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RSS rack in newsSun continues 30 month losing streak
News Sun has endured a tenth consecutive quarter in decline as the company failed to meet one of its key financial objectives - generating cash from operations. Sun reported a net loss of $286m on revenue of $2.54bn - down from $2.75bn for the... [17 Oct 2003]
Intel unwraps budget Itaniums
News Intel will today release a pair of cheaper Itanium 2 processors optimised for rack-mounted servers and clusters as it attempts to expand the chip family's reach. The Low Voltage Itanium 2, formerly code-named Deerfield, and a scaled-down version of... [08 Sep 2003]
Sea-change? US Navy chooses Macs to run Linux
News Apple introduced the Xserve, its first rack-mounted server, in May 2002. A company that specialises in running Linux on Macs said yesterday that it has landed a deal to supply the US Navy with 260 Apple Xserve servers. [07 Aug 2003]
Dell lays out 64-bit Madison plans
News Dell Computer is wading back into 64-bit computing waters with a new rack-mount server. The new PowerEdge 3250, first shown last April, is designed to use the Madison Itanium 2 in a 3-inch-high, rack-mount server designed for a specific application... [26 Jun 2003]
Q1 03 server stats - the winners and losers
News The continued strength in the volume server space shows that the IT marketplace is still adding capacity but it is doing so with low-cost, rack-optimised servers that fit within today's restricted IT budgets," Vernon Turner, group vice president... [02 Jun 2003]
Banks tackle card crime with ‘smart’ chips
News Retailers already using the new technology in the town include Asda, Dollond & Aitchison, Safeway, Tie Rack and Vodafone. Major retailers, banks and consumers are today beginning a trial of credit and debit cards that will use secure chip... [19 May 2003]
SGI updates midrange Unix server
News Like the Origin 300 introduced two years ago, the 350 comes in rack-mountable four-processor modules, each 3.5 inches tall, that can be stacked together to form a single large system. For government and defence markets, SGI's Origin 350 systems can... [16 Apr 2003]
Low-end 'Enchilada' spices up Sun server line
News Sun points to features in the V210 and V240 systems - which are rack-mounted models 1.75- and 3.5-inches thick, respectively - as evidence the company is ahead of the curve. As part of a multi-product launch on Tuesday, Sun Microsystems will add... [08 Apr 2003]
EMC unveils new high-end storage
News The DMX800 will be rack-mountable and offer from one terabyte to just over 15 terabytes of usable space for data. As expected, storage systems maker EMC introduced its Symmetrix Direct Matrix Architecture system today. [03 Feb 2003]
IBM launches "killer commodity system"
News The system consists of two 7-inch-tall, eight-processor, rack-mounted systems connected with high-speed cables. IBM has begun shipping its 16-processor x440 server, its highest-end mainstream machine using Intel chips. [18 Dec 2002]
Photo messaging services 'baffle' consumers
News Mobile phone network operators may be dreaming of a happy Christmas, in which they rack up premium fees for conveying multimedia messages (MMS) to a new crop of camera phones. But they are in for a rude awakening, according to consultancy 3G Lab. [02 Dec 2002]
Apple Xserve storage delay
News Apple Computer has delayed until early next year the launch of its first rack-mounted storage product. We've received an overwhelming thumbs-up on our Xserve 1U rack-mount server from customers and reviewers since it started shipping in July, and... [22 Nov 2002]
SGI to unveil new supercomputer
News Current SGI Origin computers can hold only 32 processors in a rack. The Origin 3900, which SGI will also show off at the Supercomputing 2002 trade show beginning 18 November in Baltimore, can hold up to 128 processors and fit into a single rack... [11 Nov 2002]
NTL bosses rack up huge bonuses
News NTL bosses paid themselves almost $2m in bonuses last year at the same time they were driving the cable company to the brink of bankruptcy. According to documents obtained by the FT, CEO Barclay Knapp received a $561,138 bonus, along with the... [29 May 2002]
'Nice to see you to you NAS' says IBM
News Users of NAS 200 can upgrade their systems with a special expansion rack. IBM has made some upgrades to its network attached storage (NAS) devices. IBM's NAS 200 storage server can now take up to 1.7TB instead of its previous 440GB. [22 May 2002]
