IBM's supercomputer "Watson" will compete on the game show "Jeopardy!" in the latest contest pitting man vs. machine. Here's a look at the challenges and research benefits of adapting an advanced computer to understand and answer questions in...
Gartner (IT) reported Wednesday that worldwide server shipments grew 27.1 percent year over year in the second quarter of 2010, while revenue climbed 14.3 percent. Plus a look at AMD's new processor designs.
IBM is disputing "inaccuracies" in statements by the state of Texas last week that it will rebid elements of an $863 million contract to consolidate the state’s data centers, and blames the satte Department of Information Resources for the problems.
The Texas' Department of Information Resources said today it will rebid elements of an $863 million contract to consolidate the state's data centers, citing differences with lead contractor IBM.
Today IBM officially unveiled its zEnterprise mainframe server, which features the ability to manage other industry standard servers. Here's a roundup of some of the relevant commentary and analysis from around the web.
What the new Top 500 tells us about trends in supercomputing: Growing adoption of Infiniband, ubiquity for quad-core processor systems, continued dominance by the U.S. but serious gains by China.
Gartner sees 23 percent growth in global server shipments, IBM buys Sterling Commerce from AT&T for $1.4 billion, and Level 3 provides wholesale services for EtherSpeak.