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NEC Pushes SuSE Enterprise Server 9 Performance Up
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Japanese server maker NEC has announced another killer benchmark test result on its "Asama" Express5800/1320Xd Itanium server running Linux. The new TPC-C online benchmark test result on the 32-way Express5800 server demonstrates not only that clock-for-clock the Itanium processor can deliver the same performance per processor as the best RISC processors, but also that with the 2.6 kernel Linux can scale as well as any Unix operating system out there. READ MORE >
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HP, Red Hat Launch Sophisticated File Systems for Linux
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
While everyone seems to be thrilled by the prospect of clustering together relatively inexpensive Lintel iron for database or number-crunching work, managing a cluster is a bit of a nightmare and no one talks about that so much. Tuning network interconnections is a pain, and getting compute nodes to run at reasonable utilizations is also tough. Perhaps more than anything else, getting all of those nodes access to the data they need to compute is particularly difficult. READ MORE >
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Bull Beefs Up NovaScale Itanium Servers
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
French server maker Groupe Bull has announced that it has fleshed out it Itanium-based NovaScale server line, which offers support for Linux and Windows operating systems as well as Bull's own GCOS 8 proprietary environment. The NovaScale machines were announced in March 2003 amidst a long line of restructurings and government bailouts, and have been enhanced as the French company tries to adjust to the harsh realities of today's server market. READ MORE >
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Novell Raises $600 Million War Chest
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Commercial Linux distributor Novell announced at the end of June that it would float $500 million of debt on the market to raise money for acquisitions and to buy back a block if its stock. The debt offering was oversubscribed, and Novell was actually able to rake in $600 million. What will Novell do with all of this money? There are some intriguing options that Novell has as it takes Linux deeper into the data center and out onto desktops. READ MORE >
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But Wait, There's More
Red Hat Adds to Training and Certification . . . OSDL Says It Has 22 Member Companies Supporting CGL . . . IBM Offers BladeCenter Promotion . . . Microsoft Strongly Hints at Linux Support in Virtual Server 2005 . . . Signiant Makes Mobilize Remote Data Management Suite Available for SuSE Linux . . . Key Hosts IBM, SteelEye On Demand-Linux Seminar . . . Aberdeen Reveals Two Supply Chain Myths . . . First RFID Standards from EPC Global . . . 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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