It's not perpetual motion, but the idea of generating electricity from server heat is a very wasteful way to save energy, says Peter Judge
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Dell Supplies Servers For NASA Climate Research
NASA is spending £3.25 million ($5 mn) with Dell, to revamp its climate simulation research project using PowerEdge servers
HP Blades Pitched To Slice Into Server Sprawl
New blades from HP are packed with memory and designed to reduce sprawling data centres, the company says
SGI Creates Petaflop Single Cabinet Computing Platform
SGI announced a new computing platform that scales up to a petaflop of computing power in a single server cabinet
HP Overtakes IBM In Server Market, Say Analysts
HP overtook IBM in worldwide server revenues in the first quarter accoprding to Gartner and IDC
HP Slates IBM’s Mainframes Bias
IBM depends on mainframe revenues, so don't go there to streamline your IT, says HP's Paul Evans
SharePoint 2010 Offers More: Review
Administrators and users will both find much to like about Microsoft's SharePoint Server 2010, offering easier upgrading and better management tools
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server Hits Close To The Mark: Review
Canonical's Ubuntu Server offers a serviceable alternative to server offerings from other Linux vendors and from Microsoft
HP Launches New Servers And Finance Advice
Hewlett-Packard's new servers are fast, but today's announcement is all about finding ways to pay for them
IBM Beefs Up Server Play With New Power7 Blades
IBM has grown its portfolio of Power7 servers with three blades systems that includes an entry-level server and a midrange blade
Cisco Upgrades UCS Blades With Xeon 7500
Cisco is building Intel's Xeon 7500 chips into its servers in a major revamp of UCS, the converged data centre strategy it launched a year ago.
New Xeon 7500 Treads On Itanium’s Toes
Intel says its Xeon 7500 gives its biggest performance jump yet. Others wonder if it spells the end for Itanium, and trouble for IBM's Power processor
New Server Cooling System Puts Blades In A Bucket
GRC's data centre cooling system saves energy costs and keeps things simple - by dunking standard blades vertically in a bath of coolant
IBM Banks on Latest Chip Development For System x
The next generation of IBM System x servers are banking heavily on Intel's Nehalem and IBM chipsets. The plan is to shake up mid-range servers
Fasthosts Debuts Virtual Server Range
Fasthosts targets UK firms’ growing appetites for virtual server solutions, featuring Hyper-V technology and customisable RAM, CPU and disk space