AMD plans 16-core server chip -- but not until 2011
April 23, 2009Advanced Micro Devices said it's designing a server processor code-named Interlagos that will support up to 16 cores, but the device isn't scheduled to be released for another two years.
VMware vows to overhaul data center with 'cloud OS'
April 21, 2009VMware has unveiled vSphere, the long-awaited overhaul of its core virtualization platform that is designed to aggregate the virtual resources in the data center into one centrally managed computing pool.
Can Oracle make sense of Sun's hardware?
April 21, 2009Oracle is leaping into the hardware business via its planned buyout of Sun Microsystems. That raises a big question: Can the software vendor be successful in the hardware realm?
Oracle may merge pieces of OpenSolaris with Linux, analysts say
April 21, 2009Oracle may offer some of the key features of the OpenSolaris version of Sun's operating system for use in Linux once it takes control of the server vendor, according to analysts.
After losing Sun to Oracle, IBM reports lower Q1 results
April 21, 2009IBM reported that its first-quarter revenue dropped 11% year-to-year and fell short of Wall Street's expectations, while its net income was down slightly.
After losing Sun to Oracle, IBM Q1 revenue falls
April 21, 2009On the same day it appeared to have missed its chance to buy Sun Microsystems, IBM reported that revenue for the first quarter dropped 11 percent from a year earlier and had fallen short of analyst expectations.
One winner in the Oracle-Sun deal: Microsoft?
April 21, 2009With Oracle planning to acquire Sun Microsystems, Microsoft should be worried about two of its biggest rivals teaming up, right? Not necessarily, according to analysts.
Users: Oracle has lots of questions to answer about Sun deal
April 21, 2009Oracle's agreement to buy Sun Microsystems is raising questions among Sun users about the software vendor's future plans for various technologies and customer support.
10 steps for greening an IT department
April 20, 2009The data center might be the big power hog, but the energy and resources consumed by each individual quickly add up, too, say book authors Michael Wallace and Larry Webber. Here are 10 ways to make your IT department greener.
Top Green-IT Organizations: State of Indiana, No. 6
April 20, 2009In the Indiana state government's IT department, an aggressive agenda of data center consolidation, server virtualization and energy-efficient desktop replacements has netted an annual savings of more than $13.9 million.