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A third of virtual servers are zombies
New research finds that a quarter of all physical servers -- and 30% of all virtual servers -- are comatose. They aren't be used, but they still cost money.
HPE offers an escape from the aging HP-UX OS -- with containers
Hewlett Packard Enterprises' HP-UX OS has been around for more than 30 years, and users may be looking to move on from the Unix-based OS.
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The pioneers of SDN
Software-defined networks can give IT the agility and flexibility to manage today's dynamic data centers and private cloud infrastructures. Some early adopters have already jumped on board. Here's what they've learned.
Nvidia's Volta-based DGX-1 supercomputer puts 400 servers in a box
You won't need to buy a rack of 400 servers if you have one high-powered Nvidia DGX-1 supercomputer with a Volta GPU, which can sit on a desktop.
Old Windows Server machines can still fend off hacks. Here's how
Keeping a computer up to date, with the latest OS and software patch, is one of the best things you can do to stay safe from cyber threats.
Data centers decline as users turn to rented servers
Data centers are declining worldwide both in numbers and square footage, a surprising change given the recent boom.
What Aerospike learned from testing Intel's superfast Optane SSDs
Before release, Intel gave Optane SSDs to a select few who had a chance to get their hands dirty with the new technology for over a year.
It's not the end of SPARC chips yet
Chips based on the SPARC architecture have been saved from endangerment with Fujitsu taking on the mantle of continuing design and development.
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What is serverless computing?
In this animation, Network World explains some of the concepts of serverless computing, and how it represents the next phase of cloud computing for Internet of Things applications and products.
The goal of a new machine
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is exhibiting a key element of The Machine, its testbed for making computing memory-centric, at the Cebit trade show.
Windows Server on ARM laptops is for Azure only
What makes the work of porting code to the ARM instruction set worthwhile is both the scale of cloud and the kind of services Microsoft runs in Azure. The economics works for cloud, not your data centers.
Facebook, Microsoft target faster services with new A.I. server designs
Facebook on Wednesday rolled out some staggering statistics related to its social networks. Each day, users watch 100 million hours of video, 400 million people use Messenger and more than 95 million photos and videos are posted on...
What's Microsoft after with Windows Server on ARM?
It was unclear today just what kind of edge Microsoft might gain by partnering with Qualcomm and others to run Windows Server on ARM processors.
Microsoft and ARM look to topple Intel in servers
Intel's TV marketing campaign says the company is driving 98 percent of the cloud. That statistic will come under attack with some chip and OS announcements on Wednesday.
Microsoft's Windows Server OS runs on ARM, with Qualcomm's help
Microsoft has warmed up to Qualcomm to make a Windows 10 PC based on its ARM chip, and now the companies are bringing Windows Server OS to ARM.
AMD hopes to break Intel server dominance with new 32-core Naples chip
The outspoken Forrest Norrod has never shied away from server challenges. As a server chief at Dell, the company's data-center hardware business flourished, and he was one of the few skeptics of ARM servers.
IoT and 5G drive computing to the edge
By 2020, Intel predicts that an average user will use 1.5GB of traffic a day, and daily video traffic will reach 1PB. More data will be generated by autonomous vehicles, mobile devices and internet of things devices.
Intel's Atom is underwhelming no more: New chip packs 16 cores
Intel's Atom was mostly known as a low-end chip for mobile devices that underperformed. That may not be the case anymore.
Intel ships latest Itanium chip called Kittson, but grim future looms
Intel's Itanium chip is hanging by a thread, and after more than three years, the company is shipping the next and possibly final version of the processor, which is code-named Kittson.
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