Mac clone maker ventures onto Apple's server turf
Psystar, the Florida firm that makes Mac clones, yesterday unveiled knock-offs of Apple's Xserve servers. Read more...

Arm to duel with Intel in the server space

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HP adding solid-state memory to its servers

Update: Mozilla servers back up, serving Firefox 3.0

HP puts high-end NonStop system on blades

IBM to put a more standardized stamp on data centers

New Sun code transforms x86 servers into storage arrays

Symantec combines backup with open-source virtualization

AMD steps up quad-core Opteron server shipments

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Solid state drives: Coming to a data center near you
The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center is moving to the technology -- usually reserved for laptops and consumer devices -- and another supercomputer center is considering it.

Q&A;: What Roadrunner's petaflop Top500 milestone is all about
The Top500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers passed a milestone Wednesday with the first system to achieve peak performance of 1 petaflop, or one quadrillion floating point operations per second. Erich Strohmaier, a computer scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, was one of the founding editors of the Top500 list back in 1993. He talked with IDG News Service about the performance gains the list has seen, the quad-core processors that are coming to dominate it and mistakes that can creep in when the list is put together.

Hands on: Linux beats Windows Server 2008 power-saving measures
Linux was the winner by up to 12%, Network World's testers said, but there were a bunch of stipulations mandated by the testing setup. Your wattage may vary.

Beyond the Physical
Not every IT demand can be fulfilled by shoehorning more resources inside the shrinking corporate data center. You need to know when and what to let go, says columnist Mark Hall.

How to Build It
When building your next data center, your best bet is to be flexible and keep an eye on your company's future needs. Here are some goals to keep in mind.

How to Move It
New technologies are helping data center movers speed up the transition process and improve efficiencies at the same time.

How to Pay for It
Once a decision is made to build a new data center, the IT manager must negotiate with vendors to get the best deal. The more you buy, the more leverage you have.

How to Staff It
Data centers require fewer and fewer workers these days. But virtualization is one data center skill that's in high demand.

What's in Your Dream Data Center?
IT executives and industry experts tell us about their ultimate wish lists for a brand-new, built-from-scratch data center.

Where to Put It
Most IT managers have to make the best of wherever their data center is located. But if the choice is yours, here are some tips for getting the best spot.

More than half of the women in science, engineering and IT leave the field at mid career. Sylvia Ann Hewlett explains why. Thin, flexible, low-power digital paper is just around the corner. Will your next book or newspaper be 'e'? If you want faster speeds and GPS and you talk a lot, the answer is probably yes. Being mobile these days means more equipment — and more problems. Here's how to make things a bit easier.

Reviews, analyses, how-tos, visual tours, hot issues and predictions about Microsoft's new OS.

More Continuing Coverage After 9/11: Homeland SecurityAsk a Premier 100 IT LeaderBlackBerry Legal BattleData Security BreachesElectronic VotingFirefoxH-1B VisasHP's Boardroom ScandalHandheld DevicesHurricane Katrina AftermathMicrosoft Legal IssuesMicrosoft's VistaOpen SourceRFID TechnologySCO's Linux FightSarbanes-Oxley ActSpamVoice Over IPWi-FiWindows Meta File VulnerabilityWindows XP Service Pack 3

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