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- 660 mln virtualized PCs by 2011
- Gartner believes that virtualization reduced the x86 server market by 4% in 2006. As hypervisor prices drop sharply and management costs decrease because of increased competition, virtualization will have a significantly larger impact. Gartner predicts that more than 4 mln virtual machines will be installed on x86 servers by 2009....
- Tags: PC, X86 Server, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, AM
- Blog posts 2008-04-02
- x86 server market grew 7.6% in Q4 2007
- The x86 server market continued to grow in Q4 2007, increasing 7.6% in the quarter to $7.8 bln in worldwide revenues, according to IDC. Unit shipment growth also accelerated, growing a healthy 10.3% YTY to 2.1 mln servers as customers continued to refresh and expand their IT infrastructures. For the...
- Tags: Revenue, Server, X86 Server, Operational Accounting, Finance, NB
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- Analyst: Sun prepping to use Intel inside its servers
- Sun Microsystems has had one partner in the low-end server market--Advanced Micro Devices. That appears to be changing, according to a research note from Bank of America Securities analyst Sumit Dhanda. In the report published Friday, Dhanda writes: ...
- Tags: General, Hardware Infrastructure, AMD, Intel, Sun, Intel Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., server, Sumit Dhanda
- Blog posts 2007-01-21
- Sun begins high-end phase of x86 servers
- Sun begins high-end phase of x86 serversSun's server business is doomed by WoodcrestSun should thank AMD's Opteron processor to revive its server business. But with the forthcoming of Intel's Woodcrest Xeon, it's no surprise Sun'll lose market share to vendors that sell Xeon boxes.A day late and a dollar short...Seems...
- Tags: Servers, Processors, x86 server, Sun Microsystems Inc., server
- Discussion threads 2006-07-11
- Fabric7 banks on high-end x86 servers
- Fabric7 banks on high-end x86 serversThey just might be entering this market at the right time.Linux is getting a lot of the features needed, and Xen is about to be added to the kernel. But, then again, how many appications will run better on this than a bunch of comodity...
- Tags: Servers, server, Dell Computer Corp., x86 server, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-11-01
- Photos: Sun's new star servers
- Sun shows off its new line of x86 servers, a move the company hopes will rebuild its reputation and finances.
- Tags: finance, Sun Microsystems Inc., server, x86 server
- Image galleries 2005-09-12
- Photos: Sun's new star servers
- Sun shows off its new line of x86 servers, a move the company hopes will rebuild its reputation and finances.
- Tags: finance, Sun Microsystems Inc., server, x86 server
- Image galleries 2005-09-11
- Photos: Sun's new star servers
- Sun shows off its new line of x86 servers, a move the company hopes will rebuild its reputation and finances.
- Tags: finance, Sun Microsystems Inc., server, x86 server
- Image galleries 2005-09-11
- Sun's 'Galaxy' servers making September debut
- Sun's 'Galaxy' servers making September debutGalaxy?More like "planetoid"! When I think "BIG" server, I don't picture 1U and 2U sizes . . .Nice to see you're trying Sun!DELL is in troubleSUN's 2P server will have a huge price/performance advantage over DELL's INTEL offerings.Sun battles all tides...... with a fork.From the...
- Tags: Servers, Operating systems, Blade servers, UNIX, Sun Microsystems Inc., server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Galaxy, x86 server, Dell Computer Corp., IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-09-02
- Comparing Sun and Dell servers
- One of the most deeply held beliefs underlying a lot of what you read in the popular press involves the idea that Wintel hardware is both cheaper and more varied than Unix hardware. Point out to the people who say this that anything capable of running a licensed Windows variant...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., server
- Blog posts 2005-08-23
- PC shipments up 24.7%, laptops up 74% in Central and Eastern Europe
- Portables again dominated the PC markets in terms of growth in Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East and Africa CEMA in Q3 2004. According to IDC Q3 PC Tracker, while total volume growth was a healthy 24.7% YTY, shipments of portables swelled sharply by nearly 74% YTY. In...
- Tags: YTY, MEA, CEE
- Blog posts 2004-11-22
- Sun, BEA promote Java on x86 servers
- Sun, BEA promote Java on x86 serversI thought Java was WORAGood luck to them, but why do they need a special version to run on Java on Solaris? I thought the story was, it the program runs on Java, it runs on Java, any platform.Having said which, I couLd...
- Tags: Programming languages, Java, BEA Systems Inc., x86 server, Sun Microsystems Inc., server
- Discussion threads 2003-11-21
- Dell Helps Lead Scale-Out Industry-Standard Server Computing
- Meeting business requirements for less. It’s the perennial struggle for IT managers, made even more difficult by the economic climate of the past three years. Many have turned to server farms, clusters, or grids of x86 industry-standard servers as cost-effective alternatives to larger, proprietary symmetrical multiprocessing systems. As a worldwide...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Computing, X86 Server, Servers, Hardware
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- ROFLthing 2008
- Have you ever been to an internet culture conference? Earlier this year, Harvard senior Tim Hwang threw one in Cambridge, Mass., and it was a massive success. This time, Hwang wanted to have a smaller get together in San Francisco to chat about memes. Welcome to ROFLthing...
- Tags: Humor, Rickroll, Chuck Norris, Internet, Strategy, Management, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economy
- No CAPTCHA can survive a human that's receiving financial incentives for solving it, and with an army of low-waged human CAPTCHA solvers officially in the business of "data processing" while earning a mere $2 for solving a thousand CAPTCHA's, I'm already starting to see evidence of consolidation between India's major...
- Tags: CAPTCHA, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Question about Gov. Sarah Palin
- Is it just me or can anyone get into the official web site of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin? Have been trying for the past hour to get in. No word yet from the Governor's Office in Anchorage on the site's ability to handle a sudden surge...
- Tags: Governor, E-mail, Web Site Development, Web Browsers, Online Communications, Internet, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Novell: Quietly developing some momentum
- Novell's fiscal third quarter was notable for reasons beyond Linux sales and its core product line. Novell's most recent quarter was the sixth consecutive one that topped expectations. That consistency may mark the days where Novell becomes something more than an afterthought. Now it's no coincidence that...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Linux, Operational Accounting, Operating Systems, Open Source, UNIX, Software, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Virtual desktop solutions and mobility
- Several suppliers, including Citrix and VDIworks, have come forward to speak with me about work they're doing to address the inhibitors to deploying VDI-based solutions. Here are some of the issues these suppliers are addressing. Organizations have come to think that the only...
- Tags: Desktop, Mobility, Virtual Desktop, VDIworks, Staff Member, Desktop Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?
- Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?It is an apt comparison>Your Ubunutu/Vista comparison doesn't pass the common sense test. Think about what you can get with Ubuntu-- Compiz Fusion for eye candy, drive encryption, MythTV DVR app, OpenOffice.org, ect. You have to get Ultimate Windows to get all...
- Tags: Construction, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), pricing strategy, window, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Dell: Turnaround interuptus as share grab hurts net, margins
- Dell's second quarter earnings fell short of projections, but revenue was well ahead of targets. Translation: Dell is gaining share at the expense of its bottom line as price competition heats up. Dell reported fiscal second quarter earnings of 31 cents a share on revenue of $16.4...
- Tags: Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
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