Newisys Readies Chipset for Big Linux-Opteron Iron
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

While formerly independent Opteron server maker Newisys became a unit of contract hardware manufacturer Sanmina-SCI in July 2003, it has not stopped innovating and is making good on its promise to deliver more scalable Opteron servers than its initial two-way and four-way Opteron machines. At the Hot Chips show last week at Stanford University, Newisys showed off a new chipset code-named "Horus" that will allow it to create the big iron systems that it was hinting it could deliver when it burst onto the scene in January 2003. READ MORE >

Yankee: Linux Will Grow, But Windows and Unix Will Persist
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

According to a report comparing the total cost of ownership of Linux with Unix and Windows by consultancy Yankee Group, Linux on the server is going to experience double-digit growth in the coming years, but that does not necessarily mean that Windows and Unix are going to fade away. As is the case in much of the IT industry, Yankee Group's study of IT buyers seems to indicate that platform inertia will keep Unix and Windows in dominant use for years to come. READ MORE >

Servers Sell Well in Q2, Say Gartner and IDC
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

It's time again to look back and see how well or how poorly the server makers have done, according to the market share statistics gathered by the industry pillars of Gartner and IDC. Both companies say that server sales were up respectably in the second quarter of 2004, and Gartner says that shipments were up considerably. READ MORE >

As I See It: Where Has All the Training Gone?
by Victor Rozek

If you've never heard of Sakhalin, you are in the majority. It's a remote island off the east coast of Russia, dotted with small villages, surrounded by miles of subarctic evergreen forest. Frequented primarily by determined sportsmen, the island once hosted Soviet-style boy scout camps, in which wilderness training was augmented with somber doses of communist ideology. Those days are gone, but tradition dies hard. Recently another sort of training camp was discovered on Sakhalin: a training camp for aspiring criminals. READ MORE >

  But Wait, There's More

Microsoft Misleads With Anti-Linux Ads, Say UK Authorities . . . OSDL Hires New General Counsel, Promotes Kernel Testing . . . Three Top Execs Get the Axe at HP . . . Sun Holds Lease Rates Steady as Fed Raises . . . HP Offers Financing Deals to Pump Sales . . . HP Launches StorageWorks EVA 3000 Disks . . . Business Ethics on the Rise, Says Trainer . . . READ MORE >

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