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21st October 2008 Archive

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  • Sun unsheathes shiny new blades

    Three for serving, one for storage

    If a broad server product line guaranteed sales, then the server business of Sun Microsystems would be as large as that of IBM and Hewlett-Packard - and considerably larger than that of rival Dell. But breadth and depth of product, while necessary, is not sufficient for a healthy and growing server biz. You need a good sales …

    Enterprise 21 Oct 2008, 04:02

  • PGP takes disk encryption management into the cloud

    Lost laptops disabled remotely

    PGP is aiming to exploit concern about the security implications of lost laptops with the launch via its resellers of a managed service for the administration of whole disk encryption. Partners ANI Direct, Aurora Enterprises in the US and Gradian Systems in the UK will be the first to offer a pay-as-you-go laptop security …

    Software & Security 21 Oct 2008, 05:02

  • Sun undershoots again

    It's the Economy wot done it

    Sun has been hit by the recession and thinks its quarterly earnings to end-September will be below estimates. Its goodwill may have to be written down too. Wall Street anticipated quarterly revenues of $3.143bn for Sun's first fiscal 2009 quarter. The company thinks it will report $2.95bn - $3.05bn. Wachovia analyst Aaron …

    Enterprise 21 Oct 2008, 07:06

  • Seagate picks LSI for flash controller

    SSD System-on-Chip designs

    Aspiring solid state drive (SSD) shipper Seagate has picked LSI to supply it with controller silicon for its SSDs. LSI supplies System-on-Chip (SoC) technology - custom silicon chips - to Seagate and others to control hard disk drives and their I/O (pictured below). They are placed inside the drive enclosure. They read signals …

    Enterprise 21 Oct 2008, 09:08

  • Nvidia intros GPU-boosting integrated chipsets

    GeForce 9300 and 9400 debut

    Nvidia has rolled out desktop versions of the laptop-friendly chipset Apple last week introduced in the new MacBook standard, Air and Pro notebooks. Enter the GeForce 9300 and 9400, integrated chipsets both - hence the GeForce brand rather than Nvidia's usual mobo logo, nForce. The two chipsets are designed for Intel-oriented …

    PC Builder 21 Oct 2008, 09:16

  • Microsoft raises anti-piracy posse

    Don't talk like a pirate day

    Microsoft is banging the drum for its anti-piracy message, claiming the trade in dodgy software is costing the US 32,000 jobs and billions of dollars in income. The scheme takes a snapshot of what Microsoft is doing every day to counter trade in illegal copies of its software around the world. These range from civil lawsuits …

    Software & Security 21 Oct 2008, 09:48

  • This SSD thing is really catching

    SNW round-up Everyone but 3PAR has an SSD adoption strategy

    SNW showed that there are three flash storage plays emerging: flash in the shelf, flash in the controller and flash in the server. Only 3PAR out of the top 12 or so storage vendors does not have a flash strategy. EMC started the flash storage ball rolling by announcing its Enterprise Flash Drives for Symmetrix in January this …

    Enterprise 21 Oct 2008, 10:33

  • Asus P6T Deluxe Intel Core i7 motherboard

    Preview Intel's X58 chipset makes an early appearance

    Intel won’t be launching its new Core i7 'Nehalem' processors and X58 - aka - 'Tylersburg' - chipset until some time in November, so we’ve got to tread carefully with this preview of the Asus P6T Deluxe motherboard. Register Hardware has reported on both the processor and chipset - however, we can’t reveal processor performance …

    Reg Hardware 21 Oct 2008, 11:02

  • Mandelson puts reassuring arm around small firms

    Hopes to give 'backbone of economy' government leg-up

    Comeback kid Lord Peter Mandelson will tell MPs later today that he is attempting to speed up the release of £1bn of European Investment Bank money for small businesses. The government has also pledged to pay small businesses within 10 days by working closely with NHS trusts in England, local authorities and other public …

    IT Channel 21 Oct 2008, 11:45

  • IBM chills mainframe New Coke

    Sweeter formula runs Linux cheaper

    IBM today is taking the wraps off a new line of entry-level mainframes, the System z10 Business Class server. The z10 BC is a cut-down version of the existing z10 Enterprise Class machine, which launched in March 2008 using Big Blue's quad-core z6 CISC mainframe processor. It has been a long time since most IT people have …

    Enterprise 21 Oct 2008, 17:52

  • Global meltdown endangers terabytes

    Could storage sales sag?

    We consumers are cracking. We don't trust the banks. The banks aren't lending to businesses. The businesses are firing workers and buying less. So we consumers are spending less. It's a mess. The economy is in an almost certain recession and storage sales could head south. Forecasts of terabytes shipped have consistently shown …

    Enterprise 21 Oct 2008, 18:01

  • CommVault and McAfee team to fight gorilla

    The 800-pound Symantec silverback

    These days, David wouldn't stand a chance against Goliath. Slingshot-only attacks against an armoured giant carrying a big club will get you nowhere. Goliath, you see, has gone and bought Norton armour. So David has to go looking for a partner. This is why CommVault and McAfee are partnering to sell a backup/archive and …

    Software & Security 21 Oct 2008, 18:07

  • Rackable stays horizontal with x64 servers

    Now with more density

    Rackable Systems might be a niche player in the server racket, but the company's server engineering has allowed it to stay in business since 1999 and still, in many ways, set the pace for density in the data center. Today, the company revved its 2U rack servers, dubbed the C2005. Unlike the commercial blade server and chassis …

    Enterprise 21 Oct 2008, 20:39

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