Amy Newman

The entry-level Unix server space is getting a little more crowded. Last week Sun Microsystems announced the Sun Fire V480, a 4-way UltraSPARC Unix server priced to compete with Wintel offerings. Today, IBM unveiled the p630, a 4-way offering positioned between the p670 and the p610 that is a “mini-me” version of the p690, Jim […]

Intel Corp. Monday released 12 new server “building blocks” based on the recently released Xeon processor and E7500 chipset. The servers were developed by the Enterprise Platforms and Services division, whose mission, Marketing Manager Matt Lane told ServerWatch, is “To be the leading supplier of server building blocks by delivering winning products and advancing the […]

At the Supercomm show in Atlanta Tuesday, Sun Microsystems announced the release of another entry-level server in its Sun Fire line, along with a repositioned Netra offering. The Sun Fire V120 joins the Sun Fire V100 as it migrates from the Netra family to the Sun Fire one, and the Netra 120 will serve as […]

The Netcraft Web Server Survey is a survey of Web Server software usage on the Internet. Netcraft received responses to its May 2002 survey from 37,574,105 sites. This is a minuscule decline from April’s 37,585,233 and is the third consecutive decline this year. Apache, Microsoft, Zeus, and iPlanet remained the key players with shares of […]

Sun Microsystems Monday unveiled the latest release of its portal server: Sun ONE Portal Server v6.0. Key in this release is the inclusion of the Sun ONE Identity Server, which offers integrated secure identity management capabilities through a single sign-on interface that offers policy and access control, service provisioning, and unified user management. One challenge […]

IDC released first quarter worldwide server revenue stats Friday, revealing a market in decline for the fifth consecutive quarter. According to the research firm, worldwide server factory revenue contracted 20 percent from $13.4 billion in 1Q01 to $10.7 billion in 1Q02. Unit shipments remained flat at 1.059 million units from 1Q01. The global Unix server […]

As the overall server market slowed in 2001, so too did the application server space. Revenue grew 20 percent, a sharp decrease from the 92 percent growth seen in 2000, according to Gartner Dataquest. Worldwide application server new license revenue totaled $1.18 billion in 2001, up from $990 million in 2000. BEA exhibited the most […]

Two weeks after unveiling its MX product suite, Macromedia Monday announced the immediate availability of JRun 4, the latest release of its J2EE application server. The product is designed to work with the various of components of Macromedia MX, offering built-in Flash Remoting to connect applications running in Macromedia Flash Player to server-side business logic […]

In a white paper published late Tuesday, Hewlett-Packard unveiled the topography of the post-merger landscape for its combined server, storage, software, personal systems, and imaging and printing product lines. In the server area, HP announced which IA-32, Intel, RISC, Unix, and fault-tolerant server lines will remain and how they will be positioned going forward. Although […]

Red Hat Monday unveiled Red Hat Linux version 7.3. Expected to ship beginning May 15, Red Hat Linux 7.3 adds new productivity tools, a personal firewall configuration option at installation, and video conferencing software to the Linux server’s feature set. This latest version also includes a variety of Linux community support offerings, including Web and […]

Macromedia Monday released Macromedia MX, an integrated collection of tool, server, and client technologies developed to function as a single environment. The release represents the first fruit of Macromedia’s merger with Allaire, being the the first major release since the company merged in March 2001. Macromedia CTO Jeremy Allaire told ServerWatch that he sees the […]

Red Hat Monday released Stronghold Enterprise, the latest addition to its new line of enterprise-level offerings. Stronghold Enterprise is an open source, Apache-based Web server designed to provide enhanced security features and high performance. It also offers various tools to improve application interoperability. This news follows last month’s announcement of Red Hat Linux Advanced Server, […]