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RSS n1World-Renowned Genome Research Facility Relies on Sun to Provide Cost-Efficient High-Performance Compute Grid
White Paper The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) is a non-profit organization dedicated to deciphering and analyzing genomes - the complex molecular chains that constitute each organism's unique genetic heritage. [16 Apr 2008]
On the Scalability of Hierarchical Hybrid Wireless Networks
White Paper This paper presents an analysis of the scaling properties of a three-tier hierarchical hybrid wireless network. The network under consideration, which arises in mesh networking scenarios such as 802.11s, aims to achieve better capacity... [23 Aug 2007]
McNealy: "Complicated" Microsoft-Sun integration going slow
News The integration of Microsoft and Sun Microsystems technology is progressing, but it is more complex than envisioned, according to Scott McNealy, Sun's CEO. The companies' integration project, headed by Microsoft's Bill Gates and Sun's... [19 Oct 2004]
Sun rises on pay-as-you-go grid computing
News Sun plans to announce a plan to let customers rent supercomputing power from the company's data centres, paying for exactly as much muscle as they need. The program, called the Secure N1 Grid, will cost $1 per processor... [21 Sep 2004]
'Open Source Solaris' - coming soon, from Sun
News Sun Microsystems will create an open source project around its Solaris 10 operating system by the end of the year, company executives said on Monday. Through the initiative, Sun engineers, partners and other programmers will be able to... [14 Sep 2004]
What's in the box? IBM's Power5 architecture…
News Also coming with Power5 is simultaneous multithreading (SMT), an ability for a single processor to handle some of the work of two. The technology gives about a 30 per cent performance boost, IBM said, but requires the new AIX version 5.3. [13 Jul 2004]
HP hits utility computing acquisition trail
News With a pair of acquisitions, Hewlett-Packard is looking to pick up some additional systems-management technology to help it push forward with its utility computing efforts. HP announced Wednesday that it plans to buy Consera Software and... [05 Feb 2004]
Sun to share N1 utility software
News Sun Microsystems is working on a mechanism to connect its N1 utility computing software to existing systems management setups, in an early attempt to manage data centre gear from other providers. The company is working... [23 Dec 2003]
Sun sets its sites on services
News Sun Microsystems is seeking to generate more revenue by taking what it sees as an unconventional approach to the technology consulting business. Company executives on Tuesday spelled out Sun's strategy to expand its professional services... [18 Dec 2003]
Big Blue says 'on-demand' is ready
News IBM's "on-demand" effort to transform how businesses use technology has moved from abstraction to reality, CEO Sam Palmisano told a group of customers on Wednesday, but much of Big Blue's energy is still being devoted to explaining the... [13 Nov 2003]
IBM continues utility push
News IBM is to begin selling a collection of hardware and software designed to make it easier to use a new utility computing product. The Web Infrastructure Orchestration bundle will let IBM's Tivoli management software govern how the... [08 Oct 2003]
Sun reveals who's using N1
News Sun Microsystems has signed up about 60 early customers, including DaimlerChrysler and Cingular Wireless, for its N1 system to manage groups of computing resources. N1 is a crucial element to Sun's... [18 Sep 2003]
IBM utility software on its way
News IBM will release software at the end of September to let customers start sampling some of the promised benefits of the utility computing vision. Big Blue has begun showing off the new product, called Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator,... [02 Sep 2003]
Sun 'too good to go down'?
Comment Why do publications such as silicon.com cover corporate results? And when we cover them, why do we only write about some companies? The answer is fairly obvious: if you buy from a company or, more commonly, buy a certain product or... [30 Jul 2003]
Utility computing? Not yet, says Dell
News Dell will pass on so-called utility computing for now, one of the company's top executives said on Wednesday. Although the concepts behind utility, or on-demand, computing are appealing, the technology for assembling disparate servers... [29 May 2003]
