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Sun kills Cobalt

...executive Stephen DeWitt used the analogy of vending machines to demonstrate how appliance servers would revolutionise the way in which companies buy software. Other manufacturers... Read more

31 December, 2003 by Matt Loney

VMware launches $200,000 challenge for virtual appliances

As if VMware did not already have enough companies lining up to catch the virtualisation wave, the company has launched a contest to spur development Read more

27 February, 2006 by Colin Barker

Appliance: The server of giants

The market for appliance servers is set to grow massively over the coming years, according to... Read more

17 May, 2001 by Pia Heikkila

Small business server appliances

...Web-based user interface. But that doesn’t necessarily mean reduced functionality: appliance servers can enable small businesses, with limited budgets and IT expertise, to... Read more

12 October, 2004 by Alan Stevens

Security appliances benefit from scares

...grew 10 percent in the second quarter, as sales of low-end appliance servers dedicated to firewalls and virtual private networks helped bolster the industry... Read more

19 September, 2003 by Dawn Kawamoto

IBM hopes to toast Sun with new appliance

...But we provide out-of-the-box solutions that are fully automated. Appliance servers are all about getting a Web site set up quickly on... Read more

12 April, 2002 by Matt Loney

IBM working on 'Sun-killer' appliance

...But we provide out-of-the-box solutions that are fully automated. Appliance servers are all about getting a Web site set up quickly on... Read more

13 February, 2002 by Matt Loney

Q1 earnings: Dell delivers again

...000 customers in two months, and the company has started shipping Internet appliance servers, the company said. Sergio G. Non, Inter@ctive Investor, contributed to... Read more

12 May, 2000 by Larry Dignan

Leader: Raw Iron or Wintel - battle lines are drawn

...Iron - effectively a plan for a new(-ish) category of devices called ‘appliance servers' that will run a micro-kernel and Orcale's Internet File... Read more

14 December, 1998 by Martin Veitch
Why the Software Industry Is Building Appliance Solutions on Commercially Available Hardware

Why the Software Industry Is Building Appliance Solutions on Commercially Available Hardware

...must find new solutions that are more efficient and more cost-effective. Appliance servers are proving to be cost-effective solutions, particularly for applications such... Read more

1 January, 2008

Dell turns up the heat under Compaq

...year. Today also sees the release of Dell's second generation PowerApp appliance servers and a new server management package, OpenManage. Last month the computer... Read more

6 December, 2000 by Sally Watson
Linux Administrator

Linux Administrator

...server; Installations, configuration, management and patching.Linux Based; clusters, network storage, network appliance servers, operating systems and associated software.Capacity management, resolving shortfall to agreed... Read more

26 May, 2012

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