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Peter Gabriel's Website Goes Missing in Data Center Theft

Those of you who think that online identity theft is the worst that can happen, here's the bad news: how about thieves that steal not only your data, but the entire web server as well? This is exactly what happened to Peter Gabriel's website yesterday morning when all the browser requests for the webpage en...

6 May 2008
10:05 GMT

IBM Fights Web 2.0 With iDataPlex Servers

IBM has pulled out of its sleeve a new series of Web 2.0-ready servers in the iDataPlex family. The new computers are especially tailored to suit the demands of Web 2.0 sites, and can face the heavy traffic usually associated with popular social networking sites. According to the company, the iDataPlex architecture c...

24 April 2008
03:47 GMT

Intel's Chips to Save Mankind From the Cosmic Rays Threat

Chip manufacturer Intel has just revealed further details about its upcoming generations of computer processors, that are alleged to be immune to the side effects caused by cosmic rays. Although they do not affect the life on Earth, cosmic rays have the habit of causing havoc amongst electronic systems, as they go th...

10 April 2008
03:36 GMT

Dell to Ink Green IT Agreement with Oil Company Maxol

Dell has announced that it will implement a new virtual environment for the Ireland-based oil company Maxol as part of its green strategy initiative. The deal between the two companies will focus towards Maxol's data storage, business continuity and consolidation needs."Maxol had a lot of old equipment which wa...

21 February 2008
04:56 GMT

Thin Client Computers Get More Popular As Energy Price Goes Up

Electricity was never cheap, yet the restrictions and regulations imposed as environmental measures make it much more expensive. Green computers cut the energy requirements, but there is more to be done in order to keep the electricity bill at a minimum.Server manufacturer Sun Microsystems estimates increased custome...

14 February 2008
03:24 GMT

Intel Promotes Virtualization

Virtualization is one of the strongest development directions of the computer industry right now as it can lead to a new era of performance in data center environments while keeping running costs at a reasonable level. Because of the many good points that come with this technology, more and more hardware and software...

12 September 2007
11:25 GMT

Thin Computing vs. Desktop PCs vs. Datacenters

Most companies worldwide are using a quite large number of desktop systems and as that number grows by the year, so does the cost of the energy bill, alongside with additional costs like service and maintenance. Desktop virtualization aims at replacing the currently large number of desktop computer systems that are t...

10 September 2007
08:19 GMT

Going Green or Being Efficient?

The green trend that extended through the entire world did not jump over the computer industry and concerns about power consumption and energy efficiency were felt primary by the processor and mobile computer manufacturers. While the processors are coming with all kinds of technologies to make them run in a more ener...

9 August 2007
11:25 GMT

Intel Shakes Up Its Network Chips

Intel may plan sometime later this year to use its network chips as a way to exploit the major new features in data centers: multi processor based systems, processors with a multi core architecture and increased virtualization. During a Cisco Systems Inc.'s Networkers user conference, the processor making compan...

24 July 2007
06:54 GMT

HP Buys Software Development Firm

HP just announced that it will acquire the software development firm Opsware Inc, having today signed the definitive agreement of purchase. Opsware is a data center automation company that will enhance HP's portfolio of Business Technology Optimization (or BTO for short) for $1.6 billion in cash. Opsware, co fou...

23 July 2007
09:21 GMT

Google: Sue Us and We'll Open a New Office!

Or maybe not. But this seems to be the latest Google motto after the company announced that it plans to open a new data center in Belgium, a country that often brought Google quite a lot of trouble. If you didn't know yet, Google lost an important lawsuit against some Belgian newspapers, the publications suing t...

30 April 2007
06:29 GMT

Dell Designs Web 2.0 Data Centers

A company that has made a name for itself by bringing consumers the option of choosing their most suitable computer configuration and through the extended warranty and quality service is now undertaking some changes by adding to their domain of expertise the "custom built data centers".This is part of Dell Cloud Comp...

28 March 2007
05:30 GMT




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