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IBM launches high-end Power7 servers

...IBM on Tuesday launched a new batch of Power7 servers ranging to high-end systems for analytics to models designed for... Read more

18 August, 2010 by Larry Dignan

MPs: Met Office needs more powerful supercomputer

...moment, the Met Office is in the process of upgrading an IBM Power7-based supercomputer to give it nearly a petaflop of peak processing performance... Read more

21 February, 2012 by Jack Clark

Intel pins exascale dreams to Knights Ferry

...Intel's high-performance computing (HPC) competitors, such as IBM with its Power7 chip architecture, will be able to maintain development at a pace sufficient... Read more

21 June, 2011 by Jack Clark

Huawei to ship Itanium hardware

...well as other vital high-availability platforms, where it competes with IBM Power7, Sparc64 and Intel's own x86-64 high-end lines, such as... Read more

14 April, 2011 by Jack Clark

IBM's Watson program to enter TV contest

...a statement announcing the contest. The program is powered by an IBM Power7 server. Watson will face Jeopardy contestants Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in... Read more

15 December, 2010 by Steven Musil

IBM updates Power7 hardware

IBM has refreshed its Power7 range of servers and processors with upgraded hardware, two new blades and... Read more

14 April, 2011

IBM plugs Power7 into CloudBurst

...product on Wednesday by making it compatible with IBM's own proprietary Power7 systems. The CloudBurst products, launched in June 2009, are a set of... Read more

15 October, 2010
With Enhanced <endeca_term>POWER7</endeca_term> Systems, IBM Raises the Ceiling, Again

With Enhanced POWER7 Systems, IBM Raises the Ceiling, Again

...vendors abandon the UNIX market, IBM continues its commitment to AIX and POWER7 components on Power Systems. And with its recent architectural upgrades, its even... Read more

10 April, 2012
Edison Group Paper: IBM PowerVM Virtualization Technology on IBM <endeca_term>POWER7</endeca_term> Systems

Edison Group Paper: IBM PowerVM Virtualization Technology on IBM POWER7 Systems

...products. The tests, running two workload benchmarks of different consolidation ratios on POWER7 processor-based and comparable Intel-based systems, demonstrate the exceptional performance and... Read more

10 April, 2012
ITG Mangement brief - Value Proposition for IBM <endeca_term>POWER7</endeca_term> Based Blade Servers

ITG Mangement brief - Value Proposition for IBM POWER7 Based Blade Servers

...All three organizations are recognized leaders in their respective industries. All selected POWER7 based blades and IBM BladeCenter chassis to handle demanding workloads, support growth... Read more

7 September, 2011
Value Proposition for IBM <endeca_term>POWER7</endeca_term> Based Blade Servers

Value Proposition for IBM POWER7 Based Blade Servers

...are far from the same. This ITG management brief describes how IBM® POWER7® based blades differ from competitive platforms, and how the distinctive strengths of... Read more

10 April, 2011
IBM EnergyScale for <endeca_term>POWER7</endeca_term>

IBM EnergyScale for POWER7

The energy required to power and cool computers can reduce profit margins and impact your bottom line. Just meeting the... Read more

8 March, 2011
Oracle, Sun and HP customers are choosing <endeca_term>POWER7</endeca_term>. Find out why

Oracle, Sun and HP customers are choosing POWER7. Find out why

Continual and timely upgrades of UNIX systems can enable growth and lower costs. But for some Sun/Oracle and HP... Read more

3 November, 2010

IBM rolls out PowerLinux systems for Red Hat and SUSE

...on Wednesday launched new PowerLinux systems that run on the company's Power7 processors and support Red Hat and SUSE. The additions are designed to... Read more

26 April, 2012 by Larry Dignan
A Comparison of PowerVM and Vmware Virtualization Performance

A Comparison of PowerVM and Vmware Virtualization Performance

...white paper is to compare the performance of PowerVM virtualization technologies on POWER7 processor-based server platforms against VMware vSphere 4.1 update 11 on... Read more

18 January, 2012

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"cites" even. Ouch!

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@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

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@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

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