Data Center

Tue, November 03, 2009 - Cisco, EMC and VMware today joined forces to sell products as a private cloud offering to enterprises. Called the Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) coalition, the announcement was called "unprecedented," something destined to lead to "greater IT infrastructure flexibility."

Mon, August 10, 2009 - Cloud computing and flash-based storage, two of the fastest-growing technologies in IT, may drive each other forward as Internet-based service providers demand faster access to large amounts of data.

Wed, April 29, 2009 - China could gradually become a big market for Blu-ray Disc, but for now the optical disc format faces the problems of thrifty buyers, piracy and a competing Chinese disc format for playing high-definition video.

Thu, April 16, 2009 - The assets of Silicon Graphics Inc. are being sold to Rackable Systems Inc. for US$25 million, which is pocket change by Silicon Valley standards. The deal, announced April 1, is a difficult turn for a company that was founded the same year as Sun Microsystems Inc., in 1982.

Wed, March 25, 2009 - Trying to shed its reputation as an inexpensive hardware vendor, Dell is taking steps to sharpen its enterprise offerings so it can compete more effectively with rivals IBM and Hewlett-Packard.

Fri, March 13, 2009 - If Cisco Systems announces its first blade servers on Monday, as expected, the news may well herald a major expansion of the dominant networking company's business. But even though it's the most hotly anticipated move in a long time for an IT vendor, this isn't the first case of a company taking a big gamble on entering into a new business.

Tue, March 10, 2009 - Cisco Systems' move into the heart of data centers, expected to be laid out at an event next Monday, holds the promise of easing a big IT headache but may also escalate competition between the company and its partners.

Thu, July 24, 2008 - At this week's Open Source Convention, Tim O'Reilly identified the next three opportunities and challenges the community should pay attention to: cloud computing, the open programmable Web and open mobile. But open source is a philosophy, not just a technology; another speaker exhorted attendees to get involved in a larger effort to influence the nation's security and privacy practices.

Thu, March 01, 2007 - Rising energy costs are short-circuiting performance gains from faster, cheaper servers. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to keep your costs in line.

Wed, February 28, 2007 - It may be too early to talk plug-and-play, but IBM believes it can help businesses of all sizes easily cluster their servers to handle intensive computing workloads.Leveraging its expertise in high-end computing and vertical industry applications, IBM has launched several initiatives to allow small and midsize businesses (SMBs) and the departments of large enterprises to integrate their servers—from as few ...