David Needle, Author at ServerWatch https://www.serverwatch.com/author/david-needle/ ServerWatch is the leading IT resource on all things server. Thu, 15 Jul 2021 15:04:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Two Thumbs Down for Green Tech https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/two-thumbs-down-for-green-tech/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/two-thumbs-down-for-green-tech/ PALO ALTO, Calif. — What’s the next big thing to drive the Silicon Valley innovation engine? Don’t count on green tech any time soon, at least according to two prominent investors here during a panel discussion focused on “Silicon Valley in the New Millennium.” Two prominent Silicon Valley investors explain why green tech is over-hyped, […]

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]]> Latest IBM BladeCenters Cool Down https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/latest-ibm-bladecenters-cool-down/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/latest-ibm-bladecenters-cool-down/ IBM released three new members of its BladeCenter family today with a focus on energy efficiency features. For the first time, IBM is also offering an optional modular 4GB USB drive that uses Flash storage as an alternative to a traditional hard disk. Based on Intel quad-core and AMD dual-core processors, Big Blue’s latest blade […]

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]]> HP Virtually Connects Blades https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/hp-virtually-connects-blades/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/hp-virtually-connects-blades/ Delivering on a feature promised when it unveiled its c-Class BladeSystem last summer, HP has officially announced availability of Virtual Connect Ethernet and Fibre Channel modules Tuesday. As promised, HP unveiled its Virtual Connect Ethernet and Fibre Channel modules Tuesday. Together, the two modules can be used to manage server profiles, which can be deployed […]

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]]> Sun’s x86 Virtualization Management Ready to Go https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/suns-x86-virtualization-management-ready-to-go/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/suns-x86-virtualization-management-ready-to-go/ Sun Microsystems Tuesday announced the pricing, availability and further details of the xVM Ops Center virtualization management software it unveiled last month at the Oracle OpenWorld conference. Ops Center goes hand-in-hand with Sun’s other announcement at the conference, its xVM virtualization software. Sun readies xVM Ops Center for next week’s release and reveals pricing, availability […]

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]]> Citrix, HP Play ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/citrix-hp-play-lets-make-a-deal/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/citrix-hp-play-lets-make-a-deal/ Citrix today announced a major deal with HP as part of its plans to grow the market for XenServer, the virtualization software it picked up last year with the $500 million dollar purchase of XenSource. HP will integrate and support a custom version of XenServer. Unsure About an Acronym or Term?Search the ServerWatch Glossary  The […]

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]]> Is There a Moral Obligation to Be Energy Efficient? https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/is-there-a-moral-obligation-to-be-energy-efficient/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/is-there-a-moral-obligation-to-be-energy-efficient/ Several companies, including Intel and AMD, put aside their competitive inclinations to attend a meeting this week at AMD’s corporate campus in Sunnyvale Calif. The purpose was to develop strategies to lead to greater energy efficiency in data centers and servers. The U.S. Department of Energy thinks so, and an unlikely consortium of AMD, Intel, […]

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]]> ClearCube’s Software Steps Out https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/clearcubes-software-steps-out/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/clearcubes-software-steps-out/ The hotly competitive virtualization market has a new entrant, with ClearCube today spinning off its software business as a separate company, called VDIworks. VDIworks is splitting from its centralized desktop vendor parent. The new company will deliver virtualization offerings for a variety of platforms. Unsure About an Acronym or Term? Search the ServerWatch Glossary   […]

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]]> For Energy Savings, Consider a Mainframe https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/for-energy-savings-consider-a-mainframe/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/for-energy-savings-consider-a-mainframe/ In a briefing with internetnews.com, Jim Stallings, general manager of IBM’s System z business, said IBM is determined to overcome what he describes as misconceptions about the mainframe (e.g., it’s too expensive and hard to maintain) and to publicize its lesser known advantages (saving on energy costs and being a platform for growth). IBM is […]

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]]> OS X Holes Patched https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/os-x-holes-patched/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/os-x-holes-patched/ Apple Computer  issued 21 security updates aimed at addressing problems, or potentially exploitable problems, in its Mac OS X operating system. Many of the fixes, available for download at Apple’s Security Update Web site, address potential system crashes and unauthorized access to files. Apple released 21 fixes to address crashes and potential security breaches. For […]

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]]> Economic Woes Impact Tech https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/economic-woes-impact-tech/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/economic-woes-impact-tech/ SAN FRANCISCO – Tech execs gave a dour assessment of the near-erm impact of the faltering economy on the tech industry. “My sense is this is the deepest ‘economic downturn’ I’ve seen in my lifetime,” said Paul Otellini, CEO of Intel at the Web 2.0 Summit here last week. A cadre of tech execs find […]

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