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Data centres suck up 1.5 per cent of national energy

Data centres suck up 1.5 per cent of national energy

Sun Microsystems Inc. is showing the public Tuesday how server consolidation and other efforts reduce energy costs, while Fujitsu Computer Products of America Inc. has plugged in a new hydrogen fuel cell generator

Published on: August 21st, 2007 Robert Mullins
Dell outlines enterprise desktop Linux path

Dell outlines enterprise desktop Linux path

Dell Inc. hopes to push the open source Linux operating system into the corporate desktop environment using virtualization so alternative Linux operating systems can more easily be run alongside Windows systems from Microsoft

Published on: August 9th, 2007 Robert Mullins
Server vendors focus on power efficiency, compute power

Server vendors focus on power efficiency, compute power

Sun Microsystems Inc. and Fujitsu Ltd. are introducing servers Tuesday that they jointly developed, while another server maker, Hitachi Ltd., is unveiling blade servers. They each aim to address buyers' dual needs for

Published on: April 17th, 2007 Robert Mullins
Multi-core, virtualization could hit x86 server sales: IDC

Multi-core, virtualization could hit x86 server sales: IDC

Shipments of servers powered by x86 processors will not grow as fast as previously forecasted, but x86 will remain the dominant chip design, IDC said in a report this week. The market researcher

Published on: March 21st, 2007 Robert Mullins
Industry forecasts indicate IT growth starting to slow down

Industry forecasts indicate IT growth starting to slow down

SAN FRANCISCO (IDG Newswire) -- IT spending is expected to rise four per cent to six per cent in 2007, down from eight per cent last year, as companies seek to rein in

Published on: March 20th, 2007 Robert Mullins