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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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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"

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

But Wait, There's More


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

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 . . .

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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