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IBM smashes the supercomputing petaflop
News Roadrunner runs on 6,948 dual-core AMD Opteron chips on IBM Model LS21 blade servers, and 12,960 Cell engines on IBM Model QS22 blade servers. With 80 terabytes of memory, the Roadrunner system and is housed in 288 IBM BladeCentre racks occupying 6... [11 Jun 2008]
IBM gets chips to chill out in water
News But before that, one would probably see chips with one core layer and a memory layer sitting on top that can still be cooled with [an] outside system," Brunschwiler said. Scientists from the IBM Zurich Research Lab and the Fraunhofer Institute in... [06 Jun 2008]
Nottingham Building Society to rip and replace systems
News Nottingham Building Society is about to begin final testing of a replacement core system for its loans business ahead of rollout over the next few months. Nottingham Building Society IT head Jack Cutts said the decision to upgrade core technology... [11 Mar 2008]
Accenture and BAE Systems abandon ID cards
News The first contracts to be awarded will be for the replacement of the core application and enrolment processes for passports, together with the provision of desktop infrastructure for the Identity and Passport Service. [25 Jan 2008]
Named: ID cards scheme supplier hopefuls
News Bill Crothers, commercial director of the IPS, said the service now has a solid core of eight 'prime bidders' and is pleased with the level of interest shown. The companies named as potential suppliers for the scheme - which includes the national... [22 Oct 2007]
Cashing in on the ATM revolution
News The opportunity to build on core 'cash and dash' services at the hole-in-the-wall will allow banks to offer differentiated services. The migration to Windows will require an upgrade to the PC core in each ATM and in some cases we will have to... [02 May 2007]
Virgin Retail to save £500,000 with inventory system
News The retailer is using a Microsoft BizTalk business process management core, supported by an IBM merchandising system and an SQL database to boost sales reporting and inventory planning across its estate of 130 stores. [29 Mar 2007]
Red Hat to sell open-source buddies' wares
News Red Hat, planning a new expansion beyond its core Linux operating system business, will launch a service later this year called the Red Hat Exchange to sell partners' open source software. The service marks a new stage both in Red Hat's competition... [15 Mar 2007]
Intel's Xeon back in the Sun
News He alluded to the fact Dell, HP and IBM rely on others for their x86 operating systems: "Sun is in the relatively unique position of being the operating system supplier and doing the hardware. John Fowler, Sun's executive vice president for servers... [23 Jan 2007]
Sun set to bring back Intel's Xeon for servers
News Sun pushed Intel out of its x86 server line in favour of AMD's Opteron in early 2005, saying Intel's chips were slower and more power-hungry, but Intel's new dual-core Xeon 5100 "Woodcrest" and quad-core Xeon 5300 "Clovertown" processors have... [22 Jan 2007]
IBM hits server seller with patent suit
News The company is developing servers that use Intel's Itanium processors but that can run z/OS, IBM's mainframe operating system, alongside higher-level mainframe software. In its complaint, IBM said PSI holds an IBM customer agreement that allows it... [07 Dec 2006]
Google 'needs' Microsoft for enterprise success
News Our ability to put 100,000 users onto our system without even blinking is pretty astounding, and businesses need to learn pretty quickly that they need to focus their efforts on what's core to them. The fact is Google needs Microsoft to remain a... [21 Nov 2006]
Alert over "extremely critical" XML bug
News An "extremely critical" vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft's XML Core Services, according to several security companies. IBM-owned ISS X-Force detailed on its site the kind of damage that could be caused by the vulnerability. [07 Nov 2006]
HP to bolster its Integrity
News But, it's now reasonably well-established as a higher-end processor alternative to IBM's Power and Sun's UltraSparc, which have been available in dual-core models for years. By the end of October, the company will upgrade almost all its Integrity... [07 Sep 2006]
Iris scans and passenger databases to protect UK borders
News In November 2004 a contract was awarded to IBM for the delivery of Project Semaphore, a working prototype system that would test the core concepts of e-Borders. It is expected that within five years more than a million people will be registered to... [16 Feb 2006]
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