Monthly Archives: November 2004
IBM Takes Blue Gene Supercomputer to Market
IBM is bringing its Blue Gene supercomputer to the masses.
At the SC2004 supercomputing show in Pittsburgh on Monday, IBM is announcing that its Blue...
Microsoft Intros Supercomputing SDK
Looking to drive corporate adoption of its high-performance computing version of Windows Server 2003, Microsoft on Monday introduced an SDK (software development kit) for...
Prevention Methods Shore Up Wireless LAN Defenses
Security developers took more than a decade to move from intrusion detection to intrusion prevention in the world of wired networking. But in the...
Clustered Supercomputers Gain On Big Iron in Top500 List
Clustered supercomputers eked out a majority over traditional big iron in Mondays "Top500" rankings of the worlds fastest supercomputers. IBMs BlueGene/L took the top...
Intel Rolls Out Single-Core Madison Chips
Intel Corp. is refreshing its 64-bit Itanium 2 processor line with six new chips based on the Madison core.
The new processors represent the last...
CA, Others Attack Spyware
Recognizing the growing need for anti-spyware solutions in the enterprise, Computer Associates International Inc. on Monday announced new software designed to tackle unwanted spyware,...
App-Firewall Vendors Challenge Rivals to a Test
Things are getting a bit testy in the application-security market.
Saying that theyre fed up with some security vendors claiming that their products protect against...
Alternative Supercomputer Metrics Sought
Two alternative methods of benchmarking supercomputers are nearing completion, as the most popular metric for benchmarking performance is being applied Monday to generate a...
Analysts: Microsoft Getting IP House in Order
This year alone, Microsoft Corp. has shelled out in excess of $3 billion to settle legal disputes with hardened rivals, but ongoing litigation with...
Novell Linux Desktop Arrives
By the end of the week, Novell Inc.s new Linux desktop for enterprise customers, Novell Linux Desktop 9, Powered by SuSE Linux, will be...