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Server hardware

• April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18

  IBM admits poor storage results but promises to do better

  IBM’s first-quarter 2018 results shows failings in its storage business, while cognitive computing via Watson remains its main growth engine

• March 29, 2018 29 Mar'18

  Western Digital adds StorReduce deduplication to object storage

  US hardware giant Western Digital links up with StorReduce to provide data deduplication for object storage that combines WD ActiveScale scale-out appliances with the startup’s dedupe software

• March 21, 2018 21 Mar'18

  Train leasing firm demos mobile edge computing for smart trains

  Rolling stock leasing company Angel Trains is demonstrating edge computing over a wireless mesh network to make life easier for its customers’ on-board staff

• February 23, 2018 23 Feb'18

  HPE’s new CEO presents strong first quarter for hybrid IT

  Just days into his hew role, Antonio Neri presented HPE’s Q1 2018 results. The figures look good, but the company is rebounding from a rough 2017

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Rackspace upgrade to save $12m with Scality object storage

  Cloud services giant Rackspace brings in Scality object storage in a move that slashes 4,000 boxes from its server count as it separates compute and storage

• February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18

  Dell EMC’s IoT revenue in APAC surpasses $1bn

  The milestone in Dell EMC’s internet of things revenue underscores the APAC region’s rapid uptake of sensors and other IoT devices in industries and smart city projects

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  Dell EMC: Time for hyper-converged, but not for mission critical

  Hyper-converged vs converged infrastructure: Dell EMC says hyper-converged isn’t ready for mission-critical applications, but may be by the end of the year

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  Leak confirms CEO dumped Intel shares after Meltdown and Spectre processor flaw

  Leaked document show that Intel’s CEO sold his shares the very day the company told hardware makers of its processor flaw

• December 04, 2017 04 Dec'17

  Executive interview: Antonio Neri, HPE

  We speak to the man taking over from Meg Whitman as CEO of HPE about how he will continue the company's turnaround

• November 29, 2017 29 Nov'17

  As Meg Whitman steps down, HPE fleshes out hybrid ambitions

  Hybrid IT represents a $100bn business, and is a segment HPE has set its sights on

• November 22, 2017 22 Nov'17

  Meg Whitman steps down as HPE CEO

  Hewlett-Packard Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman is to step down after six years in charge

• October 26, 2017 26 Oct'17

  Datrium gets Flash End-to-End in its server/shared hybrid DVX NVMe

  Taking aim at hyper-converged, Datrium DVX adds flash as bulk storage, while NVMe at the server handles hot data with the scale needed by enterprise customers in mind

• October 17, 2017 17 Oct'17

  Colliers dumps Flexpods for Nutanix and Cohesity hyper-converged

  Property firm Colliers replaces NetApp converged stacks with hyper-converged infrastructure. Secondary storage and backup from Cohesity replaces tape and supports Nutanix performance tier

• October 12, 2017 12 Oct'17

  Syneto aims Hyperseries 2100 at hyper-converged for SMEs

  European startup targets customers with two-node hyper-converged appliance, with built-in disaster recovery and capacity for up to 15 VMware virtual machines

• October 03, 2017 03 Oct'17

  Intel leak reveals plans for more Optane 3D Xpoint products

  Leaked Intel slides show 900P products to be launched at end of October with half a million IOPS per card. We run the rule over 3D Xpoint and what it offers enterprise customers