Amy Newman

The Apache Group Saturday capped three years of development and one year of beta with its release of the first generally available version of Apache 2.0. Apache 2.0 has been running on the Apache.org Web site since December of 2000. It had been in Beta since early April 2001. This latest version of Apache works […]

IBM Corp. Tuesday unveiled the eServer x343, a 2U, rack-optimized, Intel-based server designed with telcos in mind that will run a “hardened” version of Linux. The x343 joins the x300 and x330, in the vendor’s eServer xSeries telecommunications portfolio. All three servers are NEBS-compliant. The x300 and x330 are designed for converged voice and data […]

Sun Microsystems Monday unveiled the latest addition to its Sun Fire server line. The Sun Fire V100 is a single-processor, general-purpose server based on the Netra X1. Priced at $995, the same price point as the Netra X1, the V100 is the least-expensive Sun Fire server on the market, and it is being positioned as […]

At CeBIT 2002 on Tuesday, Intel unveiled Xeon MP, the multiprocessor version of the 2-way Xeon chip it announced two weeks ago. Previously known by the codename “Foster,” Xeon MP was developed for servers with 4-way processors and up. While the Xeon DP was designed for servers addressing front-end and general-purpose needs, Xeon MP is […]

Hewlett-Packard Wednesday made a variety of announcements related to its entire spectrum of Unix servers. The announcement noted the introduction of new entry-level and midrange servers, industry awards won by its midrange servers, and new benchmarks set by its high-end and midrange servers. Entry-Level Servers HP announced that, effective immediately, the HP Server rp2430 entry-level […]

Macromedia Inc. Monday unveiled Flash MX, the latest version of the Macromedia Flash development environment, and discussed plans for its release of ColdFusion MX this summer. With 70 percent of the 414 million Flash users using the product for than just viewing animation, this latest version was designed to allow developers to create rich-media content […]

Sun Microsystems Wednesday launched NT Upgrade Campaign, an upgrade program through which it hopes to attract current Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 customers that will be left adrift when Microsoft’s recently announced end-of-life plans for NT Server 4.0 take effect. With Sun’s new program, enterprises can trade up to Sun Cobalt RaQ server appliances or […]

Sun Microsystems Tuesday presented the latest addition to its Sun ONE platform with the unveiling of its next-generation iPlanet Application Server. Sun took a three-pronged approach in its enhancements for this latest version. The key new feature is the addition of iPlanet Application Framework, a new application framework for which Sun is claiming a potential […]

Defending its first-to-market position in the nascent blade server market, RLX Technologies on Tuesday will unveil its latest blades offerings at the heart of which is an Intel-processor-based blade. The strictly blade servers vendor will make public its third-generation blade, chassis, and control tower (the ServerBlade 800i, RLX System 100ex and 300ex, and Control Tower […]

IBM Monday unveiled an Intel-based server with game-changing memory technology designed to double memory and increase performance by as much as 49 percent in memory intensive environments. The newly introduced eServer xSeries 330 marks the debut of Big Blue’s Memory eXpansion Technology (MXT), an IBM Research innovation developed to help enterprises deploy fewer servers and […]

Gartner Dataquest Tuesday said worldwide blade server shipments will increase dramatically, growing from the 84,810 units it expects will ship in 2002 to more than 1 million in 2006. The IT research firm also anticipates that revenue from blades will reach at least $1.2 billion during this time. With the major hardware vendors now jumping […]

Cray and Dell Computer Corp. Monday announced a partnership under which Cray will market high-performance cluster solutions and services worldwide using Dell’s PowerEdge servers. The three-year, automatically renewable agreement is effective immediately, and calls for Cray to sell and provide direct customer support (including installation, maintenance, and support) for high-performance-computing (HPC) solutions that combine Dell’s […]