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Data Center Survey 2021: Outages Less Common, More Expensive

Sam Ingalls — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 19:06:35 +0000

The 11th Global Data Center Survey is here with insights from international data center operators and owners on the latest trends for managing servers. The Uptime Institute’s (UI) annual survey is a critical reference point for the state of data centers, and the 2021 report is no different. The survey covers a range of topics, […]

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On-Prem Infrastructure is Here to Stay. But What Workloads Go Where?

Sam Ingalls — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 03:43:07 +0000

Yes, data centers and server rooms are changing. The explosion of cloud infrastructure solutions enabled organizations to adopt large virtual workloads while innovative server technology offers more in less space. Though effective in causing the downward trend we’ve seen in recent years, these trends hardly mean the end of on-premises infrastructures. Through several years of […]

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IBM’s 2nm Breakthrough: Implications for Chip and Server Makers

Sam Ingalls — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 23:25:38 +0000

IBM last month unveiled its proof of concept for the world’s first 2-nanometer transistor technology. Initial projections show the breakthrough could lead to 45% higher performance and 75% lower energy use than today’s 7nm processors. While 2nm technology is a few years away from coming to devices, IBM’s success could benefit much of the chip […]

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A Tale of Two 3rd Gen Processors: AMD & Intel

Sam Ingalls — Thu, 20 May 2021 21:46:34 +0000

In the latest chapter of the AMD-Intel battle for global chip dominance, both companies are targeting the server market with their 3rd generation x86 CPUs. Earlier this year AMD released its EPYC “Milan” chips and Intel countered with its Xeon Scalable Processor (SP), codenamed “Ice Lake.” Server Processors: x86 While AMD and Intel manufacture and […]

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PowerShell is Top Attack Vector for Critical Security Threats: Research

Paul Shread — Wed, 19 May 2021 17:14:52 +0000

PowerShell was the source of more than a third of critical security threats detected by Cisco Secure Endpoint in the second half of 2020. Dual-use tool exploitation was the top threat category detected by Cisco, followed by ransomware, fileless malware, and credential dumping, with PowerShell a primary vector in those last two categories also. Ransomware […]

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Intel, Citrix Team on Virtualization Page 2

Richard Adhikari — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The Desktop as a Service Users will be able to access their corporate desktop from whichever device they find convenient, Dhingra said. “The desktop will be a service, it will no longer be a device,” he explained. Intel’s vPro technology, now in its third generation, has advanced remote management features that let administrators log onto […]

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VA Linux Adds Power-Packed 2U Servers to 2200 Series

Amy Newman — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

VA Linux Systems Tuesday introduced its next generation of high-performance 2U servers in the VA Linux 2200 series. The three new servers, the VA Linux 2231, the VA Linux 2241, and the VA Linux 2251, offer advanced remote management capabilities using

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SSH Hardens the Secure Shell

Sean Michael Kerner — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

There can hardly an IT administrator today that has not used SSH to log into a remote server. The originator of the ubiquitous SSH protocol rolls out new solutions for enterprise file transfers. SSH Communications Security, the company that originally developed the SSH protocol, has now upped the ante with a pair of new solutions […]

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BIND DNS Holds Lead

Sean Michael Kerner — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Maybe it’s too much of a good thing, or just not enough knowledge. A new survey by DNS services vendor Infoblox has found that the vast majority of DNS servers today are using open source BIND DNS software. The latest research shows BIND server continues to dominate, along with security issues. Unsure About an Acronym […]

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Microsoft’s Hyper-V Beta Is Here

Stuart J. Johnston — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Microsoft announced late Thursday the release of the first beta of its Hyper-V server virtualization hypervisor, previously codenamed “Viridian.” It wasn’t expected do so until early 2008. The hypervisor formerly known as Viridian is released into its first beta at least a month ahead of schedule. Unsure About an Acronym or Term? Search the ServerWatch […]

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