Jeff Burt

Vendors continue to bring more virtualization options into the data center. SWsoft this month upgraded its Virtuozzo for Windows software, bringing the capabilities for that product up to par with what the company offers its Linux customers. Virtuozzo creates virtual private servers that enterprises can use for server consolidation projects, disaster recovery and better capacity […]

Industry-standard technology continues to change the face of high-performance computing, making supercomputers more affordable not only for research institutions and federal agencies, but also for enterprises. The latest evidence of this trend was on display last week at the Supercomputing show in Seattle, where vendors launched a host of servers and compute clusters based on […]

Rackable Systems Inc. last week rolled out its first symmetric multiprocessing system, an eight-way server that in the first half of next year will scale even more when it starts shipping with dual-core processors. The C5100-SMP system initially will ship with up to eight single-core, 3.6GHz Xeon processors from Intel Corp. but will migrate to […]

IBM is growing its hosted client line with an offering aimed at financial services institutions and banks. Big Blue last month rolled out its Virtualized Hosted Client Infrastructure, a server-based computing initiative that features its BladeCenter blade servers, VMwares virtualization technology and Citrix Systems Presentation Server technology. Last week, IBM introduced the Systems Solutions for […]

Vendors continue to bring more virtualization options into the data center. SWsoft Inc. this week upgraded its Virtuozzo for Windows software, bringing the capabilities for that product up to par with the one the company has for Linux users. For its part, Scalent Systems Inc. this month launched its Virtual Operating Environment, or V/OE, designed […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. wants to ramp up the capabilities and bring down the costs of visualization technology for high-performance computing environments. HP on Tuesday is launching the Scalable Visualization Array, or SVA, a cluster of HP workstations that run industry standard technologies and a software system designed to ease cluster management. The SVA is one of […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. is readying the latest—and perhaps biggest—step in its efforts to revitalize its SPARC platform and remake itself into a systems vendor able to serve all sectors of the market. Sun this week is unveiling its long-touted “Niagara” processor, the third major rollout in the past two months for the Santa Clara, Calif., […]

Appro International next quarter will open an on-demand supercomputing service aimed at the oil and gas industry. The Compute on Demand Center, in Houston, will enable businesses to access large amounts of compute power for their compute-intensive applications without having to invest in more systems. The center also will be available for businesses in other […]

IBM is growing its hosted client line with an offering aimed at financial services institutions and banks. The Armonk, N.Y., last month rolled out its Virtualized Hosted Client Infrastructure, a server-based computing initiative that features its BladeCenter blade servers, VMware Inc.s virtualization technology and Citrix Systems Inc.s Presentation Server technology. On Monday, IBM is introducing […]

Linux Networx Inc. and Penguin Computing Inc. are expanding their Linux offerings for the high-performance computing market. The companies are unveiling their new products Monday at the Supercomputing 2005 show in Seattle. Linux Networx is introducing a new family of systems, the LS Series Supersystems, that includes a mid-range server and a high-end box that […]

Rackable Systems Inc. on Monday is rolling out its first SMP system, an eight-way server that in the first half of next year will scale even more when it starts shipping with dual-core processors. The C5100-SMP system initially will ship with up to eight single-core 3.6GHz Xeon processors from Intel Corp. but will migrate to […]

Thin-client vendor Neoware is rolling out several new devices designed to improve manageability and security while reducing costs. Neoware Systems Inc. is filling in its lineup with more offerings aimed at the low end and midmarket. “We really have a soup-to-nuts offering,” said Roy Zatcoff, executive vice president of marketing for the King of Prussia, […]