IBM mainframe adds Gigabit Ethernet, InfiniBand links
Ten weeks after unveiling the System z10 mainframe, IBM this week announced that new Gigabit Ethernet hardware for LAN connectivity and new InfiniBand coupling links will be available May 30.
Stories by Jon Brodkin
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Top 10 network venture deals from Q1
Venture capital investment in network companies hit another low during the first quarter, with the total number of investments dropping to its lowest point since the third quarter of 2004.
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Startup adds standard PCs to storage pools
A storage virtualization start-up that takes standard PCs and adds their disk space to a virtual storage-pool is in beta mode and planning a product release in the third quarter.
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INTEROP - Virtual server sprawl highlights security concerns
Think server sprawl is bad now? Just wait till you experience virtual server sprawl. When users can clone a virtual machine with the click of a mouse, or save versions of applications and operating systems for later use, you're asking for trouble if IT doesn't maintain tight control, virtualisation management vendor, Embotics, warned in a session at Interop Las Vegas Tuesday.
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Mobile app development moves beyond CRM, but slowly
Everywhere you go these days, people are using BlackBerries to check e-mail and set up appointments. But the march toward everyday use of more complex business applications on smartphones is going slowly at best.
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Salesforce CEO touts Internet development model
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff swung through Boston Tuesday to tout his company's "platform-as-a-service" model, which lets developers create and deliver business applications over the Web without installing any software.
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Green technology: hype or must-have?
A question for the eve of Earth Day: Has "green" technology been overhyped?
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Hitachi rolls out high-speed drives with 450GB capacity
Hitachi has developed a 450GB enterprise-class hard drive with speeds of 15,000 RPM, matching Seagate for the highest-capacity hard drive at that speed level.
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Oracle patches 41 security flaws in database, other products
Oracle released 41 security fixes for its flagship database and several other products Tuesday, including 15 patches for vulnerabilities that can be exploited remotely without a username or password.
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SaaS providers cut costs, but users won't get discounts
Nine out of ten software-as-a-service providers will rely on open source software by 2010 to save money, but the cost savings likely won't be passed onto customers, Gartner says in a new research note.
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IBM says 'racetrack' memory faster, more reliable than flash
An IBM research breakthrough could let storage devices hold hundreds of times more information than they handle today with technology IBM calls "racetrack memory," which stores data as a magnetic pattern on a nanowire 1,000 times finer than a human hair.
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Sun, Fujitsu pack 128 threads into new SPARC servers
Sun and Fujitsu this week are releasing two new SPARC servers the vendors say are capable of processing 128 threads simultaneously and will improve the energy and space efficiency of data centers.
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Citrix stock price goes up on IBM, Cisco takeover rumors
Nasdaq traders bid up Citrix stock this week on takeover rumors that have either IBM or Cisco purchasing the application delivery vendor.
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Eclipse grows beyond Java tools
Mike Milinkovich is the executive director of the Eclipse Foundation, a nonprofit that oversees an open source community focused on application development tools. Founded by IBM in 2001, Eclipse became independently managed in 2004 and now boasts that more than 4 million people worldwide use Eclipse and Eclipse-based products. EBay, for example, used Eclipse to build much of its online architecture. Milinkovich this week discussed the Eclipse organization and its goals with Senior Writer Jon Brodkin.
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Swimming pool heated by data center's excess heat
Swimmers in Zurich, Switzerland, will enjoy a nice toasty pool this summer, thanks to a most unusual power source. Excess heat from an underground data center built inside a former military bunker is being collected and transferred to the nearby pool as part of an innovative energy efficiency project undertaken by GIB-Services, a Swiss IT co-location company.
