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  • Quad-core machines arrive in force

    More powerful workstations based on Intel’s quad-core processor are expected to be shipping in volume this month from the likes of Dell. First to be targeted will be power gamers, who demand high-p...09 Nov 2006

  • Server costs will rise next year, users warned

    Analyst firm IDC has warned technology buyers that server costs are likely to rise across the board next year. According to IDC, this follows a long period where costs fell by around 20% a quarter ...04 Nov 2005

  • Server costs set to rise, warns IDC

    The cost of servers is likely to rise next year, analyst firm IDC has warned. According to IDC, this follows a long period during which costs fell by about 20% a quarter. This was due to suppliers ...07 Nov 2005

  • CIOs will need market trader skills, says IDC

    IT managers will need to acquire the skills of market traders to handle emerging trends in business IT, according to analyst firm IDC. Speaking ahead of his keynote speech at IDC’s Dynamic IT Confe...11 Feb 2005

  • Big advances in server power in six months

    Intel will next year deliver major changes to the PC server architecture that will boost hardware performance, allowing larger, more memory-intensive applications. The advances are so significant t...13 Jun 2005

  • Thread your way through the dual-core maze

    Intel has projected that by the end of 2006 more than 70% of desktop and mobile Pentium processors and 85% of server processors shipped will be dual-core. Dual-core and multicore processing, combin...14 Nov 2005

  • Sun considers open-source JES

    Sun Microsystems is considering offering some of its Java Enterprise System (JES) under an open-source licence, although no final decisions have been made. Less than a month after releasing source ...19 Jul 2004

  • AMD ignites licensing touch paper

    AMD’s much anticipated launch of its first dual-core Opteron server processor on 21 April has fuelled the debate among software suppliers as to how to license their applications. Intel will follow ...15 Apr 2005

  • Should you be including hybrid 64-bit servers in your IT strategy?

    A raft of new hardware is starting to appear that promises 64-bit computing on a 32-bit PC platform, but analysts have warned users that there may be few benefits in developing a strategy based aro...11 Mar 2004

  • HP/Compaq: Power to the user

    The merged HP and Compaq will have to make radical changes to the way it sells PCs if the company is to remain competitive, perhaps paving the way to an improved pricing model for users. The HP/Com...04 Sep 2001

  • HP's repackaged 32-bit and 64-bit Proliant servers may confuse users

    Hewlett-Packard is offering users a revamped server line, which offers combined 32-bit and 64-bit working using single processors, but the launch will cause confusion among users, analysts said. Al...27 Feb 2004

  • Dell plans Linux on Itanium 2

    Hardware giant Dell is to offer Linux on Itanium 2 processors later this year, according to the company’s chief operating officer Kevin Rollins. Speaking at Dell’s enterprise event in New York, Rol...03 Apr 2003

  • HP-Compaq merger: sorting out your server strategy

    The planned merger between HP and Compaq will result in a diverse range of servers, leaving both users and resellers with serious questions about what products to bet their business on. Despite the...07 Sep 2001

  • Intel to promote migration to Pentium 4

    Intel is to encourage hardware customers to migrate to Pentium 4 with swingeing price cuts in its 1GHz Pentium 3 chips, analysts predicted this week. The move is seen as a response to an anticipate...28 Jan 2001

  • The new HP: server wars hot up

    The emergence of the new HP could be good for users as rival vendors compete on price, performance and cutting edge technology in the Intel server market. Figures from Gartner Dataquest on worldwid...12 May 2002

  • Intel takes aim at Sun with servers for telcos

    Intel is to start delivering servers targeted specifically at telecoms operators by the end of the year, entering a market currently dominated by Sun Microsystems. The new family of so-called carri...17 May 2001

  • Microsoft splashes out to stave off competition

    Microsoft has launched a $200m (£137m) advertising campaign in the US to promote its enterprise software. Matthew Burgess The campaign, which will be available to the company's UK subsidiary should...22 Jan 2001

  • The state of the Linux nation

    Linux has come a long way from its home-grown roots to the extent that many people now proclaim it the saviour of computing. But is Linux mature enough for the business and should it be trusted to ...15 Jul 2002

  • Sun shifts to ASP model

    Apps-on-tap service could halve software testing expenditure as server giant moves to e-services strategy Exclusive Sun Microsystems is launching an apps-on-tap software testing service in a radica...23 May 2001

  • A year of appliance servers

    In May last year, we reported that many vendors had begun to move into the appliance server market, listing all the usual suspects such as Dell, Fujitsu Siemens, IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Compaq. Am...18 May 2001