Going green beneath the hard court at the U.S. Open
IBM is taking "green IT" to the U.S. Open, using energy-efficient p6 550 servers that reduce energy use while supporting higher traffic at the USOpen.org Web site. Read more...

Cisco buys into e-mail with $215M PostPath acquisition

Dell gains, Sun loses in worldwide server market: Gartner

Microsoft's $500M Iowa data center to use shipping containers

Intel's Nehalem chips looking at long rollout

Move over quad-cores, Intel's ready to ship 6-core chips

Microsoft lifts licensing restriction on virtual mobility

AMD to make a splash in the server chipset space

Sun close to releasing xVM Server

Sun warns of Q1 loss due to U.S. economic woes

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Opinion: A dynamic IT infrastructure with virtualization
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Opinion: Growing cynicism around going green
One of the sources of frustration with vendor-driven green initiatives is that true efficiency improvement requires a holistic effort. The efficiency of one device is often affected by associated elements in the supply chain, all of which may be dependent on external factors.

Opinion: VMware bug is worse than a glitch to some users
VMware's internal processes were faulty, Edward Haletky says, but users must also accept responsibility and should test all patches thoroughly before putting any into production.

FAQ: VMware's hypervisor is free, but enterprises will still pay
The costs for management software and support haven't changed any, even if the hypervisor itself is free.

Opinion: Not using 'best' VMware features can add up
Expensive tools such as vMotion may not be needed in every environment, Edward Haletky says, but make sure you understand the overtime and other costs of shutting servers down before you decide one way or the other.

AquaConnect helps Macs, others share desktop apps
This Mac terminal server offers a surprising level of simplicity of setup and ease of use and manages to support a very broad base of clients, Ryan Faas says. But it is a newer product, and planning and testing are very much required.

Opinion: Is one of VMware's best features a really bad idea?
It turns out that not every data center manager wants or needs the ability to shift virtual machines around while they're running in production. CIO's Kevin Fogarty explains why.

Lab test: Dell's greener M-Series blade servers
InfoWorld's reviewer can't confirm Dell's 19% power-savings claim, but does report that for the six days he ran the system, the biggest blade used a grand total of 21.7 kilowatts of power.

Blade Servers
Blade servers were invented to enable today's small, powerful computers to fit more efficiently into standard server racks. Here's the scoop on the history, technology and market for blade servers.

Users of Windows XP SP3 who try out IE8 Beta 2 won't be able to uninstall either one under certain circumstances. Google has gone from innovative upstart to fat-and-happy industry leader in what seems like record time. Preston Gralla explains. Microsoft's latest beta of IE8 includes better tab management, new services such as Web Slices and Accelerators, and the new 'porn mode.' These leading-edge graduate schools are moving at the pace of the IT workplace, delivering coursework that's relevant to today's IT professionals.

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