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HEWLETT-PACKARD
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Gartner Says Server Market Closed 2003 with a Bang
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Despite all the talk of server consolidation, companies around the world are still buying lots and lots of servers. While the growth rates in unit shipments for the fourth quarter of 2003 were not nearly as high as during the peak of the dot-com bubble in the 1990s, shipment growth accelerated throughout 2003, according to preliminary estimates by the Dataquest market research unit of Gartner. People are buying lots of servers again, and that means a couple of things. READ MORE >
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IBM to Push Linux as Upgrade for Two Million Windows NT Servers
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Microsoft stopped selling Windows NT 4.0 Server in July 2002, but some two million servers are still out there plugging along in the X86 installed base running that very popular implementation of the Windows platform. After December 31, 2004, non-security patches will are no longer available for Windows NT server, and a year later, per-incident, premier support services, and online support (including security-related fixes) will no longer be available for the server version of Windows NT 4. This, thinks IBM, is a big opportunity to drive Linux sales. READ MORE >
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UNISYS/MICROSOFT
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Featuring the Unisys ES7000 family of servers running new Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, the Windows Data Center is today's Proven alternative to UNIX. It's a solution that brings revolutionary performance and low-cost standardization to the enterprise.
For supporting events and case studies, visit our Resource Center at www.WeHaveTheWayOut.com.
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WINTERNALS SOFTWARE
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Sun Offers First Opteron Server, Two-Way Xeon Blade
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
As part of its Network Computing 2004 First Quarter (NC04Q1) rollout of some 20 new products this week, Sun Microsystems will debut its first 64-bit Opteron server, the Sun Fire V20z. At press time, the details on the box were still a little thin, but given that it will only become available in April, we will have some time to get inside the box at a future date. Advanced Micro Devices is, of course, pleased that Sun, which is still a tier-one server maker, has endorsed its Opteron chip, as has IBM. READ MORE >
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Fujitsu Siemens Puts Pentium M in Blade Servers
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Partners Fujitsu and Siemens rolled out a new uniprocessor blade for the Primergy BX300 blade server last week. The new blade is based on the Pentium M processor, which Intel created for laptops and which is sometimes used in ultra-dense blade machines. The new blade server boasts larger main memories and faster clock speeds than the existing blades used in the Primergy BX300. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
COMMON
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COMMON Spring 2004 Conference & Expo
May 2 - 6, in San Antonio, Texas
Spring COMMON will feature a comprehensive educational focus on Linux with a wide range of cross-platform sessions and labs on emerging Linux issues. Come and to learn how to leverage Linux in your data center, meet IT professionals, and IBM executives, and get a first-hand look at latest products from the industry's top solution providers.
COMMON is the best value in IT education, so don't miss out!
Click and visit www.common.org for details!
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HP Debuts Skinny Itanium-Linux Boxes
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Hewlett-Packard may be making a lot of noise this week as it revamps the HP 9000 RISC/Unix server line with dual-core PA-8800 processors, but that's not all the company has up its sleeves. HP also will roll out two slim rx Series servers, based on the "Deerfield" Low Voltage Itanium 2. These machines support 64-bit Linux, 64-bit Windows, and 64-bit Unix will be attractive to customers building clusters of any of these three operating system platforms. READ MORE >
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Editor: Timothy Prickett Morgan
Managing Editor: Shannon Pastore
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik, Kevin Vandever,
Shannon O'Donnell, Victor Rozek, Hesh Wiener, Alex Woodie
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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