Server hardware

Servers are the workhorse of every IT infrastructure, and new developments are constantly delivering greater processor power, higher performance, more storage capacity and better energy efficiency. From mainframes to blade servers, we analyse the trends and technologies that matter in server hardware.

News 17 Jun 2025
Microsoft declares era of logical qubits

The tech giant is moving past the noisy, intermediate-scale quantum era, focusing on building a fault-tolerant supercomputer as it looks to democratise quantum computing and speed up scientific discovery Continue Reading
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- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
Feature 10 Jun 2025
Tariff turmoil: IT procurement and the public sector

In the first of a two-part series, we look at the current tariff turmoil in public sector IT procurement, the particular challenges faced by public sector procurement, and how the cloud and pay-as-you-go can help Continue Reading
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- Stephen Pritchard

Photo Story 09 Sep 2009
Rebuilding the oldest working computer in the world

Witch, the Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing, has found a new home at Bletchley Park, where it will be restored. Continue Reading
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- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
Photo Story 20 Aug 2009
Well known computer firms of the past -- where are they now?

The journey to modern computing has involved several companies, each making a vital contribution. But despite the significance of their various milestones, many have led unsteady careers while others have stumbled into obscurity and bankruptcy. Computer Weekly traces the histories of some of these well known computer brands. Continue Reading
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- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
Photo Story 17 Jul 2009
Apollo 11: Computer Weekly July 24 1969 edition

What was happening in the IT world in July 1969 when Apollo 11 achieved its goal of putting a man on the moon? Continue Reading
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- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
Photo Story 12 Dec 2008
Photos: Renault F1 unveils new supercomputer to boost its 2009 championship hopes

Renault's Formula One team have built a new supercomputer, which it believes will help the constructor get back to poll position on the grid. Continue Reading
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- Eric Doyle
Feature 03 Jul 2007

Data migration product specifications

Part of the Tiered Storage Buying guide focusing on product specifications for data migration tools. Continue Reading
News 01 Jun 2007
Sclavos's VeriSign departure leaves many questions unanswered

Some industry observers say disagreements fueled his resignation, but others say Sclavos's abrupt departure revolved around his role in VeriSign's options accounting practices. Continue Reading
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- Marcia Savage, Information Security magazine
News 22 Mar 2007

Midrange storage array specifications

Product snapshots highlighting key specifications for a cross section of midrange storage array products. Continue Reading
News 26 Feb 2007
HP acquires clustered file system software maker PolyServe

HP announced its intent to acquire clustered file system maker PolyServe. Continue Reading
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- Jo Maitland, TechTarget
News 14 Feb 2007
Cancer clinic juggles two-tiered storage environments

Karmanos Cancer Institute is using two separate tiered storage systems from EMC and Sun, and says it has yet to find a single storage vendor that can meet all its requirements. Continue Reading
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- Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer
News 05 Feb 2007

Does it cost extra for unified storage?

For a lot of NAS-based systems -- even Windows Storage Server (WSS) with an iSCSI target unified storage capability is probably... Continue Reading
News 23 Oct 2006
QLogic dives into directors

QLogic will announce its new SanBox 9000 director this week, but it's missing true director-class features and is encroaching on a market already dominated by Brocade and Cisco. Continue Reading
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- Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer
News 17 Jan 2005
'Benevolent' NT4 patches a surprise to some

Microsoft's first security bulletins of the new year included fixes for the now-unsupported Windows NT Server 4.0. On a related note, administrators are cautioned to apply one of January's patches in a specific order to avoid problems. Continue Reading
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- Jennifer Lawinski, News Writer
News 26 Oct 2004

IBM sharpens blades

IBM has announced new management tools and upgraded models of its HS20 and JS20 blade servers. Continue Reading
News 27 Sep 2004
Five steps to using the Kerberos protocol

This excerpt from "Windows Server 2003 security infrastructures" explains the basic Kerberos protocol as it is defined in RFC 1510. Continue Reading
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- Jan De Clercq
News 24 Aug 2001

HP gambles on Itanium

A top Hewlett-Packard executive has signalled his company's commitment to Intel Itanium processor in perhaps the strongest terms... Continue Reading
Feature 28 Feb 2001
Grpup-buying sites prove unpopular

Group buying sites seemed like a good idea, but failed to attract much attention. Sun and Microsoft's sites, on the other hand,... Continue Reading
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- Glyn Moody
Feature 31 May 2000

Servers developments under the spotlight

IBM claims a 20%-30% efficiency improvement with its latest processor technology compared with existing chips. The silicon-on-insulator technology uses a glass... Continue Reading
Feature 24 Oct 1999
Case Study: ProLiant servers by Compaq

Building a gas pipeline connecting Britain and the continent proved to be an enormous task, but it’s proved to be a project built... Continue Reading
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- Ian Burley