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HP Helion 9.0 Cloud Promises Better Integration, Development Options
New version of enterprise-ready cloud service arrives, coupled with optimised hardware platform
Google Launches Service To Speed Up Rich Web Content Distribution
Google announces a CDN Interconnect service in collaboration with distribution network services to speed up the delivery of media-rich content to Web users
HP Leads As Server Shipments Grow
Hewlett-Packard maintains lead in the server market as shipments grow despite currency impact, according to Gartner
Cambridge’s Imagen To Help Businesses Manage Video In The Cloud
Exclusive Interview: CEO Tom Blake and Chairman John Pearson explain why Cambridge Imaging Systems is rebranding and how cloud platform can help businesses of all sizes
Lenovo Agrees Hyperconverged Infrastructure Deal With SimpliVity
Lenovo eyes larger North American market share with X series server packed with SimpliVity's software-defined hyperconverged infrastructure
Obama Orders Exascale Supercomputer Initiative
World's faster supercomputer. Obama orders creation of computer capable of 1,000 petaflops
Fujitsu Claims Huge Energy Savings With Liquid Cooling
Good to be green. Fujitsu says its Primergy cooling tech for data centres can halve cooling costs
Microsoft Ends Windows Server 2003 Support But What Now?
Microsoft will no longer provide extended support for one of its most popular platform, but what does this mean for businesses?
Dell Releases PowerEdge R930 Server
The Dell R930 will be targeted at enterprises running ERP and CRM workload applications
Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure Lead IaaS Market
While AWS is used by the majority of enterprise IaaS customers, Microsoft Azure is the next most likely IaaS vendor to be evaluated
Microsoft Updates Azure Active Directory Connect Preview
Company adds new features, including a new 'Pilot' mode, to the single sign-on tool that links Active Directory to Office 365 and third-party SaaS offerings
HP Launches Open-Design Servers For The Cloud
New Cloudline systems, developed with Foxconn, target Web-scale companies while pushing back at the encroachment by ODMs into the data centre
HP Leads Global Server Market As IBM Drops Out of Race
Gartner: Worldwide server market grew 4.8 percent in shipments, EMEA server shipment declined 0.7 percent
Amazon Outage Fails Weekend Shoppers
Amazon's Sunday night downtime also inconveniences Prime and Fire Phone users
IBM Has Launched A Smartphone-Era Mainframe
IBM's z13 mainframe can handle 2.5 billion mobile transactions a day
DDoS Attack Takes Down Rackspace For Almost 12 Hours
London, Chicago, and North Virginia data centres targeted
Qualcomm To Build ARM-Based Server Chips
CEO Steve Mollenkopf gave few details, but Qualcomm will present a challenge to both smaller ARM server chip makers and dominant player Intel
Lenovo Poised To Complete Takeover Of IBM’s x86 Server Business
Acquisition to increase Lenovo's diversity and accelerate growth of its enterprise and cloud strategies
Dell Claims No. 1 in Storage Shipped, But There’s a Catch
Surpasses EMC to take top spot
HP Grants OpenVMS New Lease Of Life
HP gives the mainframe-oriented operating system OpenVMS, a new lease of life
Cisco Adds Entry-Level UCS Server To Portfolio
Cisco releases a new UCS server for smaller businesses that don't need to scale to hundreds of blades
China Approves Lenovo/IBM Server Deal
Chinese government clears the way for IBM's x86 server business to be acquired by Lenovo, US authorities have yet to be convinced
Lenovo IBM Server Deal Faces US Security Probe
The purchase of IBM's x86 server business by Chinese Lenovo is being probed on national security grounds
Server Shipments Hit 2013 Record, But Revenues Fall – IDC
Server makers shipped a record number of systems in the fourth quarter, but margins continued to be squeezed
HP Heads Up Slow-Growth Server Market, Says Gartner
IBM's share of the server market takes a big hit in the last quarter, whilst HP still leads the sector for now
Lenovo Expands With New ThinkServers
Chinese company expands its server portfolio with new ThinkServers whilst acquiring IBM's x86 server business
HP, Cisco Benefit Despite Stagnant Server Market
Gartner report reveals that HP and Cisco are the only top-five server vendors to see their revenues grow
Oracle Unveils x86 Sun Servers With New Xeon Chips
Oracle introduces its new x86-based servers powered by Intel’s Xeon E5-2600 v2 processors
IBM Throwing $1bn Into Linux And Open Source
IBM is throwing a load of its money into open source stuff