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Virtual Server 2005 Takes Flight
by Alex Woodie
Windows shops looking to get a handle on X86 server sprawl may want to check out the new virtualization technology Microsoft made available this week. Virtual Server 2005, which is based on technology acquired in Microsoft's purchase of Connectix, in 2003, allows users to run Windows, Linux, and other X86 operating systems on the same box, and provides benefits in the areas of server consolidation, software testing, support for legacy applications, and disaster recovery. READ MORE >
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NEC Delivers Four-Way Fault Tolerant Windows Server
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
NEC Solutions America, the U.S. unit of Japanese server maker NEC, has announced a new fault tolerant Windows server, a machine with the unwieldy name of the Express5800/340 Hb-R. The machine was announced in Japan a few months ago and is now being sold in the States, where NEC is trying to expand its share of the server market. READ MORE >
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IBM, Intel Open Up BladeCenter with Royalty-Free Specs
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
No one knows better than IBM the dangers of opening up the specifications of a hardware technology. In 1981, in an effort to create a vibrant ecosystem with its legendary PC AT personal computer, IBM completely opened up the specs, allowing not only anyone to create hardware and software that plugged into the PC AT, but also eventually allowing Compaq and others to create full-blown clones of it. This undercut IBM's PC sales, and it lost control of the PC platform it created. As IBM and Intel rolled out a royalty-free technology licensing agreement for the BladeCenter blade server design they share, you can bet the two only want the ecosystem part of history to repeat itself. READ MORE >
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Forrester Says IT Budgets Will Be Up 7% in 2005
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
One of the main staples of the IT consultancy business is polling C-level executives about their plans for IT spending so that these very same consultancies can sell predictions of IT spending back to those same execs. It's a nice piece of business if you can get it, and Forrester Research, which bought GIGA Group a few years ago, has been making as much noise as Gartner and IDC in calling IT spending up or down for the coming years. READ MORE >
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But Wait, There's More
Microsoft Issues Two Security Updates on Patch Tuesday . . . Siemens Opts for Safety Net During Migration to Exchange 2003 . . . South African ERP Developer SYSPRO Named Microsoft ISV of the Year . . . Merrill Lynch Calls for HP Breakup--Again . . . CEOs Who Outsource Seem to Be Profiting Nicely . . . Newisys Readies Chipset for Big Opteron Iron . . . Yankee: Linux Will Grow, But Windows and Unix Will Persist . . . READ MORE >
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Editor: Alex Woodie
Managing Editor: Shannon Pastore
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik, Kevin Vandever,
Shannon O'Donnell, Timothy Prickett Morgan, Victor Rozek, Hesh Wiener
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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