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Blades are server market's bright spot, says IDC

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Source: www.infoworld.com
Date: 12:25 03 Dec 2009

Demand for servers may finally be increasing again, and enterprises are paying higher prices for blade servers while still shunning Unix systemshttp://www.infoworld.com/d/hardware/blades-are-server-markets-bright-spot-says-idc-732?source=rss_infoworld_news

Blades Are Server Market's Bright Spot, Says IDC

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Source: www.cio.com
Date: 05:00 02 Dec 2009

IDC reported that blade server revenue rose in the third quarter, the first server category to show increased year-over-year sales in a year.http://www.cio.com/article/509564/Blades_Are_Server_Market_s_Bright_Spot_Says_IDC?source=rss_news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cio%2Fnewsalerts+%28CIO+-+News+Alerts%29

Nokia Sues LCD Makers

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Source: www.informationweek.com
Date: 13:45 01 Dec 2009

Phone giant accuses screen suppliers of colluding to artificially inflate prices.http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/peripherals/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221901581&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All

Google patents smart cooling for datacentres

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Source: www.v3.co.uk
Date: 03:17 01 Dec 2009

Google has submitted a patent for a new method of cooling datacentre servers that could dramatically lower the cost of running large scale computing systems.http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2254194/google-patents-smart-cooling

IBM acquires database security firm Guardium

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Source: www.cbronline.com
Date: 09:06 30 Nov 2009

To help organisations safeguard enterprise data against threats from hackershttp://www.cbronline.com/news/ibm_acquires_database_security_firm_guardium_091130

New IBM Database Flaw Could Affect Several Other Vendors' Pr...

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Source: www.darkreading.com
Date: 21:08 19 Nov 2009

Denial-of-service (DoS) attack vulnerability in IBM's SolidDB affects HP OpenViewhttp://www.darkreading.com/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221900378&cid=RSSfeed

The hidden costs of scale-out supercomputing

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Source: searchdatacenter.techtarget.com
Date: 22:46 18 Nov 2009

Since the mid-1990s, supercomputer users have moved from scale-up big-box servers to scale-out clusters. But some say beware the hidden costs.http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid80_gci1374818,00.html?track=sy185&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+techtarget%2FSearchdatacenter%2FItInfrastructure+%28SearchDataCenter+%3A+IT+infrastructure+news%29

Tools of the trade

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Source: www.computing.co.uk
Date: 11:21 17 Nov 2009

Storage technology has had to advance quickly as organisations of all sizes require increasing capacity – along with the highest levels of security. Martin Courtney talks to datacentre firms to discover which products they use to guarantee their customers an uninterrupted servicehttp://www.computing.co.uk/computing/features/2253291/tools-trade-4895107

ParaScale Cloud Storage clustered NAS serves applications, b...

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Source: searchstorage.techtarget.com
Date: 05:56 16 Nov 2009

With the addition of synchronous replication capabilities, ParaScale positions its ParaScale Cloud Storage (PCS) clustered NAS software as a host for applications, server virtualization and storage.http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid5_gci1374492,00.html?track=sy420&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SearchservervirtualizationServerVirtualizationNewsAndOpinions+%28SearchServerVirtualization+%3A+Server+virtualization+news+and+opinions%29

Breaking down the contenders in the SQL database market

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Source: searchoracle.techtarget.com
Date: 20:48 13 Nov 2009

Learn more about the technical differences in the SQL database market offerings of Oracle, IBM and Microsoft and which SQL database is best for your shop, based on factors like SQL database pricing and SQL database support.http://searchoracle.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid41_gci1374348,00.html?track=sy120&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+techtarget%2FSearchoracle%2FOracleNews+%28SearchOracle+%3A+Oracle+news+and+trends%29

VMware High Availability's benefits and limitations

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Source: searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com
Date: 16:34 12 Nov 2009

VMware High Availability (VMHA) is a key disaster recovery tool, enabling failover of virtual machines to another physical host in a cluster -- as well as VM monitoring. But it has some limitations compared with other fault tolerance technologies.http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid94_gci1374115,00.html?track=sy420

Capgemini Q3 revenues down 7.3% to €1.95 billion - Outsourci...

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Source: outsourcingbpo.cbronline.com
Date: 08:17 06 Nov 2009

Capgemini has reported consolidated revenues of €1.95 billion for the third quarter of 2009, a decrease of 7.3% compared to €2.09 billion for the same period last year. On a like-for-like basis (constant group structure and exchange rates), revenues were down 9%.http://outsourcingbpo.cbronline.com/news/capgemini_q3_revenues_down_73_to_195_billion_061109

IBM Debuts Virtualization Manager for Data Centers

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Source: www.wallstreetandtech.com
Date: 14:40 20 Oct 2009

VMControl said to help manage environments with disparate virtual machines and hardware.http://www.wallstreetandtech.com/advancedtrading/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220700303&cid=RSSfeed_TechWeb

Budget cuts could increase server failures, warns Gartner

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Source: www.itworld.com
Date: 02:30 20 Oct 2009

Gartner Inc. analysts say that delays in replacing computer equipment due to budget cuts will probably cause increasing IT equipment failures worldwide.http://www.itworld.com/networking/81474/budget-cuts-could-increase-server-failures-warns-gartner

CIOs waste energy and budget as one in six servers go unused...

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Source: hardware.silicon.com
Date: 15:15 19 Oct 2009

Tech teams told 'do the housekeeping' as servers now cost more to power than to buy. Wondering how to make that tech budget stretch a little further? Perhaps you might like to take ahttp://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39586412,00.htm

Nokia reports $833 million loss

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Source: www.computerworld.com
Date: 15:12 15 Oct 2009

Nokia reported third-quarter $833 million loss as a result of Nokia Siemens problems.http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139412/Nokia_reports_833_million_loss?source=rss_news

IBM rubs Oracle's nose in 'Exadata-killer' database

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Source: www.computerworlduk.com
Date: 15:21 12 Oct 2009

As Oracle's OpenWorld user conference opens, IBM unveiled a new clustering feature that it contends will help its flagship DB2 database trump Oracle's rival product on scalability, speed and price.http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsId=17029

Mission-critical SAP software demands a mission-critical har...

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Source: searchsap.techtarget.com
Date: 17:46 21 Sep 2009

Find out what role hardware plays in an SAP infrastructure. SAP software application performance depends on a well-managed quality hardware infrastructure. Servers, storage and memory are the keys to the SAP enterprise hardware infrastructure.http://searchsap.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid21_gci1368913,00.html?track=sy191

A real guide to virtualisation: Special report

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Source: resources.zdnet.co.uk
Date: 17:54 18 Sep 2009

Find out the latest information on virtualisation and how it is fitting into the realities of today's IThttp://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/0,1000001991,39756704,00.htm?s_cid=260

Misys achieves IBM Banking Industry Framework certification

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Source: www.finextra.com
Date: 04:45 14 Sep 2009

Finextra: Misys achieves IBM Banking Industry Framework certification - company announcement from Misyshttp://www.finextra.com/fullpr.asp?id=29568