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Dell, HP, Sun Adopt AMD ‘Istanbul’ Opterons

Systems makers are expecting to quickly roll out servers powered by AMD's new six-core "Istanbul" Opteron chips.Advanced Micro Devices launched the Istanbul processor portfolio...

AMD Launches 6-Core ‘Istanbul’ Opteron

Advanced Micro Devices has hit the market with its much-talked-about six-core "Istanbul" Opteron processor family.AMD announced the launch of the chips during a Webcast...

HP Rolls Out a Bevy of New Storage Systems for SMBs

Hewlett-Packard, continuing to brand itself as the go-to supplier of data storage systems for small and midrange businesses, on May 28 launched a bevy...

AMD, Intel Eye High End with New Server Chips

Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are both aiming at the high end of the server space with their upcoming processors.Intel officials on May 26...

Cisco Beta Tests Its UCS Box

Cisco Systems has been one of its best beta customers for its widely hyped Unified Computing System data center technology, deploying the technology in...

HP, IBM Atop of Declining Server Market: IDC

The worldwide server market continued to get hammered in the first quarter of 2009, with the volume x86 space bearing the brunt of the...

EMC Adds Server Management Controls with Configuresoft Acquisition

EMC on May 27 demonstrated once again that automation is the definitive trend in data centers in 2009.The storage and data protection infrastructure giant...

Dell, Microsoft Integrate Infrastructure Management Products

Dell is integrating its OpenManage systems management offerings with Microsoft's System Center suite in a move designed to help enterprises and SMBs more easily...

Cisco’s Nexus 1000v Virtual Switch Is Poised to Push Virtualization Further, Faster

While I accept that x86-based server virtualization is a growing fact of life in the data center, it wasn't until I took a troubleshooting...

HP Expands Thin-Client Offerings

Hewlett-Packard is growing out its thin-client portfolio with a new low-cost mobile appliance and hardware and software enhancements aimed at improving virtualization capabilities, security...