Servers & Storage

Digital music player sales seen up sharply by 2009

Digital music player sales seen up sharply by 2009

Global sales of digital music players are expected to jump to nearly one billion units a year in 2009, driven by consumers' desire for the pocket-sized devices and falling costs for flash memory components.
Staff Writers Oct 14 2005, 9:30AM Hardware
Hynix profit tops forecasts on flash chip demand

Hynix profit tops forecasts on flash chip demand

South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor has posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by stable memory chip prices and soaring demand for flash chips, but the outlook appears shaky in 2006.
Staff Writers Oct 13 2005, 2:35PM Hardware
Delpride launches BI consultancy

Delpride launches BI consultancy

Data warehousing and storage management provider Delpride has launched a business intelligence consultancy called GT Consulting.
Fleur Doidge Oct 12 2005, 4:25PM Collaboration
Microsoft revamps licensing for virtual era

Microsoft revamps licensing for virtual era

Microsoft has announced plans to give virtualisation a lift, partly by easing its licensing demands around virtual servers and workloads running on Windows platforms.
Fleur Doidge , Paula Rooney Oct 11 2005, 2:51PM Software
Intel unveils first-ever dual-core Xeon chip

Intel unveils first-ever dual-core Xeon chip

Intel has unveiled its first microprocessors for server computers that put two cores, or processors, on a single chip, aiming to close a gap with smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices.
Staff Writers Oct 11 2005, 2:28PM Hardware
Enstor appoints new managing director

Enstor appoints new managing director

Terry Semple, the man who installed Australia’s first fibre channel SAN, is the new managing director at storage integrator Enstor.
Byron Connolly Oct 7 2005, 3:19PM Data centre
LAN Systems signs Exabyte

LAN Systems signs Exabyte

Westcon Group subsidiary LAN Systems has beefed up its storage portfolio, signing an agreement to distribute Exabyte’s tape backup, restore and archival systems to SMB resellers.
Byron Connolly Oct 5 2005, 2:17PM Data centre
Hynix to fight Toshiba complaint on chip patents

Hynix to fight Toshiba complaint on chip patents

Hynix Semiconductor, the world's second-largest memory chip maker, said on Tuesday it would fight a complaint by Japan's Toshiba that claims the South Korean company infringed on patents on flash-memory chips.
Staff Writers Oct 5 2005, 12:04PM Hardware
EU executive unveils electronic data storage plan

EU executive unveils electronic data storage plan

The European Commission has adopted a proposal that details of all telephone, internet and email traffic should be logged to combat terrorism and serious crime.
Huw Jones Sep 22 2005, 9:39AM Mobility
EU states still negotiating data storage plan

EU states still negotiating data storage plan

European Union member states are still working on a plan to store internet and telephone data to combat terror despite a rival proposal due from the European Commission.
Staff Writers Sep 21 2005, 9:00AM Data centre
Microsoft previews next version of Office

Microsoft previews next version of Office

Microsoft previewed the next version of its Office collection of business programs on Tuesday, showing a redesigned interface and new capabilities that allow users to gather data from Web sites and networked server computers.
Reed Stevenson Sep 14 2005, 3:00PM Software
Samsung Elec speeds new flash chip to market

Samsung Elec speeds new flash chip to market

Samsung Electronics said it would start making next year a new flash memory chip capable of doubling the data storage capacity of digital cameras, music players and other hot-selling portable devices.
Yoo Choonsik Sep 13 2005, 8:30AM Hardware
HP unveils archiving, data protection

HP unveils archiving, data protection

HP in the US has unveiled some new storage products aimed at enterprise data protection and archiving.
Joseph F. Kovar Sep 7 2005, 3:02PM Data centre
Talking to a stranger

Talking to a stranger

Although web services are not something a customer buys the way he or she would buy servers or PCs or managed services, they are becoming an increasingly important set of nuts and bolts in the application integration toolbox of developers.
Fleur Doidge Sep 7 2005, 2:20PM Software
Hitachi flags channel expansion, mid-market targets

Hitachi flags channel expansion, mid-market targets

Storage specialist Hitachi Data Systems is targeting increased channel sales by expanding its geographical and vertical coverage with new partners.
Fleur Doidge Sep 6 2005, 2:30PM Data centre
Sun Microsystems completes StorageTek purchase

Sun Microsystems completes StorageTek purchase

Sun Microsystems on Wednesday said it had completed the US$4.1 billion purchase of Storage Technology Corp after shareholders approved the acquisition on Monday.
Staff Writers Sep 1 2005, 2:30PM Data centre
Oracle, Sun target SQL Server sellers

Oracle, Sun target SQL Server sellers

Oracle and Sun have released database bundles to the channel that aim to challenge Microsoft in the mid-market and and tempt SQL Server resellers.
Fleur Doidge Aug 26 2005, 11:30AM Software
HP storage bundles working for channel

HP storage bundles working for channel

HP partners generated $1.2 million in storage sales over the past three months thanks to the introduction of Simply StorageWorks, a campaign aimed at simplifying storage for its channel partners.
Byron Connolly Aug 15 2005, 4:11PM Data centre
Western Digital standardises hard drive warranties

Western Digital standardises hard drive warranties

Storage vendor Western Digital has extended and standardised its hard drive warranty periods for five years for its enterprise drives and three years for its desktop and notebook drives.
Fleur Doidge Aug 5 2005, 11:45AM Hardware
Businesses struggle with storage management complexity

Businesses struggle with storage management complexity

Data growth has been contributing to the complexity of storage management over the past five years, according to a recent survey.
Vivienne Fisher Aug 2 2005, 10:04AM Data centre

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