Jeff Burt

Sun Microsystems is lengthening its list of high-performance computer offerings with new hardware, software and services designed to let users quickly deploy the necessary technologies to build compute-intensive environments. The new products and services, introduced Nov. 14 at the Supercomputing 2006 show in Tampa, Fla., including a new blade server specially developed for HPC, a […]

Software developers are getting more tools that take advantage of virtualization to streamline the application testing and quality assurance processes. In advance of its VMworld show Nov. 7-9 in Los Angeles, VMware on Nov. 6 unveiled Lab Manager, designed to enable enterprises to more automatically provision data center resources for application development teams. For its […]

Gateway is joining the growing ranks of systems makers that use Advanced Micro Devices Opteron chip in some of their servers. At the VMworld show in Los Angeles Nov. 7, Gateway officials announced three new systems powered by AMDs dual-core processors and said they have plans to create an entire line of servers running on […]

Virtualization is fulfilling much of its promise to increase server utilization and reduce the number of physical servers and enterprise needs in its data centers, but it also is bringing with it increased complexity in the management of those environments. Adding to that complexity is the growing number of virtualization platforms that are coming into […]

Platform Computing is looking to ease the management of grid computing environments while at the same time making them more scalable. The company, of Markham, Ontario, on Nov. 9 unveiled the latest generation of its LSF workload management software, which is now bundled with Platforms EGO (Enterprise Grid Orchestrator) offering. The move—which decoupled LSF 7 […]

Software developers are getting more tools that take advantage of virtualization to streamline the application testing and quality assurance processes. In advance of its VMworld 2006 show in Los Angeles, VMware on Nov. 6 is introducing Lab Manager, a product designed to enable enterprises to automatically provision data center resources to application development teams. For […]

IBM is offering a software tool that will enable users to manage a wide range of virtual and physical data center resources through a single, common console. The Armonk, N.Y., company on Nov. 2 introduced the Virtual Manager dashboard, which uses a Web-based interface that lets IT administrators manage multiple virtualization platforms, including VMware, Microsofts […]

IBM has introduced a new service designed to make it easier for enterprises to bring server-based computing into the workplace. The Armonk, N.Y., company on Oct. 31 rolled out the Virtual Infrastructure Access Service, in which consultants from IBMs GTS (Global Technology Services) will help end users assess their current client setup, recommend changes and […]

After years of speculation—and five months after confirming what many saw as inevitable—Dell has joined the Opteron fold. The Round Rock, Texas, company, which for the past three years stuck by Intel as its sole chip vendor even as Advanced Micro Devices gained market share thanks to its Opteron processor, introduced on Oct. 23 the […]

IBM is introducing a host of hardware, software and services as it continues to fill out its Express Advantage program aimed at the midmarket. The Armonk, N.Y., company has targeted the small and midsize business space as a key growth area. Its a market that stands at about $226 billion, said Elaine Case, director of […]

A 3-year-old startup is rolling out a server platform that uses a combination of proprietary and commodity components to create an environment that can quickly and easily be deployed and scaled. Liquid Computing on Oct. 30 is announcing the general availability of its Liquid IQ Interconnect Driven Server, which is powered by Advanced Micro Devices […]

When Sentillion rolls out the next version of its desktop virtualization technology in November, its partner will no longer be virtualization powerhouse VMware. Instead, the Andover, Mass., company will be using technology from Parallels, a vendor that made its name with a product that lets users run Windows and OS X simultaneously on a single […]