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The 64-Core Power6-Based Power 595 Starts to Roll in May
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

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HP Rejiggers HP-UX 11i Packaging as Update 2 Ships
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

As part of its rollout of the 'Vibrancy' tweak of its HP-UX 11i v3 operating system for PA-RISC and Itanium servers, known publicly as Update 2, Hewlett-Packard this week is repackaging its HP-UX operating system in four new editions that the company says better fits the way that customers consume its soft wares on its hardware. The delivery of Update 2 is significant because it came right on time, unlike the much-delayed initial HP-UX 11i v3 release. READ MORE >


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Sun Gangs Up Sparc T2+ Chips with Maramba Servers
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

There is still enough competition in the Unix space to make vendors hate to see each other get the limelight. Which is one of the reasons why Sun Microsystems has timed the launch of its 'Victoria Falls' Sparc T2+ multicore processor and the related 'Maramba' server line in the same week that IBM is launching big Power6 boxes and Hewlett-Packard is rolling out an update to its HP-UX Unix and a repackaging of the software. READ MORE >


The Power 575: Grandfather of the Multi-Teraflops Power7 Monster
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

This week, as part of the further fleshing out of IBM's Power6-based servers and alongside the launch of the 64-core Power 595 server, Big Blue also launched a new super-dense Power 575 server node aimed specifically at high performance computing workloads, not the general database and application serving that other Power-based servers typically do. The Power 575 is not just one of the densest computers ever built. It is also laying the groundwork for a future Power7-based machine that promises an order of magnitude improvement in processing capacity per unit of rack space. READ MORE >



 

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Most CIOs Say 2008 IT Budgets Are Stable, So Far
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Even with the confusion and consternation going on in the economies of the world, many of the chief information officers responsible for the corporate computing purses say that their IT budgets for 2008 are holding, albeit at a lower growth rate than we have seen in prior years. The analysts at Gartner, who want to get their piece of the $1.2 trillion global IT pie as well, recently polled 1,011 CIOs to take the pulse on IT spending. READ MORE >


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• AMD to Slash 10 Percent of Workforce Amid Sales Shortfall

• IBM Temporarily Banned from U.S. Government Deals

• Linoma Unveils Browser-Based Data Transfer Tool

• Linden Lab, IBM to Take Virtual Worlds Corporate and Private

• Xangati Launches End-User Network Troubleshooter


 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The 64-Core Power6-Based Power 595 Starts to Roll in May

HP Rejiggers HP-UX 11i Packaging as Update 2 Ships

Sun Gangs Up Sparc T2+ Chips with Maramba Servers

The Power 575: Grandfather of the Multi-Teraflops Power7 Monster

Most CIOs Say 2008 IT Budgets Are Stable, So Far

But Wait, There's More:

AMD to Slash 10 Percent of Workforce Amid Sales Shortfall . . . IBM Temporarily Banned from U.S. Government Deals . . . Linoma Unveils Browser-Based Data Transfer Tool . . . Linden Lab, IBM to Take Virtual Worlds Corporate and Private . . . Xangati Launches End-User Network Troubleshooter . . .


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