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Can Dell Deliver The Full Monty?
Dell is wasting time with claims about server performance. The real story is the management tools it says can free users from the grasp of big consultancies
Dell Makes A Bid For The Data Centre
A big announcement today will include new servers based on Intel's Nehalem processor, and services to support whole data centres
The Recession Won’t Hold Back The Cloud
The time is right for cloud computing - and prices are holding up despite the recession, according to Rackspace's chief strategy officer Lew Moorman
Data Domain Soups up its De-duplicating Disk Array
Fits its midrange de-dupe system with quad-core chips and larger hard disks, and claims 50 percent better price/performance.
Gartner: Storage Should Get To Basics
It's no good waiting for technology to save you. Storage problems can be fixed with simple good management, says Valdis Filks of Gartner
IBM/Sun: The Technology Fall-Out
If the merger goes ahead, IBM will have to make choices: Which database, which directory, and which virtualisation technology?
Recession And Open Source Will Shrink The Database Market, Says Ingres
Companies needing to cut expenses will finally accept what open source has been offering, says database maker
Recession Or No, We Are In It For The Long Haul
While all around are making short term decisions, you have to keep you head, and make sure your long term goals are still in the picture, says Jonathan Steel
IBM Can Sell Sun’s Tech – Better Than Sun Can
Sun has had trouble selling its technology, and IBM is a past master at marketing. What's not to like about the proposed merger?
IBM/Sun: It’s All About The Storage?
Enterprise storage has to change, as customers finally get free of proprietary systems. Buying Sun gives IBM a chance to moves its customers on without losing them to the competition
Cisco’s Virtualisation Move Gets A Mixed Reaction
Analysts love Cisco's move into the data centre, and the competition are picking holes in the strategy - while beta testers say it looks promising
Cisco’s Blades Might Cut Both Ways
Cisco's Unified Computing System could be a chance for IT departments looking to rebuild their data centres in the rubble of the recession - but there will be upfront costs, warns Cameron Sturdevant
Stand By For Cisco’s Server Announcement
We've all known for a long while that Cisco has plans for the data centre. This week we find out what they are.
Will The Cloud Evaporate In The Recession?
We thought the recession was going to push IT into the cloud. Big consultants aren't so sure
Xiotech Emprise 7000: A Well-Designed Storage Solution
Xiotech goes where few other storage vendors go in terms of a commitment to high availability and fault tolerance.
Isilon Claims Storage Scalability Breakthrough
Runing each storage tier as a single multi-petabyte file volume could halve TCO and double your storage utilisation, says clustered NAS specialist.
High-end Storage Hit by Spending Freeze
The worldwide recession is finally beginning to impact the data storage market.
IT must lead the way – eWEEK Europe UK
Video: IT is not just cleaning up its own act. It will be the driving force in allowing every sector to thrive in today's climate - that was the message form our London launch
eWEEK Europe launches in the UK
As the industry changes, a new resource has arrived to help IT professionals excel in their mission
Heretical Seanodes Shares Storage With No External Hardware
Shared storage needs NAS and SAN hardware doesn't it? Not if you listen to Jacques Baldinger, CEO of Seanodes, a radical storage start-up based in Paris.
IBM pushes for 21st century infrastructure
IBM has a set of new management functions and a "cloud czar", in a bid to provide the management and control that virtualised data centres and outsourced IT will require.
IBM’s Cloud Announcements – Not Just Fluff
System management announcements can be vague; stir in the cloud and you have a recipe for complete incoherence. But IBM's cloud announcements have substance, analysts say.
NetApp Drops SMB Storage
Storage company NetApp quietly axed its line of midmarket-based storage solutions, StoreVault.
Wozniak Joins Storage Startup
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has signed up as chief scientist at Fusion-io, a Salt Lake City-basedcompany that makes compact NAND flash storage arrays.
Green Grid Measures Data Centre Efficiency
The Green Grid consortium has issued a set of guidelines to solve one of the trickiest issues facing sustainable computing - how to measure the efficiency of a data centre.
EMC and Microsoft Renew Alliance Despite Virtualization Conflict
Microsoft and data storage giant EMC are renewing their product partnership, despite growing competition in the fast-growing area of virtualization.
Toshiba Looks to Cut Costs as NAND Flash Memory Prices Fall
Toshiba is looking to cut costs by £2.3 billion in the next year as the company looks to deal with the falling prices of NAND flash memory. Toshiba, which is also a major player in the worldwide PC market, and Samsung are struggling as ...
Sun To Sign EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres
The computer manufacturer has today announced its firm intention to be the first systems vendor to endorse the EU best practices for energy efficient data centre design.
Sun Cools Down the Data Centre
The IT industry has a poor record of wasting energy in data centres, says server maker Sun Microsystems. But the company wants to make amends: it has attacked the source of the problem, and rewritten the rules for cooling and power.