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Unix servers breaking out all over
News Compaq has begun shipping test versions of a new line of AlphaServer Unix servers using the EV7 "Marvel" version of the company's Alpha processor, the Houston-based company said on Monday. But Compaq and SGI haven't achieved the market success of...
[April 9, 2002, 12:03]
Unix servers fight it out for top spot
News High-end Unix servers run core operations at many large companies, such as the sort of inventory control replicated by the benchmarks. Sun Microsystems has leapfrogged ahead of IBM in one part of a contest to see whose top-end Unix server is more...
[February 12, 2002, 11:46]
IBM to bring out budget UNIX servers
News IBM has released two new inexpensive Power5-based Unix servers, models that IBM positions against Unix machines from Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems, but which also compete directly with systems using x86 chips such as Intel's Xeon.
[October 5, 2004, 9:25]
IBM's Power5+ chip boosts top-end Unix servers
News IBM has brought the Power5+ processor to its top-end Unix servers, completing the transition and boosting performance during a period of rapid change in the server market. While the idea debuted in mainframes, it's now commonplace on Unix servers...
[July 25, 2006, 10:30]
HP releases budget-minded Unix servers
News Hewlett-Packard unveiled on Tuesday a trio of slimmed-down Unix servers that offer a lower price tag for budget-conscious IT departments. The new Unix/RISC servers -- 2505, 5405 and 7405 models -- are essentially economy-class versions of the...
[September 3, 2002, 7:55]
HP drops price of Unix servers
News Hewlett-Packard introduced new low-end Unix servers on Wednesday that follow rival Sun Microsystems into the sub-$1,000 market. The systems bring the new PA-RISC 8700 chip to HP's low-end Unix servers, and the cheapest model has a starting price of...
[March 7, 2002, 11:41]
Sun, HP speed Unix servers
News Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard will give a boost to their Unix servers with faster processors on Tuesday, but Sun's new chips will be able to coexist with slower models in the same computer. And breaking new ground in Unix servers, the new...
[August 6, 2002, 8:26]
HP cuts prices on midrange Unix servers
News Hewlett-Packard has cut prices for its midrange Unix servers by about 20 percent, in an attempt to thwart renewed competition from rivals Sun Microsystems and IBM. HP leads the market for Unix servers costing between $100,000 and $1m, or about £60...
[April 3, 2003, 7:37]
Processor speeds up HP's Unix servers
News Hewlett-Packard will speed up its top-end Superdome Unix server with a faster processor, ensuring further spicy competition with IBM and Sun Microsystems. The 64-processor Superdome server is on the vanguard of HP's effort to steal market share...
[June 24, 2002, 8:49]
IBM Unix servers take battle to the mid-range
News Eight-way servers make up 25 to 50 percent of the Unix market, he said. IBM is lying third in Unix market share with 15 percent, according to IDC figures, although it claims its so-called "Regatta" servers have greater than 50 percent of the market...
[November 11, 2002, 5:00]
Intel and Stratus ally against Unix servers
News Intel and Stratus Technologies have signed a deal geared toward convincing financial-services companies to drop their Unix servers in favor of Stratus servers that use Intel chips and Microsoft Windows.
[June 19, 2001, 10:01]
A Simple Chargeback System for SAS Applications Running on UNIX and Linux Servers
White Papers Organizations that run SAS on UNIX and Linux servers often have a need to measure overall SAS usage and to charge the projects and users who utilize the servers. Consequently, many organizations with UNIX or Linux servers do not have a reliable way...
[November 7, 2007, 0:00]
Centralized monitoring of Windows, Novell, LINUX and UNIX servers
White Papers One of the biggest difficulties in monitoring a wide range of network servers and computers is the necessity of handling several different programs, each with its own user interface and features. This can be eliminated by a central network...
[September 3, 2004, 3:00]
IBM builds on-demand power into new hardware
News IBM said on Thursday it was shipping its new mainframe and servers, including its top-end p690 Unix server, a system the company claims will be 65 percent faster than its predecessor and which will let customers rent more computing power as needed.
[June 19, 2003, 10:28]
IBM brings speed to the low end
News IBM is bringing a faster processor to its lowest-end p615 Unix server and announced new software and hardware on Thursday for joining its servers to form a supercomputing cluster. Sun Microsystems has been the top seller of Unix servers for years...
[October 20, 2003, 12:45]
IBM confronts Sun in Unix face-off
News IBM will announce new midrange Unix servers on Monday amid a tightening market that has IBM and its chief competitor, Sun Microsystems, at each others' throats. They're the first midrange Unix servers to use CPUs with IBM's silicon-on-insulator...
[April 23, 2001, 12:45]
IBM and Sun launch Unix battle
News IBM and Sun Microsystems next week will release duelling Unix servers one notch below their top-end models, fueling the flames in a price and market-share war. All these Unix servers use each company's own chip and own version of Unix: Power4 and...
[April 8, 2002, 8:53]
Windows takes full-year server market lead
News Computer makers sold $17.7bn worth of Windows servers worldwide in 2005 compared with $17.5bn in Unix servers, IDC analyst Matthew Eastwood said of the firm's latest Server Tracker market share report.
[February 22, 2006, 8:05]
Big Blue to let Squadron fly at Sun and HP
News IBM will announce two new top-end Unix servers Friday, opening major new challenges to Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard. Unix servers, powerful yet fairly standardised, occupy a major part of the computing landscape for tasks such as tracking...
[October 15, 2004, 9:20]
IBM goes after Sun with new low-end systems
News IBM has revamped its entry-level Unix servers with new processors and an Integrated Virtualisation Manager aimed at the SME market, and launched a vitriolic attack on rival Sun Microsystems. Launching four new servers, three of them based on the...
[October 4, 2005, 5:01]
