http://www.eweek.com IT Infrastructure - RSS Feeds en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:13:23 -0400 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:13:23 -0400 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:26:01 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/FAA-Gets-Its-New-Virtualized-FlightPlan-System-into-the-Air-575310/?kc=rss - The people whose job it is to schedule aircraft for takeoff, help guide passengers to their destinations and get them safely back down on the ground finally have some powerful new open-standards computer systems up and running to help them do their work more reliably. The Federal Aviation Admini...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/FAA-Gets-Its-New-Virtualized-FlightPlan-System-into-the-Air-575310/?kc=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:47:02 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Cisco-VMware-Look-to-Move-VMs-Between-Data-Centers-583506/?kc=rss - Cisco Systems and VMware are developing ways that enterprises can use VMwares VMotion technology to move live virtual machines from one data center to another. The two companies showed off a proof-of-concept at the Cisco Live 2009 show in San Francisco, and demonstrated the capabilities during ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Cisco-VMware-Look-to-Move-VMs-Between-Data-Centers-583506/?kc=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:35:21 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Buzz-Aldrin-Forget-the-Moon-Aim-for-Mars-844180/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Buzz-Aldrin-Forget-the-Moon-Aim-for-Mars-844180/?kc=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:12:34 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/AMD-Rolls-Out-Latest-QuadCore-Opteron-522399/?kc=rss - Advanced Micro Devices officials are keeping the spotlight on the issues of performance per watt and compatibility with their latest quad-core Opteron chip. The latest Opteron 1000 Series chip code-named “Suzuka” is designed for use in cloud computing environments, Web servers, small business se...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/AMD-Rolls-Out-Latest-QuadCore-Opteron-522399/?kc=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:05:01 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Sun-VirtualBox-Virtualization-Ready-for-Data-Center-276765/?kc=rss - Sun Microsystems VirtualBox virtualization platform is now ready for the data center. VirtualBox 3.0, released by Sun June 30, can now run multiprocessor virtual machines for high-end workloads, according to company officials. Where the product in the past could only run on a single x86 processo...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Sun-VirtualBox-Virtualization-Ready-for-Data-Center-276765/?kc=rss Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:12:34 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Facebook-Finds-New-Digs-in-Vintage-Silicon-Valley-Office-451657/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Facebook-Finds-New-Digs-in-Vintage-Silicon-Valley-Office-451657/?kc=rss Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:04:51 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Cisco-Keeps-Eye-on-Data-Center-Cloud-Computing-372282/?kc=rss - Cisco Systems has a number of projects under way that bring together its myriad products to create products to help businesses get more done, more efficiently, according to the company's CTO. Speaking at the Cisco Live event in San Francisco July 1, Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior said enterprises ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Cisco-Keeps-Eye-on-Data-Center-Cloud-Computing-372282/?kc=rss Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:25:32 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/IBM-Offers-Financing-for-Servers-Bundled-with-VMware-vSphere-4-255462/?kc=rss - IBM is offering special financing for its System x family of servers that are bundled with VMware's vSphere 4 virtualization platform in a move that aims to make it easier for businesses to bring virtualization into their data centers. The financing plan, which essentially trades hefty up-front ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/IBM-Offers-Financing-for-Servers-Bundled-with-VMware-vSphere-4-255462/?kc=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:39:45 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Cisco-Officials-Push-Online-Collaboration-Video-285058/?kc=rss - Cisco Systems is using the platform of its Cisco Live show in San Francisco to push its aggressive expansion into spaces beyond its traditional networking business. During his keynote speech June 30, Cisco CEO John Chambers talked about the 30 new quot;market adjacencies quot; that the company...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Cisco-Officials-Push-Online-Collaboration-Video-285058/?kc=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:39:16 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/IT-Sector-Should-Bottom-Out-in-Q3-Forrester-164639/?kc=rss - The first half of 2009 was a brutal one for the IT sector in the United States and throughout the world, but that could translate into good things for later this year and into 2010, according to Forrester Research. In a report issued June 29 titled quot;U.S. and Global IT Market Outlook: Q2 200...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/IT-Sector-Should-Bottom-Out-in-Q3-Forrester-164639/?kc=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:15:42 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Sun-Sets-on-NASAs-Solar-Mission-107976/?kc=rss - NASA and the ESA (European Space Agency) will communicate for the final time June 30 with Ulysses, the nuclear-powered solar orbiter that has been faithfully relaying data back to Earth for 18 years. Ulysses has charted the unexplored regions of space above the poles of the sun since it was laun...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Sun-Sets-on-NASAs-Solar-Mission-107976/?kc=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:25:11 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/China-Backs-Away-from-Internet-Filter-138550/?kc=rss - BEIJING (Reuters) - China has delayed indefinitely a much-criticized plan to force manufacturers to bundle Internet filtering software with personal computers sold in the country, in an abrupt retreat hours before the policy was due to start. The climbdown was reported late on Tuesday by the off...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/China-Backs-Away-from-Internet-Filter-138550/?kc=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:22:04 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Unisys-Aims-for-Greater-Security-in-the-Cloud-597093/?kc=rss - Unisys is looking to carve a spot for itself in the heavily competitive cloud computing space by removing what company officials say is the top impediment to adoption: security. Unisys June 30 unveiled a cloud computing strategy that relies heavily on a patent-pending security technology officia...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Unisys-Aims-for-Greater-Security-in-the-Cloud-597093/?kc=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:39:30 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/NASA-Japan-Publicly-Release-Digital-Topographic-Map-153136/?kc=rss - Using nearly 1.3 million individual stereo-pair images, NASA and Japan released a new digital topographic map of Earth June 29 that covers more of the planet than ever before. The new global digital elevation model of Earth was created from images from NASA's Terra spacecraft and the Aster (Japan...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/NASA-Japan-Publicly-Release-Digital-Topographic-Map-153136/?kc=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:27:01 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Sun-Calls-DoJ-Slowdown-of-Oracle-Deal-Simply-an-Irritation-273591/?kc=rss - Oracle certainly would like to complete its acquisition of Sun Microsystems as soon as possible, but the Department of Justice has, in effect, told the enterprise database giant: quot;Not so fast. quot; A deadline for the Department of Justice to file an quot;all-clear quot; affidavit passe...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Sun-Calls-DoJ-Slowdown-of-Oracle-Deal-Simply-an-Irritation-273591/?kc=rss