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Roundup: Intel Xeon 5600 News Abounds
March 24th, 2010 : John RathVendors continue to announce new product offerings around the Intel (INTC) Xeon 5600 series processor, which bundles security, performance and energy efficiency enhancements in the first 32-nanometer processor. Read More
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Roundup: New Intel Xeon 5600 Processors
March 18th, 2010 : John RathThis week Intel (INTC) launched the Xeon 5600 series processor, blending security, performance and energy efficiency that the company says can significantly improve the economics of data center operations. Read More
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Roundup: SGI, Level 3, Gartner
March 17th, 2010 : John RathSGI introduces Origin 400 workgroup blade system for key business verticals, Level 3 expands its Ethernet switches, and Gartner warns that converged networks may be less efficient than separate LAN and storage networks. Read More
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Liquid Computing Winding Down
March 1st, 2010 : Rich MillerHigh performance computing server vendor Liquid Computing is out of money and will wind down its business, the company's chairman tells the Ottawa Citizen. Read More
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Verari Sold, Driggers Back as CEO
January 17th, 2010 : Rich MillerHigh performance computing specialist Verari is regrouping after a team led by company co-founder Dave Driggers prevailed in an auction of the company's assets. Verari halted most operations Dec. 11 and its assets were placed for sale in an auction. Read More
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How Many Servers Can One Admin Manage?
December 30th, 2009 : Rich MillerHow many servers or users can one admin can manage? The question is being discussed today at Slashdot. Here are some factoids about admin/server ratios at Facebook and Microsoft. Read More
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Busy Year For Dell in the Data Center
December 28th, 2009 : John RathDell (DELL) has been quite active this year in both the enterprise server market and the evolving market for cloud-optimized servers and containers. Read More
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Canada: We'll Only Buy Energy Star Servers
December 10th, 2009 : Rich MillerThe Canadian government this week pledged to only buy servers that are certified under the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star for Enterprise Servers program. Read More
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Canada: We’ll Only Buy Energy Star Servers
December 10th, 2009 : Rich MillerThe Canadian government this week pledged to only buy servers that are certified under the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star for Enterprise Servers program. Read More
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