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IBM pushes 'affordable' Linux servers for virtualisation and Big Data analysis

IBM has announced new "affordable" Linux servers as the company tries to push its new category of preconfigured servers for virtualisation and Big Data to midmarket and enterprise customers.
Suse Enterprise Linux updated with new kernel, virtual Containers

Suse has updated its enterprise Linux distribution, using a recent version of the Linux kernel to support the advanced management capabilities in freshly released servers from HP and Dell.
Dell PowerEdge servers upgrade to AMD 16-core Opteron chips

Dell has upgraded its PowerEdge servers with the recently-launched AMD 16-core Opteron processors.
Suse working on private OpenStack cloud

Attachmate's Suse division has announced plans to offer software based on the OpenStack platform for enterprises to build private clouds.
Microsoft Hyper-V now supports Linux CentOS

Microsoft has added support for another Linux server distribution with its Hyper-V virtualisation software, its latest move to compete better with virtualisation market leader VMware.
Dell plans four CPU socket blade server designed for virtualised data centres

Dell on Monday announced a four-socket blade server with up to 48 processor cores for deployment in virtualized environments.
Dell to launch PowerEdge microservers

Dell on Tuesday is set to announce low power PowerEdge servers that can quickly band together to execute transactions more efficiently than traditional servers, which use faster, but more power-hungry chips.
Amazon Web Services adds new features to cloud management solution

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has upgraded its web-based Management Console with features designed to make it easier to "scale up or scale down as [computing] needs change," according to a blog posted on Wednesday.
Novell customises Suse Enterprise Linux for SAP applications

Novell has customised a version of its Suse Linux Enterprise Server software for heavy users of SAP software, the company announced Tuesday.
Novell ships Suse Linux for VMware

Virtualisation and cloud capabilities are touted in the joint Novell-VMware announcement.

Latest Features

Top 10 Linux distributions for business

One of the most confusing things for the newcomer to Linux is how many distributions, or versions, of the operating system there are. Ubuntu is the one most people have heard of, but there are hundreds of others as well, each offering some variant on the basic Linux theme.
The life and death of a virtual machine

If IT managers aren?t careful, the failure to manage virtual machines throughout their life cycles could erase virtualisation?s benefits.
New IBM mainframe won't end battle for big iron's soul

IBM is expected later this month to announce its next-generation System z mainframe, its first update since the release of the z9 three years ago.
Will 2008 be the year of the open-source desktop?

When the open-source desktop becomes a more widely deployed end-user operating system, it becomes a product and not a project.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 release offers surprises

Linux admins have learned to live inside the Unix systems administration and security models. But can migration to RHEL5 stop things working if you?re not aware of the changes?
Red Hat, Novell and some words about virtualisation

The good news is that Novell is now competing with a company whose marketing savvy is even worse than its own. Can Red Hat claw back its credibility?
VMware, Xen clash over patch

When the world of open source mixes with the world of proprietary commercial software, vendors are often willing to ride roughshod over open source to further their own interests. But sometimes it works the other way around.
Notes breaks away from Windows

There's been speculation that the time is ripe for applications to be run on a Linux desktop for some time but, after many false dawns, is it possible that times are a-changing?
Is NetWare dead?

We must resign ourselves to the fact that, one day, no-one will remember NetWare in the context of Utah-based Novell. Or will they?
Novell: Linux is growing in data centres and workgroups

Novell's Linux manager speaks about the company's prospects as it tries to shift its customer base from NetWare to Linux.

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