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DataCenter Insight 2010

2010-09-12 00:00:00.0

DCI 2010 is an invitation-only, hosted summit designed for senior IT and business executives who want to understand how current and future technology trends will impact their datacenter vision and strategies. This summit will offer strategic level insights into what enterprise leaders should do to optimize their datacenters for maximum business value.

IT360° Conference & Expo

2010-04-07 00:00:00.0

IT360° is where IT professionals and executives meet and share experiences and challenges

Understand the IT landscape trends and technologies and what to expect around the corner.
Make direct comparisons of products and services in security, data centers and infrastructure, cloud, unified communications, virtualization, telephony/VoIP
Take back to your organization reliabl

IBM previews new server architecture

2010-03-02 00:00:00.0

IBM on Tuesday announced new System x and BladeCenter servers, which are based on a new server design that the company claims will boost application performance while reducing energy costs in data centers.

From Blade to Fibre Channel SAN, No Stops

2010-02-27 00:00:00.0

Arthur Cole spoke with Graham Smith, director of product management, BLADE Network Technologies. Fibre Channel over Ethernet is already pushing past the switch and adapter right onto the blade chassis. Combinations like BLADE Network Technologies' 10GB switch module and QLogic's virtual fabric extender integrated into the IBM BladeCenter allow enterprises to access FC SANs directly from the server

Designing Organizations to Meet 21st-Century Opportunities and Challenges (pdf)

2010-02-17 00:00:00.0

U.S. firms are major participants in the complex global economy that has emerged over the past century and a half – an economy that is becoming increasingly rich in both opportunities and challenges. In their efforts to respond to emerging global opportunities, pioneering firms have experimented with new strategies, structures, and management approaches, just as pioneering firms did in the ninetee

Cloud computing advances - IBM donates 54-server system in partnership with Southern

2010-02-12 00:00:00.0

Southern University and IBM Corp., two institutions that bleed blue, cemented a partnership this week that advances the Baton Rouge university’s move into cloud computing.

Telcordia Next Generation Service Delivery & Charging Solution Nominated for Mobile World Congress 2010 Award

2010-02-11 00:00:00.0

Telcordia Delivers Performance Demanded by Mission-Critical Telecom Applications

Voltaire Intros 40 Gigabit Switch

2010-01-26 00:00:00.0

The Grid Director 4036E can deliver 2.72 terabits per second and is aimed at trading businesses and high-performance storage environments.

Intel’s Cloud Expo Presentation Streaming Live on SYS-CON.TV

2010-01-25 00:00:00.0

There are tangible economic benefits and efficiencies to be gained from cloud computing. To realize those benefits, companies should consider specific criteria and develop a strategy for how to optimize their datacenters to gain efficiencies and significantly improve datacenter TCO.

Data center 2009 Products of the Year award winners

2010-01-18 00:00:00.0

SearchDataCenter.com today announced its 2009 Data Center Products of the Year Awards. This is our fourth year of judging enterprise data center products, and the competition has increased annually as we receive more product nominations and shrink the number of awards (from a high of 24 awards in 2007, to just nine award winners in 2009).

Tracewell Systems Joins Blade.org to Grow Rugged Blade Solutions for the Military and Aerospace Market

2009-12-16 00:00:00.0

Blade.org, the premier open, collaborative organization and developer community focused on accelerating the development and adoption of blade server solutions, announced today Tracewell Systems as the latest company to join as a general member.

Tracewell Systems is an advanced form factor engineering company that specializes in packaging high-performance, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) prod

BLADE Network Technologies and Emulex Deliver Essential Networking Components for IBM BladeCenter Virtual Fabric

2009-11-25 00:00:00.0

Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) and BLADE Network Technologies Inc. (BLADE), the trusted leader in data center networking, announced that the two companies are delivering the essential networking components for

VirtenSys to Participate in Blade.org Webinar on Converged Networks

2009-11-24 00:00:00.0

Virtensys™, Ltd, a leader in next-generation I/O solutions for data centers, today announced its participation in a Blade.org webinar to discuss converged networks, which includes topics such as server and I/O virtualization, as well as the emergence of 10 Gb Ethernet technology that incorporates storage protocols such as FCOE and iSCSI in addition to NIC functionality.

IBM to CFOs: Server ROI trumps TCO

2009-11-24 00:00:00.0

Big Blue is trumpeting a new study that supports a new approach to buying servers via lease, and by combining this 'swap-to-grow' methodology with a number of IBM promotions, customers can see quick ROIs.

IBM shines on GREEN500 supercomputer list

2009-11-23 00:00:00.0

IBM has taken an impressive 18 of the top 20 places on the latest Green500 list. The Green500 ranks the world's fastest supercomputers according to their energy efficiency.

IBM honoured for 'green computing effort' - Networking Industry News

2009-11-19 00:00:00.0

IBM won the readers' choice award for its project at the Argonne National Laboratory, while it scooped the editors' accolade for its work on the IBM QS22 BladeCenter at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics.

iWARP embraced by Ethernet Alliance

2009-11-17 00:00:00.0

The Ethernet Alliance this week threw its weight behind iWARP, an IETF standard that takes the concept of convergence on Ethernet networks to another level.

Internet Wide-Area RDMA Protocol, or iWARP, uses TCP/IP for low-latency transmissions over Ethernet. The protocol allows one computer to write directly to the memory of another computer via RDMA. This brings data center fabric technology

Blade.org Announces Webinar Series Focusing on Emerging Trends and Best Practices in the Data Center

2009-11-16 00:00:00.0

Blade.org, a collaborative organization and developer community focused on accelerating the development and adoption of blade server solutions, announces the formation of Blade.org Webinar Series, focusing on emerging trends and best practices affecting today’s data center. Open to Blade.org members and non-members alike, the webinar series offers IT professionals a glimpse into strategies that c

Ethernet Alliance® Members Expand Support of Converged Data Center Fabrics with iWARP Initiative

2009-11-16 00:00:00.0

The Ethernet Alliance today announced a new initiative focused on the advancement and market education of Internet Wide-Area RDMA Protocol (iWARP). iWARP brings low-latency fabric services to the world of Ethernet data centers. With rapid deployment of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) technology in the data center underway and the availability of cost-effective, dense 10GbE switches, iWARP is poise

OpenFabrics Alliance Weaves Its Story at SC09

2009-11-15 00:00:00.0

Jim Ryan of Intel has been the OpenFabrics Alliance's chair all these years, and HPCwire's annual interview with Jim was as interesting as ever.

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