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Sharpen-up on Blade Servers.
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Everyone seems to have a blade server evaluation underway in order to reduce costs and simplify operations. While there is a wide variety of choice, not all blades are cut from the same cloth.
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Oracle Launches Unbreakable Linux Variant of RHEL
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
If commercial Linux distributor Red Hat didn't like CentOS, which has created a variant of its Enterprise Linux software stack, then Red Hat must not like Oracle very much right now. Last week, to close out the OpenWorld customer event in San Francisco, the database, middleware, and application software vendor finished off its software stack when it announced Unbreakable Linux, a RHEL derivative with Oracle bug fixes and Oracle technical support. READ MORE >
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Red Hat Reacts to Oracle's Unbreakable Linux
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
As you might expect, the top brass at Red Hat have put the best face forward possible on the news that Oracle last week announced support services for a Linux variant based exclusively on various Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The company displayed humor at the Oracle OpenWorld event, where it was in the expo area quickly creating red T-shirts emblazoned with the phrase "Unfakeable Linux" on them. And, after its stock tanked about 24 percent, it ran down to Wall Street with wheelbarrows full of money to buy back a whole bunch. READ MORE >
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Dell Launches Its First Opteron-Based Servers
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Server and PC maker Dell, smarting from market share declines and competitive pressures among other problems, started to rectify its position in the server market last week by launching its first two Opteron-based PowerEdge servers. Back in May, after a downturn in its financial results, Dell said that it would stop its Intel-exclusive strategy, and last week Dell and alternate chip partner Advanced Micro Devices chose the Oracle OpenWorld event in San Francisco as the stage on which to launch the machines. READ MORE >
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Sun Builds on Growth in Fiscal Q1, But Profits Still Elude
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Server and operating system maker Sun Microsystems continues to make progress on getting its business in order, and last week reported that for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 ended October 1 it saw sales rise by 17 percent to just under $3.2 billion. And while Sun was able to reduce the size of its loss in fiscal Q1, to $56 million, the company still has a ways to go to reach its long-term goal of 10 percent gross operating profits. READ MORE >
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Now you can go direct to Micro Focus...
Announcing direct sales, service and support for HP and Micro Focus customers!
All versions of Micro Focus products previously sold through HP or an HP reseller are now sold, serviced and supported directly by Micro Focus.
For more information, or to talk to a HP conversion specialist:
www.microfocus.com/hpconversion
1-800-632-6265 Option 2
HPConversion-US@microfocus.com
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Reader Feedback and Insights
We value your feedback and insights. Feel free to send a letter to the editor. Letters may be printed, unless otherwise specified, and edited for clarity or length. READ MORE >
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Editor: Timothy Prickett Morgan
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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