Amazon launches Virtual Private Cloud service
News The programme, now in limited beta, will allow enterprises to tie their own datacentre's infrastructure with the Amazon Web Services cloud [27 Aug 2009]
Xeon 5500 (Nehalem) servers: a group test
Group Test We evaluate 2U rack-mount servers based on Intel's latest Nehalem-architecture processor from six leading vendors. [20 Aug 2009]
Microsoft releases Hyper-V Server R2
News The latest iteration of Microsoft's free hypervisor, which now includes functionality for the live migration of servers, is now available for download [01 Sep 2009]
Ten crucial server attributes 
Photo Servers are the workhorses of business IT, but what are their most important features? [18 Sep 2009]
Personal supercomputing anyone?
Comment Personal supercomputing may sound like a contradiction in terms, but it definitely exists, says Andrew Jones [10 Aug 2009]
Why open-source DNS is 'internet's dirty little secret'
Q&A Jon Shalowitz, general manager at Nominum's new Skye cloud-computing division, says legacy open-source DNS software poses a huge problem for the internet [22 Sep 2009]
- No, he's right (in the end) - Gruntle
- Nope? - Gruntle
- Ridiculous - cantoris
Giant Apple datacentre hints at cloud ambitions
Analysis Apple is to begin construction on what will be one of the world's largest datacentres. But why would this move make sense for Apple, and what might the company be planning to do? [20 Aug 2009]
Should programming supercomputers be hard?
Comment Those who glibly argue for easier programming of supercomputers are broaching a complex issue, says Andrew Jones [01 Oct 2009]
Gmail: When efficiency equals death
Leader Google emphasises cloud reliability, but Gmail's gone down again. A very old problem is new again [02 Sep 2009]
- Spot On - Tezzer
IBM launches cloud virtual desktop service
News IBM enters virtual desktop market with eye on cost savings and manageability [02 Sep 2009]
From The Labs: A plug-sized server 
Video Servers come in all shapes and sizes, but few are smaller than the Tonido Plug. Charles McLellan investigates [15 Sep 2009]
- Fascinating, Thanks - J.A. Watson
Shuttleworth: Amazon will win cloud battle
News EC2 is the only strong contender to eventually emerge as the leading cloud platform because it has open-source implementations, according to the Canonical chief [05 Oct 2009]
Microsoft opens doors to new Chicago datacentre
News The software maker has opened what it says might be the world's largest datacentre in the outskirts of Chicago [01 Oct 2009]
Inside Microsoft's biggest datacentre
Photo Take a look around Microsoft's 700,000 sq ft Chicago facility — a datacentre the company says just might be the biggest on the planet [05 Nov 2009]
HP tailors datacentre tools for Oracle apps
News New templates allow companies to automatically provision and deploy Oracle applications using HP's BladeSystem Matrix all-in-one datacentre package [13 Oct 2009]
IBM moves into cloud storage
News The Smart Business Storage Cloud pulls together IBM technologies to allow businesses to set up private clouds where they can store and archive petabytes of data [07 Oct 2009]
Cisco, EMC may form joint tech-services venture
News The tech giants are reportedly in talks to create a services company that would push their products in the datacentre [04 Sep 2009]
Nominum's Skye puts DNS services in the cloud
News The internet infrastructure company is offering hosted DNS services through its newly created Skye cloud division [22 Sep 2009]
IBM and Microsoft back Zend's cloud API plan
News The two firms have signed up to a Zend initiative to create an open-source application-programming interface for the cloud [23 Sep 2009]
Fujitsu thin client goes easy on power
News The company has begun shipping the Futro S100, a fanless thin client that promises to use just 29 watts at full load [21 Aug 2009]
Worldwide server sales continue to fall
News IBM and Dell manage to gain a hold in market share, amid a carnage in declining sales revenues, leaving Sun as the weakest link [03 Sep 2009]
