124 blog results for "blade server"

The new Top500 list of the world's largest supercomputers suggests that "commodity clusters" for high-performance computing aren't so commodity after all.

Posted in The Pervasive Data Center by Gordon Haff

VMware View 4 is most focused on improving user experience, one of the things that has limited the appeal of desktop virtualization in the past.

Posted in The Pervasive Data Center by Gordon Haff

At Harvard, Microsoft Chief Research Officer Craig Mundie argues that computer science is on the brink of breakthroughs that can crack daunting energy and environmental problems.

Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica

Intel doesn't want to be the only one touting eensy-weensy servers aimed at Web site hosting companies. It's trying to standardize its design.

Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland

The emerging category is the latest to make headlines. But it takes many forms, some of which aren't even really virtualization as such.

Posted in The Pervasive Data Center by Gordon Haff

Carnegie Mellon researchers believe flash memory and feeble processors can do what conventional servers can't: power Internet sites at low power and low cost.

Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland

Cisco is using its dominance in network router gear to make a strong play for the heart of Linux-based server computing.

Posted in The Open Road by Matt Asay

Intel's microserver reference design brings to mind blades as they were originally conceived by RLX Technologies during the Internet boom.

Posted in The Pervasive Data Center by Gordon Haff

VMworld was an energy-filled show with a huge amount going on, but these five points are what stayed with me.

Posted in The Pervasive Data Center by Gordon Haff

The Wall Street Journal said Thursday that the tech giants are in talks to create a new services company that would push their products in the data center.

Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon