM eServer, IBM pSeries, IBM Corp., Servers, Utility Computing, Data Centers, Hardware, Storage, Data Management
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- How to end the Fail Whales? With Blue Whales.
- Twitter's "Fail Whale" logo is cute, but solving the popular service's availability and scalability issues will be paramount if the web is to rely on it as a communications medium. So, I've been Twittering for a while. I was skeptical of the service...
- Tags: Client-server, Scalability, Twitter, IBM Corp., Storage, Mainframes, Databases, Servers, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-04-10
- Economic crisis as a technology change agent
- Sometimes, to make an omelette, you need to break a few eggs. However if this week's bloodbath on Wall Street is any indication, then I would say we've made ourselves a full-blown deep dish quiche the size of Yankee Stadium with tens of billions of cartons...
- Tags: Agent, Infrastructure, Mainframes, Data Centers, Linux, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?
-  A few days ago an industry colleague and I were having a discussion about Linux and whether or not it is necessary for it to be application compatible or simply just "interoperable" with Windows from a protocol and data exchange standpoint. His view is that Linux...
- Tags: Intel X86, Architecture, IBM Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Novell to Sun: Here's an offer you can't refuse
- Last week, I blogged about the possible future of a unified UNIX GPLv3 operating system "mother distro" comprising the merged source code of the Solaris and Linux kernels (and presumably, the source code of other vendors as well) and related GNU stack with associated tools and applications. ...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., SCO Group Inc., GPLv3, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Unixfication II
- Can the Linux community get over its "not invented here" ideology which has often hindered its ability to adopt technological improvements from outside sources? I keep saying to myself, I hope so. But recent events have shown me that we have a long way to go until we become a...
- Tags: GPL, Virtualization, Kernel, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Sun Solaris, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Reiser FS: The open source file system fallout
- Reiser FS: The open source file system falloutI think M$ has something to do with this crimeWhen M$ FUD campaign failed, they might have contracted some mobsteres to frame Reiser.RE: Reiser FS: The open source file system falloutFrom the article: 'grinded to a halt'? WTF kind of grammar is that?...
- Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, JFS, Reiser FS, open-source file system fallout, fallout
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- Reiser FS: The open source file system fallout
- Yesterday, the Open Source community took an emotional hit when veteran Linux programmer Hans Reiser was convicted of first degree murder in the suspicious disappearing of his wife, Nina. While I won't go into the details of the case, as this has been covered extensively in the press, I would...
- Tags: File System, ReiserFS, Zetabyte File System, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- We Don't Need No Stinking Black Boxes
- In Late February, VMWare announced the release of ESX Server 3i, the first release of their embedded hypervisor platform for OEMs. Their initial list of partners who agreed to offer 3i hypervisors embedded in their servers is impressive -- Dell, Fujitsu Siemens, HP and IBM. Hewlett-Packard will begin shipment...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Virtualization, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-03-24
- IBM - SAP Java Monitoring & Tuning Guide
- This paper provides material that will help to understand the most important elements of the SAP NetWeaver Application Framework, and how to combine these elements with the strengths of the IBM pSeries platform. The SAP NetWeaver Application Platform presents a new framework consisting of several different elements. This paper will...
- Tags: SAP NetWeaver, Monitoring, SAP AG, IBM Corp., SAP NetWeaver Application Platform, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-12-21
- Linux: it's the last word on AIX vs. Solaris
- Linux: it's the last word on AIX vs. SolarisLinux on POWER too expensiveUnless POWER hardware gets drastically cheap I don't see this scenario of yours working. I don't like Intel architecture but the future is Linux on cheap Intel and that is why Sun is changingtheir hardware line up. POWER...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Intel Corp., Power Technology, IBM AIX, Linux, IBM Corp., Sun Solaris
- Discussion threads 2007-10-25
- Aix vs Solaris (3)
- Aix vs Solaris (3)Expensive comparison[i]We made a comparison between the current M5000 and p570 POWER6).The p570 was almost 50% more expensive than the M5000. Service & Support from IBM was also about 20% more expensive. This included all discounts we could get both sides knew about each other.[/i]Yes but...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, M5000, SPECjbb2005, GHz Processors, IBM Corp., p570, Chip/16 Socket M8000, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX
- Discussion threads 2007-10-22
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