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Sun for sale? Dropping profits, stock price fuel speculation 25/08/2008 12:19:00
Fujitsu, HP leading candidates if Sun is open to acquisition

Dropping profits and stock prices have analysts speculating that Sun could be a target for either acquisition or a restructuring in which the company would sell off parts of the business and focus on a smaller set of technologies.
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AMD to make a splash in the server chipset space 18/08/2008 08:53:00
AMD announced a new server platform that includes a new chipset that will accommodate AMD's upcoming Shanghai chips.

Advanced Micro Devices plans to deliver a new server platform in the first half of 2009, the company announced on Friday, with the platform revolving around a new chipset.
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IT managers choose SSDs over hard disks 15/08/2008 13:03:00
IT managers in the US are falling in love with SSDs because they run so fast a single unit can replace multiple HDDs in enterprise servers.

IT managers around the U.S. are falling in love with SSDs (solid state drives) in enterprise servers because they solve two major headaches: they run so fast they can replace multiple HDDs (hard disk drives) and they help reduce the electric bill.
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Mainframe here to stay, survey says 14/08/2008 09:34:00
IT's planned use for the mainframe as a computing platform continues to grow, BMC survey finds.

The future looks bright for the mainframe as a majority of IT managers report they will continue to use the systems for legacy applications and start moving new workloads that could benefit from the mainframe's availability and scalability onto the platform.
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Pixar software to get boost on Windows supercomputers 14/08/2008 10:01:00
Rendering software behind The Incredibles, Ratatouille and Monsters Inc. to be available on Microsoft HPC Server 2008.

The rendering software behind such hit animated movies as The Incredibles, Ratatouille and Monsters Inc. should become even more powerful when it becomes available on Microsoft's most advanced operating systems later this year.
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MS to unveil new licensing policies for virtual machines 14/08/2008 08:17:00
Microsoft expected to tie licenses to virtual machines rather than to physical ones

Virtualization industry observers expect Microsoft to eliminate a licensing restriction that has hampered the mobility of virtual servers, perhaps as soon as next week.
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Intel launches smaller SSD for netbooks, mini-desktops 14/08/2008 17:28:00
Intel launched a smaller SSD for netbooks on Wednesday.

Intel launched a much smaller version of its Z-P230 SSDs (solid state drive) aimed at netbooks and mini-desktops, the company said Wednesday.
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Google's enterprise search device grows up 07/08/2008 08:14:09
Google is launching a new version of its Search Appliance that can index many more files than the current model.

Google is releasing a newly architected version of its Search Appliance enterprise search device that can index more than three times as many documents as the current model.
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SQL Server 2008's future 'cloudy' 07/08/2008 08:23:36
Upgrade includes new Web hosting edition and will soon be used in hosted DB service

Microsoft began making SQL Server 2008 available to users today, slightly behind schedule but still making good on its goal of releasing an upgrade to its flagship database within three years of shipping the previous version.
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US Patent office to revisit Dell's 'cloud computing' claim 07/08/2008 08:14:38
The company had received near-final approval of the moniker

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has done an about face on Dell's effort to claim a trademark on "cloud computing," and is reconsidering its earlier action.
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VMware joins Linux Foundation 07/08/2008 08:18:29
VMware has joined the Linux Foundation, following the likes of Google and Oracle.

Virtualization giant VMware has joined the Linux Foundation, lining up alongside existing members like Adobe, Google and IBM, the organization announced Wednesday.

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