Current Issue: May 8, 2008
Sun Delivers OpenSolaris Development Distro, Plus Support
AMD Revises Opteron Roadmaps, Pushes Out Rev Gs
IBM Loses Two Key Executives to Retirement--Really
GDCM Seeks to 'Defrag' the Data Center for Higher Efficiency
Power Systems: The Feeds and Speeds
But Wait, There's More
May 1, 2008
Sun Books a Small Loss on a Tiny Revenue Decline, Cuts Jobs
Solaris 10 5/08 Supports Legacy Containers, Xeon Features
Sun Taps Splain to Run Microelectronics, Buys Montalvo Carcass
As I See It: That Competitive Bug
Vision Moves Product and Business Plans Forward
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April 24, 2008
IBM Chases HP and Sun Unix Shops with Power Returns
Intel Profits Hit, AMD Books a Loss in Recent Quarters
IBM's Q1 Driven by Mainframes, Unix, Services, and the Weak Dollar
The X Factor: Everybody Wants Citrix Systems?
IBM Expands VIP to All Systems for Precision Sales
But Wait, There's More
April 17, 2008
Sun Plans to Scale T2+ Servers to Four Sockets, Maybe More
And Then There Was One: The New and Improved Power 570
Sundry Power Systems Announcements
As I See It: Goldilocks and the Zen of IT
Server Makers Start Shipping Barcelona Boxes
But Wait, There's More
April 10, 2008
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
April 3, 2008
IBM Merges System p and System i Server Lines
IBM Launches Dual-Core Power6 JS12 Blade Server
Oracle's Business Grows in Fiscal Q3, But Not As Much as Expected
As I See It: Misera Plebs Contribuens
HP Targets SMB Shops with New Entry Servers
But Wait, There's More
March 27, 2008
Yen Steps Down as Microelectronics Head, Exits Sun
Sun Bags $44.3 Million DARPA Contract for Funky Chip Interconnect
Disk Array Capacity and Sales Still Growing at Historical Rates
CMDB: A Journey, Not a Destination
Dell Inks OEM Deal with Egenera for Server Management Software
But Wait, There's More
March 20, 2008
Intel Talks Up X64, Itanium Roadmaps Ahead of IDF
Sun Backs Into the SMB Customer Space
Bye Bye System p and i, Hello Power Systems
As I See It: Bringing the Funny
The HP Pitch on Rehosting i5/OS Applications on Integrity
But Wait, There's More
March 13, 2008
Sun Readies Dual-Socket Sparc T2+ Servers
IBM Readies Big Power6 Boxes, New X64 Servers
HPC Sales Account for Most of 2007's Server Sales Growth
Server Virtualization and Consolidation Require More Resiliency
Arrow Buys French Midrange Distributor
But Wait, There's More
March 6, 2008
AMD Says Barcelona Bug Is Fixed, Almost Ready to Ramp
Linux and Windows Server Sales Outpace the Market in Q4
MetaRAM Quadruples DDR2 Memory Capacity in Servers
Mad Dog 21/21: Plane's Peeking
Infinite Software Partners with HP, Acquires Altos Technology Group
But Wait, There's More
February 28, 2008
Q&A with HP's Brian Cox: Tukwila Itaniums and Hockey Pucks
Gartner Gives Annual Report Cards to Server Makers
IDC Tweaks Global IT Spending Estimates Downward for 2008
As I See It: Change in Plan
Welcome to Legacy Status, Windows Server
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Current Issue: February 21, 2008
HP Firing on All Cylinders in the Fiscal First Quarter
SCO Brought Back from the Dead by Middle East Money
Surf's Up for Web-Based Organized Crime, IBM X-Force Says
Mad Dog 21/21: Recovering Lost Prophets
IT Salary Increases Are Anemic in 2007, Says Dice Survey
But Wait, There's More
February 14, 2008
Sun Delays "Rock" Sparc Machines Until 2H 2009
HP Puts Out a Four-Socket Itanium Blade Server
IBM Provides More Details on Power6 System p 550 Trade Ins
As I See It: Why IT Will Save the Economy
Alfresco Puts Out Second Annual Open Source Barometer Report
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February 7, 2008
The Power6 Server Ramp: Better Than Expected
Rock and Tukwila Are the Stars of ISSCC This Week
Who Needs a Web Application Firewall?
The X Factor: Survive, Adapt, Repeat
High Voltage DC Systems for Data Centers Cut Power Use
But Wait, There's More
January 31, 2008
IBM Gets Power6 Chips into Entry System p Servers
IBM Creates Entry PowerVM Hypervisor, Gives Rebates on Unix Gear
Sun Makes an Honest Profit in Fiscal Q2 on Weak Growth
As I See It: Avatar Nation
IBM to Buy AMD? Seems Unlikely, But an Interesting Idea
But Wait, There's More
January 24, 2008
Sun Asks ISVs Why They Love Solaris
Weak Dollar, Services, and Power6 Give IBM a Solid Fourth Quarter
IBM Aims for Server Expansion in 2008
SOA Remains Hard to Define, but Projects on the Rise
The Rumor Mill on IBM's Impending Platform Announcements
But Wait, There's More
January 17, 2008
Sun Casts a $1 Billion Net to Catch MySQL
HP Revamps ProLiant Rack and Tower Servers with New X64 Chips
IBM Gets Clustered Storage and EMC Founder with XIV Buy
As I See It: Weighty Matters
Intel Launches White Box Blades as New York State Probes
But Wait, There's More
January 10, 2008
Apple Goes Quad Core in Xserves and Mac Pros
A New Year, A New IBM Systems and Technology Group
Servers Get Their First Power and Performance Benchmark
Mad Dog 21/21: Motherboarding
IDC 2008: It's Post Disruption, the Aftermath of Webification
But Wait, There's More
December 13, 2007
Sun Open Sources Sparc T2 Chip, Too
AMD Stalled by a Bug in Barcelona Opterons
IDC Says Server Buyers Weigh Economy and Power in Q3
As I See It: What's Past Is Prologue
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December 6, 2007
Sine Nomine Shows Off Solaris on System z
Q&A with Jim Herring: The View from the Top
Sun to Release xVM Virtualization Under GPL v3 License
Be My Guest
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November 29, 2007
Emerging Markets and Virtualization Drive Q3 Server Sales
Dell Finally and Officially Supports Solaris
Transitive Ships Sparc/Solaris Emulator, Partners with Hitachi
As I See It: The Sick Guys in Your Wallet
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November 15, 2007
Solaris Conversion Rate: Sun Sheds Some Light
Blade Servers Make It to the Top HPC Sites
Intel Announces First "Penryn" Xeon Processors
The Blue Cloud Is IBM's Commercial Cloud Computing
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November 8, 2007
Sun Wrings Profits from a Flat Fiscal First Quarter
Power6 Blades Finally Come to Market from IBM
Intel Quietly Releases 'Montvale' Itanium Kickers
IBM Brags About Its Power6 Server Shipments
But Wait, There's More
November 1, 2007
SCO to Sell Unix Wares for $36 Million?
Sun Sues NetApp Right Back Over Patents
'Project Indiana' OpenSolaris Preview Debuts
Midrange Shops Get Disaster Recovery Services from IBM
But Wait, There's More
October 25, 2007
IBM's Power-Based Servers Save the Day in Q3
Sun Puts Intel Quad-Core Chips into Ultra Workstations
Intel Is Back on Track in Q3, AMD Is Fighting to Get There
Mad Dog 21/21: Symphony for the Devil
But Wait, There's More
October 18, 2007
Sun Elaborates on its xVM Virtualization Plans
Apple's Leopard Mac OS X Server Coming October 26
IBM Hit by Financial Services Slowdown in Q3
As I See It: Great Looking Genes
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October 11, 2007
Niagara-2 Chips Double Entry Sparc Server Performance
Akamai Debuts Service to Speed Any IP-Based Application
IBM Tweaks BladeCenter S for the Office, Preps Power6 Blades
Growing Businesses, Upgrades Drive IT Hiring in Q4
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October 4, 2007
HP Updates HP-UX 11i v3, No Plans for X64 Port
Sun Merges Storage Back into Systems Group
BrandZ Containers, xVM Partitions to Host Legacy Solaris Applications
An Update from the X64 Server Battlefields
But Wait, There's More
September 27, 2007
Sun Enhances Solaris Developer Edition, Adds Support
Sun Ships Intel-Based Galaxy Rack Servers
IDF Server Wrap Up: Intel to Keep the Pressure on AMD
As I See It: Shocking
But Wait, There's More
September 20, 2007
SCO Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Sun and Microsoft Go All the Way with Windows
SAP Plants Its Flag in Mid-Market Territory with SaaS Apps
As I See It: The Dons of Dialogue
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September 13, 2007
Sun Rolls Out Update for Solaris 10 Unix
AMD Gets Aggressive About Watts with Quad-Core Barcelonas
Transitive Rejiggers Emulation Software, Adds Partners
Sirius Expands Northeast Presence with SCS Buy
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September 6, 2007
The Left and Right Hands of Sun
Core Transition Complete as Intel Ships 'Tigerton' Xeon MPs
NetApp Sues Sun Over File System Patents
Mad Dog 21/21: Leverage
But Wait, There's More
August 30, 2007
AMD's Chip Roadmaps: Beyond Barcelona
Server Sales in Q2 Reach Heights Not Seen Since 2000
IBM Messes With System p 595 Prices, Tweaks Deals
The X Factor: Economic Recession Is the IT Innovator's Ally
But Wait, There's More
August 23, 2007
Sun, IBM Ink Solaris Distribution Agreement for Servers
HP's Sales and Earnings Rocket Upward in Fiscal Q3
Court Says Novell Owns Unix, Not SCO
As I See It: Of Toads and Time
But Wait, There's More
August 9, 2007
Sun Polishes Up Sparc T2 Multithreaded Chips
AMD Gooses Dual-Core Opteron Speeds, Cuts Prices
Sun Creates Virtual Tape Library from Thumper Server
As I See It: Policeware
But Wait, There's More
August 2, 2007
Q&A: Sun's Top Operating System Brass Talk OS Strategy
Sun Exceeds Margin Goals in Q4 on Flat Sales
The IT Job Market Is More Competitive, Says Gartner
IBM Shows Off Web 2.0 Stuff with Lotus Quickr
But Wait, There's More
July 26, 2007
The Search for Old Hockey Pucks
HP Buys System Management Tool Maker Opsware for $1.6 Billion
Intel Sets Up 'Tigerton' Xeon MPs Against Future Opterons
As I See It: Lawyers, Lies, and Statistics
But Wait, There's More
July 19, 2007
IBM Creates New Power, SMB Server Divisions
IBM Turns In Its Best Second Quarter in Six Years
Intel Certifies Solaris on Its Carrier-Grade Servers
Mad Dog 21/21: To Avatar and Avatar Not
But Wait, There's More
July 12, 2007
IBM Says AIX 6 Beta Program Off to a Good Start
Oracle Says 11g Database Is Better, Cheaper, and Faster
IBM Charges 20 Percent Premium for Software Running on Power6 Cores
As I See It: The All-American Exhausting Vacation
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June 28, 2007
Sun Gets Serious (Finally) About Supercomputing
Top 500 Supers: Moore's Law Is Alive and Well
HP Promotes Transitive Tool to Port Solaris Apps to Integrity Servers
As I See It: Dare to Be Rich
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June 21, 2007
Intel Bangs the Itanium Drum, Draws Out Roadmap
Sun Revs Solaris Express Developer Edition, Adds Non-Sun Iron Support
Disk Array Sales Still Humming Along, Says IDC
Vision Solutions Acquires HA Rival Lakeview Technology
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June 14, 2007
Apple Previews Mac OS X 10.5 'Leopard' Server
CIOs Get Ready to Hire in the Summer
Open Source Software Sales Pegged at $5.8 Billion by 2011
As I See It: The Ne'er-Do-Well's Guide to Enlightenment
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June 7, 2007
Project Indiana to Create an OpenSolaris Distro
Sun Broadens Its Blade Server Lineup
HP Tweaks Home-Grown Virtualization for Integrity Servers
Mad Dog 21/21: Missing Inaction
But Wait, There's More
May 31, 2007
The Persistence of Unix
HP Pursues Telcos with New Entry NonStop Server
The Market for Servers in Europe Is Hot
As I See It: Operating on Overload
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May 24, 2007
IBM Launches First Power6-Based Server
IBM Opens Up Beta for Future AIX 6
Initial Power6 Servers Show Respectable Performance Gains
Virtualization, Consolidation Drive Server Sales in Q1
But Wait, There's More
May 17, 2007
HP Turns in a Solid Fiscal 2007 Second Quarter
IBM's AIX Roadmap Through 2015
Sun's Board Authorizes $3 Billion in Share Buybacks
The X Factor: Small Is Beautiful
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May 10, 2007
IBM Lengthens and Broadens AIX Support on Power Iron
Sun Backs QuickTransit for Sparc to X64 Migration
IBM Sees Green in Going Green in Data Centers
As I See It: Education--the Other Dysfunction
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May 3, 2007
More Details Emerge on IBM's Upcoming Power6 Server Launch
Sun Boots Solaris 10 on "Rock" Sparc Processors
Startup 3Leaf Systems Looks to Shake Up Server Virtualization
Mad Dog 21/21: Hearts and Minds
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April 26, 2007
Computer Trade Group Alleges Unfair Trading Practices at Sun
HP Chases Data Warehousing Dollars with Tweaked NonStop Servers
Sun Grows Sales and Profits Despite Product Transitions
As I See It: Induced Labor
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April 19, 2007
Fujitsu, Sun Deliver Joint Sparc Enterprise Server Line
Power6: Later in 2007 Rather than Sooner?
Slowing U.S. Sales Hurt IBM's First Quarter
As I See It: Disorderly Conduct
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April 12, 2007
Yen Explains Sun's Chip Strategy
Hello, New York? Buy IBM
Schwartz Blogs a Bit About the Dud Rock Chip on His Desk
As I See It: The Legacy
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April 5, 2007
Sun Boosts Performance of UltraSparc-IV+ Chips
Intel Shows Off Future Penryn and Nehalem Chip Designs
IBM Offers Rebates on System p5 and ISV Software Bundles
The X Factor: Virtualization Belongs in the System, Not in the Software
But Wait, There's More
March 29, 2007
Sun Breaks Sparc Unit Free Again
Gartner Says It Was "All Over" the Virtualization Effect
Oracle Sues SAP Over 'Corporate Theft on a Grand Scale'
As I See It: Workplace Heaven
But Wait, There's More
March 22, 2007
Sun Taps Linux Guru to Guide Operating System Strategy
IBM's Plan for an Adjacent, Custom Systems Market
IDC Chops Server Forecasts Thanks to Virtualization, Multicore Chips
Mad Dog 21/21: The China Spin Drone
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March 15, 2007
Intel Delivers Low-Power, Quad-Core Xeon Chips
Server Makers Have $5.3 Billion Bumper Crop in Q4 in Europe
Lawson Updates ERP, Unveils SaaS Plans at User Conference
As I See It: The Digital Life
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March 8, 2007
Midrange Boxes, Big Iron Drive Server Growth in Q4 2006
SCO's Unix Sales Continue to Slide, But Red Ink Is Shallower
HP Unix Behemoth Squeaks By IBM Big Iron on TPC Test
Mad Dog 21/21: Paved With Good Intentions
But Wait, There's More
March 1, 2007
Server Sales Up a Bit in 2006, But Q4 Looks a Bit Weak
HP's Unix Biz Is Flat in Fiscal Q1, Hurd Disappointed
Many Top Open Source Projects Still Lack Enterprise Support
The X Factor: How Many Servers, How Much Juice, How Much Money?
But Wait, There's More
February 15, 2007
HP Adds Entry Itanium Servers, Finally Delivers HP-UX 11i v3
Unix Is Dead? It Isn't Even Sick. . .
Chip Makers Strut Their Stuff at ISSCC
As I See It: Measuring What Counts
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February 8, 2007
HP Puts Solaris on More X64 Servers, Partners for Solaris Emulation
Sun Details Server Chip Roadmaps at Analyst Summit
AMD Delivers Faster and Cooler Rev F Opteron Chips
The X Factor: One Socket to Rule Them All
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February 1, 2007
AMD: Native Quad Core Opteron Will Best Intel Quasi Quads
IT Salaries Rise by 5.2 Percent in 2006, Dice Survey Says
IBM Bags System p5 Super Deals, But Is Power6 Slipping?
Ask TPM: The Economics of Open Source Software
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January 25, 2007
Sun Profits in Fiscal Q2, Gets $700 Million Equity Injection from KKR
Sun, Intel Form Alliance for Xeon Servers and Workstations
IBM Closes Out 2006 With a Strong Fourth Quarter
The X Factor: Solaris Versus Linux Support Pricing
But Wait, There's More
January 18, 2007
Sun Tapes Out Rock Sparc Chip, Gooses Clocks on Niagara Sparc T1
Sun Finally Gets Solaris 10 11/06 Update Out the Door
Unisys Broadens Oasis Open Source Software Stacks for Linux
Why the Number of Women in IT Is Decreasing
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January 11, 2007
HP Readies HP-UX 11i v3 For Launch
Arrow Buys Agilysys' IT Distribution Business for $485 Million
Sun Adds Opteron Rev F Blade Server, Sets Utility Pricing
As I See It: Sweating the Little Stuff
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December 14, 2006
Latest Dispatch from the Unix Server Wars
Forrester Predicts IT Spending Slowdown in 2007
Evans Data Cases Programming Language Popularity
The X Factor: You Can't Steal What's Free, But You Can Pay a Lot for Something That Isn't Worth It
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December 7, 2006
AIX 5L V5.3 Gets Unix 03 Certification
Azul Systems Revamps Compute Appliances with 48-Core Vega2 Chip
PwC Consultants Predict an IT Talent Shortage
Mad Dog 21/21: Stay the Recourse
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November 30, 2006
Server Sales Perk Up a Little Bit in the Third Quarter
Cray, IBM Win Final Round of Giant DARPA HPCS Program
Sun Releases Java Under GPL Open Source License
As I See It: The Other "Tude"
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November 16, 2006
Power6 Ups the Ante for Virtualization, Power Management
HP's Financials Weather the Ethics Storm in Fiscal Q4
Dual-Core Processors Begin Takeover of Top 500 Super Ranking
As I See It: The Workplace Politician
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November 9, 2006
Avnet Buys GE's Access Server Distribution Biz for $412.5 Million
HP Taps Fink to Run Business Critical Servers Division
Sun Chases Web 2.0 Boom with Discounts for Startups
IBM Creates Virtualization Dashboard, Merges Server and Storage Management
But Wait, There's More
November 2, 2006
Sun Ponders the Future of Virtualized Solaris
Sun Builds on Growth in Fiscal Q1, But Profits Still Elude
Solaris 10 Breaks Through 6 Million Shipment Barrier
The X Factor: Form Follows Function
But Wait, There's More
October 26, 2006
HP, Intel, and Oracle Gang Up on IBM Mainframes
Sun Talks Up Niagara-2 Sparcs, Begins Work on Niagara-3
Dell Launches Its First Opteron-Based Servers
Workstation Market Booms in the Second Quarter
But Wait, There's More
October 19, 2006
Sun Adds Rev F Opterons to More Galaxy Servers
Software, Unix and Mainframe Servers Boost IBM's Profits in Q3
Sun Readies LDom Partitioning for Sparc T1 Servers
Mad Dog 21/21: Blowing Up Buddha
But Wait, There's More
October 12, 2006
IBM Uncloaks Power6 Chip Details
Legacy Application Modernization Strategies Hinge on SOA
IBM Tackles Data Center Cooling with Services Offering
As I See It: History Makers
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October 5, 2006
Bang for the Buck: Entry Unix Servers Compete with Linux and Windows
Sun Wheels and Deals to Push Servers and Storage
OpenSparc Project Taps Advisory Board, Sees Linux Momentum
VMware Extends ESX Server to 64 Bits, Betas New P2V Converter
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September 28, 2006
Intel Previews Quad-Core Chips, Talks Up Massively Cored RISC
Chip Makers Embrace Co-Processors, Again
IBM to Try Selling Technical Services as Products
As I See It: Pretexting
But Wait, There's More
September 21, 2006
SGI Kills Off Irix Unix and MIPS Machines, At Long Last
Solaris 10 with Trusted Extensions Readied for 11/06 Update
IBM, Sun Add Encryption to High-End Tape Drives
As I See It: The Incredible Shrinking Vacation
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September 14, 2006
Sun Beefs Up UltraSparc-IIIi Servers, Kills UltraSparc-IIIi+
Buyers Expect Softening in Server Spending in 2006
Sun Delivers Sparc T1 in Netra and ACTA Blade Servers
The Disk Drive at 50: Still Spinning
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September 7, 2006
HP Completes Montecito Itanium Rollout into Integrity Servers
SCO Continues to Struggle Against Linux in Q3
Intel to Cut 10,500 Jobs to Save $6 Billion
Companies Continue to Consume Massive Amounts of Storage
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August 31, 2006
SPEC Creates New CPU2006 Benchmark Tests
Intel Delivers 'Tulsa' Xeon MP Server Chip Early
Scalent to Support Solaris with Virtual Operating Environment
As I See It: Productivity and Relationship
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August 24, 2006
IBM Finishes Up Power5+ Rollout on System p5 Servers
The Server Market Struggles for Growth in Q2, Says IDC
Clerity to Revive Mainframe Rehosting after Acquiring Sun Tools
Does the Size of Your IT Supplier Really Matter?
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August 17, 2006
Sun Cranks UltraSparc-IV+ Clocks, Tweaks Sun Fire Servers
AMD Unveils Rev F Opterons, Prepares for Quad Cores in Mid-2007
HP Chalks Up Another Decent Thirteen Weeks in Fiscal Q3
The X Factor: Database Appliances Come Around Again
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August 10, 2006
OpenDarwin Shuts Down as Apple Opens Up Mac OS Forge
Can Apple Finally Break Into the Big Time with Core Xserves?
Sun Picks EnterpriseDB to Backup PostgreSQL Support in Solaris
Infor Closes SSA Buy and Acquires Remaining GEAC Bits
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August 3, 2006
The BSD Unix Projects Keep Humming Along
IBM Broadens Use of Opterons in System x Servers
Who's Ahead in the X64 Server Wars?
As I See It: The Donking Life
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July 27, 2006
IBM Rounds Out Big Unix Boxes with Power5+ Chips
Sun Sees Sales Accelerate in Fiscal Q4, Still Loses Money
IBM Creates a Performance-Based Pricing Scheme for Software
The X Factor: High-End Chips Draw Even, Vendors Prepare to Differentiate
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July 20, 2006
Intel Aims Dual-Core Itaniums at RISC, Mainframe Servers
HP Gears Up for Montecito Itanium Shipments
IBM Has Its Financial Ups and Downs in Q2
As I See It: The Great Disconnect
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July 13, 2006
Sun Fleshes Out Galaxy Opteron Server Line
IBM's High-End Power5+ Launch Set for July 25
HP Bolsters Virtual Server Environment for HP-UX
Fabric7 Tweaks Opteron Servers, Adds Windows and Solaris Support
But Wait, There's More
June 29, 2006
Transitive Emulator Ports Sparc/Solaris Apps to Linux on Xeon, Itanium
Top 500 Supers: Brace Yourself for Petaflops Systems
Intel Comes Out Swinging with Woodcrest Xeons
Yankee Says Windows Improves, But Still Not Unix
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June 22, 2006
HP Opens Up the HP-UX Roadmap
Sun-HP Unix Merger: Beware of Olive Branches Shaped Like Baseball Bats
Middleware Sales Continue to Grow in 2005, IBM Still the King
As I See It: Net Reality
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June 15, 2006
OpenSolaris: One Year Down, Participation Up
Merrill Lynch Cases IT Spending, Server Buying Patterns
HP Says It Will "Blade Everything" As Next Gen Boxes Launch
The X Factor: Is Memory-Based Software Pricing the Answer?
But Wait, There's More
June 8, 2006
Sun Lays Off Up to 5,000 Employees, Banks on Revenue Rise
HP Scales Down NonStop Servers to Chase New Customers
VMware Offers New Packaging and Pricing with ESX Server 3
The Cult of Numerology
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May 25, 2006
Server Sales Decline for the Second Straight Quarter
HP-UX on Itanium Gets a Boost from IBM, TIBCO
Sun Microsystems Begins Taking Java Open Source
The X Factor: Virtual Server Sprawl
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May 18, 2006
Sun Merges Server Units, Taps Key Exec for Storage
HP's Revenues Up 5 Percent in Q2, Profits Jump 51 Percent
Infor to Buy SSA Global for $1.36 Billion
ERP Software: Its Effect on Human Performance and Impact on Productivity
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May 11, 2006
Free Advice for Unix Vendors: Fujitsu-Siemens
IBM Explains New p5 Boards, Offers Upgrade Protection to Power6
Silicon Graphics Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
As I See It: Fearless Leaders
But Wait, There's More
May 4, 2006
The Hardware Foundry
Sun Previews Next Rev of Solaris 10
Power5+ Delays Force IBM to Cut High-End System p Prices
The X Factor: If Sun Builds a Grid, Will They Come?
But Wait, There's More
April 27, 2006
McNealy Hands the Sun Reins to Schwartz
Acquisitions Cut Both Ways for Sun in Third Fiscal Quarter
Oracle Delivers New Goodies with EnterpriseOne 8.12
Mad Dog 21/21: Patent Lather
But Wait, There's More
April 20, 2006
Sun Broadens Migration Offerings for Solaris Platforms
Cost Controls Boost IBM Earnings on Flat Q1 Revenues
HP Brags about Integrity Sales in Asia/Pacific
Oracle's Ellison Ponders Owning a Linux Distro; Why Not BSD?
But Wait, There's More
April 13, 2006
Sun Lays Off Workers in Sparc Server Group
AMD Pushes Single-Core Opteron Clocks to 3 GHz
Sun Tapes Out Sparc T2 Chip, Ships T1000 Servers
IBM Unleashes a Barrage of SOA Announcements
But Wait, There's More
April 6, 2006
Where Are Sun's Big Galaxies and Opteron Blades?
Linux Is Almost as Popular as Solaris for Oracle Databases
XenSource Shifts Gears as It Rolls Out XenEnterprise Virtualization
Why American Employees Are So Unhappy
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March 30, 2006
IBM Hints at Triple Redundancy in Power6
IDC Says Ex-Unix Shops Love Windows More Than Linux
Big Blue Clarifies Software Pricing for Multicore Machines
As I See It: The 'M' Word
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March 23, 2006
HP Announces High-End 'Arches' Chipset for Integrities
Sun Reorganizes Sales and Services, Loses Software Chief
HP Tweaks HP-UX 11i v2, Capacity On Demand
Sun Grid Compute Utility Opens for Public Business
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March 16, 2006
AMD Says It Can Still Beat Intel Cores with Opterons
SCO Aims at Linux with SCAMP Stack
HP Puts Faster Opterons into ProLiants
The X Factor: X64 Chip Price War Looms
But Wait, There's More
March 9, 2006
Intel Goes After AMD with New Chip Architecture
Intel Gearing Up for Battle on the Server Front
Transitive Gets Backing from Intel for Porting Product
Mad Dog 21/21: Lincoln to Open SQL
But Wait, There's More
March 2, 2006
McNealy PR Stunt Number 105: Merge Solaris and HP-UX
Oracle Designates HP-UX on Itanium a Strategic Platform
The Balance of Server Powers
As I See It: Future Schlock
But Wait, There's More
February 23, 2006
Fujitsu Draws Sparc64 Roadmap Past 2010
Itanium Proponents Say Ecosystem Is Growing
The Server Market Begins to Cool in Q4
Shaking IT Up: Don't Fear Silence, and Buy Some Duct Tape
But Wait, There's More
February 16, 2006
IBM Fleshes Out p5 Line with More Power5+ Processors
HP's Restructurings Start to Pay Off in Profits in Q1
Sun Publishes Sparc T1 Specs, Picks GPL for License
How Low Can You Go?
But Wait, There's More
February 9, 2006
Power6 Gets Second Silicon, IBM to Crank the Clock
Sun Establishes OEM Business Unit
IBM Announces BladeCenter Kickers
IBM, Freescale Reunite for the Sake of the Power Processors
But Wait, There's More
February 2, 2006
Sun Debuts New Sparc, Opteron Workstations
HP Partners to Create Water Cooling for Server Racks
AMR Sees 'Huge Surge' in ERP Spending, Most Likely at Microsoft
As I See It: My Place Or Yours
But Wait, There's More
January 26, 2006
AIX: 20 Years Down, Many More to Go
Sun's Acquisitions Boost Revenues, But Profits Still Elude
Egenera Upgrades BladeFrame Servers, Adds Cooling
A Little More Insight into IBM's Server Sales in Q4 and 2005
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January 19, 2006
OpenSolaris Community Creates Kernel for Power Chips
pSeries Sales Pump Up Q4 for Big Blue
IBM Reshuffles Systems and Technology Executives
Mainsoft, IBM to Convert .NET Code to Java on All eServers
But Wait, There's More
January 12, 2006
Who's Ahead in the Unix Wars?
Sun, Oracle Renew Their Vows, Chase Market Share
Utility Computing: Homegrown and Open Source Apps to Get the Last Laugh
Reading the IT Leaves for 2006
But Wait, There's More
December 8, 2005
Midrange Unix Servers: HP and Sun Need to Catch IBM
Sun to Integrate and Open Source Its Software Stack
Sun Finally Announces Niagara-Based Sparc Servers
Shaking IT Up: Preemptive Listening, a Tool of Tools
But Wait, There's More
Happy Holidays!
December 1, 2005
HP Debuts Utility Computing Services
Server Sales Skyrocket in Q3--But Can It Last?
HP's Q4 Sales Grow, Profits Hit by Restructuring
As I See It: Prying the Gazelle from the Lion's Teeth
But Wait, There's More
November 17, 2005
Sun Makes Niagara Teaser Announcement, Servers Imminent
Linux Clusters Continue to Expand in Top 500 Supers Ranking
IBM Updates Virtualization Engine for Multiplatform Management
IBM Unveils New Midrange Storage Systems
But Wait, There's More
November 10, 2005
Sun Moves Up Niagara Sparc Server Announcement
IBM Delivers Power5+ Unix Workstation
CA Spins Out Open Source Ingres Database
As I See It: The Dog Ate My Manners
But Wait, There's More
November 3, 2005
Entry Unix Servers: It's a Tighter Three-Horse Race Now
HP Delivers Unix-Itanium Blade Server
Sun Continues to Transition Products and Lose Money
PA Semi Divulges Its Power Processor Aspirations
But Wait, There's More
October 27, 2005
Intel Pushes Out Itaniums, Replaces Future Xeon MPs
Black Duck Offers Free Software IP Scanning Until 2006
MySQL Brings Database Up to Par for Enterprise Deployments
Shaking IT Up: Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Use Your New Software
But Wait, There's More
October 20, 2005
Sun Puts UltraSparc-IV+ Chips in Its Big Boxes
Fujitsu-Siemens Finally Opts for Opteron in Servers
IBM's pSeries Unix Server Sales Up 15 Percent in Q3
Stop Arguing About Cars and Start Managing Fleets
But Wait, There's More
October 13, 2005
Big Iron Still Costs Big Bucks
Intel Begins Dual-Core Xeon Server Chip Rollout
Server Makers Are Ready and Sorta Eager for Dual-Core Xeons
Ich Bin Ein Entrepreneur
But Wait, There's More
October 6, 2005
IBM Uses Quad-Core Package to Boost Power5+ Performance
Sun and Google: What's the Big Deal?
SCO Pushed to a Loss in Q3 as Unix Sales Slip
Mad Dog 21/21: New Moth
But Wait, There's More
September 29, 2005
Sun Goes on the Offensive with Server Deals
HP Rakes in $200 Million Displacing Sun Gear in 1H 2005
Itanium Backers Launch Alliance to Bolster the Chip
AMD Cranks Up Dual-Core Opteron Clocks
But Wait, There's More
September 22, 2005
UltraSparc-IV+ Chips Give Sun's Midrange Servers Twice the Oomph
Egenera Gets $300 Million Reseller Deal with Fujitsu-Siemens
IBM Shifts Its SOA Initiative Up Into High Gear
Notes/Domino 7 Brings New Collaboration Technology, Performance Gains
But Wait, There's More
September 15, 2005
Sun Launches the First Three "Galaxy" Opteron Servers
HP Rolls Out Improved Virtualization for Integrity Servers
Sybase Launches Adaptive Server Enterprise 15 Database
IDC Concurs that Q2 Was Pretty Good for Servers
But Wait, There's More
September 1, 2005
Gartner Says Server Market Warmed Up Some More in Q2
Intel Fleshes Out Server Chip Plans for Post-NetBurst Era
The Source of All Good Bits
As I See It: The Sanctity of Work
But Wait, There's More
August 25, 2005
Sun's Opteron-Based Galaxy Servers Launch September 12
IBM's Power6 Gets First Silicon as Power5+ Looms
AMD Nabs Chip Hotshot, Challenges Intel to Dual-Core Duel
VMware Goes for Per-Socket Pricing, But Can It Hold?
But Wait, There's More
August 18, 2005
HP's Sales Up 10 Percent as Repatriation Taxes Whack Profits
VMware, Sun Microsystems Partner on Server Partitioning
3PAR Delivers Server Provisioning on Solaris Boxes
Intel Moves Paxville MP Chip Ahead into 2005, Adds DP Variant
But Wait, There's More
August 11, 2005
SCO Touts Unix at Forum While LinuxWorld Roars
Opsware Creates Uber Shell for System Admins
VMware Opens Up ESX Server Code to Partners
We Work for the Internet
But Wait, There's More
August 4, 2005
IBM Boasts that Without Big Blue, Unix Would Be Declining
SGI Goes All the Way With Transitive Emulator
Intel Names Server Platforms, Adds Chips to Roadmap
Black Duck Partners with SourceForge for IP Protection
But Wait, There's More
July 28, 2005
Sun Carbon Copies Another Transitional Quarter, Year
Big Blue Deals to Pump pSeries Sales
Oracle's Multicore Pricing: Right Direction, Not Far Enough
As I See It: Declining Fortunes
But Wait, There's More
July 21, 2005
Sun Firms Up Its Sparc Chip Plans
Hurd on the Street: HP Cuts 14,500 Jobs in Reorganization
IBM Profits Up Some as Sales Decline Some in Q2
Intel Cranks Up the Clocks on Madison Itaniums
But Wait, There's More
July 14, 2005
Linux Runtime, ZFS File System Still Coming for Solaris 10
Intel Previews Dual-Core Montecito Itanium Performance
IBM Launches Dual-Core PowerPC 970MP Chip
Mad Dog 21/21: If It Walks Like Sudoku . . .
But Wait, There's More
June 30, 2005
AMD Sues Intel for Antitrust Violations
Sun Gets First Dibs on New Opterons for Entry Workstation
AMD Readies Socket 939 Opteron, Debuts Top-End Athlon 64
Sun Takes Java App Server Open Source
But Wait, There's More
June 23, 2005
SCO OpenServer 6 Launches with Unix SVR5 Kernel
Top 500 Supers List Dominated By Exotic Clusters
IBM Readies Super-Dense 16-Way p5 Rack Server
ERP Market Grew Solidly in 2004, AMR Research Says
But Wait, There's More
June 16, 2005
OpenSolaris Community Opens for Business
Fujitsu-Siemens, IBM Show Off Unix Server Performance
Oracle Acquires TimesTen for Real-Time Database
Shaking IT Up: In a Crisis, A Good Manager Is an Absent Manager
But Wait, There's More
June 9, 2005
Apple: Unix for People, Unix for the Masses
Cool Stuff: Transitive Emulates Server Platforms on Other Iron
HP, IBM and Unix, Windows Tied in the Server Market
Gartner Says Database Market Continued Its Recovery in 2004
But Wait, There's More
June 2, 2005
Sun Microsystems Buys StorageTek for $4.1 Billion
HP Delivers the Last of the PA-RISC Processors
NonStop Fault Tolerant Servers Jump to Itanium
As I See It: IT, the Early Days
But Wait, There's More
May 26, 2005
FreeBSD Project Puts Out 5.4 Unix Release
Server Market Is Solid in Q1, Says Gartner
Apple Said to Be Considering a Switch to X86 from Power
Are We There Yet? Per
