Windows Small Business Server 2008: a first look
Preview Microsoft's 2008 bundle of server OS, applications and services for small businesses will ship on 12 November. Here are our impressions of the public preview release, which shows some big changes from the previous version. [24 Jul 2008]
Credit crunch hits London datacentres
News London was chosen for just four percent of the datacentre space taken up across Europe in the first quarter of this year [07 Jul 2008]
DebbieToo, a new Serverbaby, is running.
Blog Installed Debian 4 (etch) on Debbie's hard drive and this time I did it the easy way. My DSL line is twice the speed it was at the time I started this whole thing. So it loaded and installed almost... [02 Jul 2008]
The third strike finally landed. Debbie got hit.
Blog I've run out of things I can do to fix her. I keep getting the same error message, #100. I still haven't found a way to manually or automatically patch what's busted with dpkg, apt-get, aptitude... [01 Jul 2008]
Gartner: Hardware market to defy economic slump
News The hardware market in general is still growing, with the main areas of growth being low-end Linux systems and high-end mainframes, says the analyst house [01 Jul 2008]
A $40 CONSUMER-class router has created SP-Update-Hell.
Blog Believe it or not I don't work in IT, haven't for 7 years. Yes I work with Microsoft's Windows XP Embedded and as a result I have to know a lot about the OS, the kernal, Win API calls etc. But I... [29 Jun 2008]
Microsoft finally launches Hyper-V
News Analysts have welcomed the release of the hypervisor, but rival VMware claims Hyper-V has been a long time coming and lacks functionality [26 Jun 2008]
The realities of server management: Part 3 
Video IT managers with expertise in Linux and Windows discuss how both platforms have their challenges when it comes to server management [24 Jun 2008]
The realities of server management: Part 2
Video IT managers and industry analysts debate issues around server management, both on open-source and proprietary platforms [24 Jun 2008]
UNIX is of course far more than just Linux
Blog A couple of weeks back (28th May) I posted that I recommended an innediate trip to the Laughing Academy for anyone still doing work in a UNIX that was non-Linux. I had in mind the proprietary... [24 Jun 2008]
The realities of server management: Part 1
Video Based on research from ZDNet.co.uk, IT managers debate the issues surrounding server management and the future of server operating systems [23 Jun 2008]
Cost and control key to server management for foreseeable
Blog Took part in a fascinating debate the other day here at ZDNet.co.uk which we filmed and which will be on the site in the next few days. This was again exploring issues thrown up by the research... [20 Jun 2008]
At 60, 'Baby' celebrates birth of computing
News On Saturday, it will be exactly 60 years since the world's first stored-program, electronic, digital computer flickered into life [20 Jun 2008]
A new threat from the datacentre: you're making your staff d...
Blog An interesting side effect of datacentre growth has come to my attention, as part of this month's intense look by ZDNet.co.uk into server use in the UK (based originally into our poll of the ZDNet... [18 Jun 2008]
CPU roadmap: server processors
Tech Guide How are the roadmaps of the leading server processor vendors shaping up for 2009 and beyond? We pore over Intel, AMD, IBM and Sun's latest plans. [16 Jun 2008]
Microsoft in 'quite good' shocker..
Blog I'm sure that the guys at ZDNet were debating whether to publish the video interview I did on their site or just post it to You've Been Framed. It's quite an odd experience being interviewed in... [05 Jun 2008]
Snapshot of UK server OS use 2008
Blog UK organisations at both the enterprise and SME end are struggling with cost and support of their server operating systems, according to exclusive research carried out by ZDNet UK. When asked... [05 Jun 2008]
Join the server discussion on Uptime
Blog Today we're launching a new group blog dedicated to servers--those essential but maybe unglamourous workhorses of the enterprise. It's called Uptime and you can find it here. (We reluctantly... [02 Jun 2008]
I broke Debbie and I don't know how to fix her.
Blog Now I've done it. I've been using the update button that opens Synaptic package manager to keep Debbie (my Debian 4.0 Home Server) up to date. I haven't had a problem with her for over a year. But... [02 Jun 2008]
HP and IBM tussle in servers
Blog On Wednesday, HP launches a system that doubles the number of blades that can be fitted on one unit, less than a month after IBM introduced the iDataPlex range which also doubled the number and... [30 May 2008]
