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Shopping for a new Linux server isn't as easy as you might think. Here's a round-up of what's available for those of you who want to dance with the penguin.

Boost your virtualization, private cloud or database-backed computing with these new blade servers. You'll save space, power and deployment headaches with high-density blade servers from your favorite manufacturers.

From hardware and software to partner programs to training HP has launched a trajectory to the cloud.

The third quarter marked the slowest quarterly growth rate for servers worldwide since the first quarter of 2010, according to IDC. Among global vendors, IBM was the big winner, picking up enough share to pull even with HP.

The research firm says worldwide server shipments and revenues were up in the third quarter of 2011, driven primarily by Asia/Pacific and Eastern Europe.

What happens in high-performance computing eventually finds its way into mainstream computing. Keeping up with the latest innovations goes a long way toward managing a data center that meets your business' needs.

Dubbed Odyssey, it's HP's plan seeks to transform the server landscape for mission-critical computing.

VMware updates vCenter Operations Manager, and introduces new vFabric Application Management and IT Business Management suites, while HP introduced HP Technology Consulting Services to help customers blaze a path to the cloud.

OpenStack ecosystem continues to grow, but how do you move data across different OpenStack vendors?

HP packages up physical services to deliver virtual services.

HP's Integrity servers don't see nearly as much refresh action as its ProLiant line. This year, a new NonStop BladeSystem and Integrity Superdome means big changes for its high-end line.
Tags: Integrity, HP, SuperDome, NonStop, buyer's guide

IDC says server sales, especially for non-x86 platforms, continued to grow but how long can it keep up?

Plenty of possibilities from the latest version of this AMD Opteron powered workhorse.
Tags: ProLiant, x86 server, Opteron, HP

HP joins Dell, Citrix, Cisco, Ubuntu and more than 86 other vendors in the land-grab rush for open source stack superemacy.
Tags: Ubuntu, Dell, OpenStack, open source, HP

HP's popular ProLiant line spans the full range of server form factors, from microserver to rack, tower, and blade to its scale-out lines. Find out what's new in these five categories.
Tags: ProLiant, HP, MicroServer, x86 server, buyer's guide

Innovation makes companies memorable. Which of these companies will you remember tomorrow?
Tags: EMC, Oracle, IBM, HP, Apple

HP goes on the offensive in its defense of Itanium.
Tags: Itanium, Oracle, Intel, HP

HP launches new series of integrated hardware appliances for database and virtualization.
Tags: HP, ProLiant

IDC reports 'meaningful' enterprise server refresh cycle as first quarter server revenues hit $11.9 billion
Tags: Dell, HP, IDC, IBM, Oracle

Connect to this list of heavy hitters in your push toward KVM-based virtualization on any scale.
Tags: open source, open virtualization alliance, open source software, Red Hat, HP

No longer just for the low end of the server performance totem pole, x86 servers are increasingly finding their way into the HPC market. With its ProLiant Scalable System line, HP has made great strides to fill this ever-growing market.
Tags: HP, ProLiant, high performance computing, HPC, buyer's guide

HP is jumping on the bandwagon supporting the new Intel Xeon E7 chips, but that doesn't mean it's leaving Itanium behind.
Tags: Westemere EX, Itanium, Cisco, HP, Intel

Oracle claims Intel is ending Itanium. HP and Intel respond.
Tags: Intel, Oracle, Microsoft, Itanium, HP

x86 servers are still in, but brand loyalty is out. Dell satisfies, while Oracle disappoints. Gabriel Consulting Group's third annual data center survey reveals the latest server trends and differentiators.
Tags: x86 servers, server hardware, Dell, HP, IBM

Latest figures on global server shipments and sales underscore continuing rebound in the sector, with each measure posting double-digit annual growth.
Tags: IDC, IBM, servers, x86 servers, HP

Dell and HP announced new software offerings designed to make managing virtual environments easier. Is the future for server manufacturers virtual?
Tags: HP, Dell, virtual appliance, Microsoft, server virtualization

White box vendors were once known for being an inexpensive source for hardware. Today, with IBM, Dell and HP selling commodity servers at similar, and sometimes lower, price points, these companies must find an underserved niche if they are to survive. Electronics Nexus is one company that has been able to this by selling high-end custom servers and GPU supercomputers to SMBs.
Tags: HP, whitebox, SMB, IBM, server hardware

Worldwide server hardware revenue in the latest quarter increased 13.2 percent from 2009, according to IDC. The research firm also reports HP and IBM remain in a tight race for bragging rights to the leading share of revenue.
Tags: HP, IDC, server hardware, IBM, Dell

It's not unusual for a software release to trigger a hardware refresh. With the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, many OEMs are counting on it.
Tags: HP, Unix, OS, RHEL, Red Hat Enterprise Linux

As more companies look to tap cloud computing, HP says hybrid solutions make for a more orderly transition.
Tags: cloud services, hybrid cloud, HP, cloud computing

HDS and HP unveil enterprise-class 3D SAN arrays designed to ease virtualization pain points.
Tags: virtual server, HP, SAN, HDS, storage virtualization

As VMworld kicks off, it is clear that a consolidation of virtual players is under way.
Tags: HP, Citrix, VMworld, 3PAR, VMware

Our latest Server Buyer's Guide looks at what the No. 1 server hardware vendor is selling these days.
Tags: buyer's guide, ProLiant, HP, server hardware, Integrity

The company says that Dell and HP will be reselling Oracle's Solaris and Enterprise Linux operating systems.
Tags: Dell, HP, Oracle, Solaris

The Unix server world was abuzz last week with IBM kicking off the public beta of AIX 7, and HP launching a no holds barred offense to persuade former Sun customers to abandon SPARC/Solaris environments in favor of Red Hat Enterprise Linux on ProLiant servers.
Tags: Unix server, IBM, HP, AIX, Solaris

HP will offer migration services through the HP Migration Center consulting program.
Tags: Red Hat, open source server, HP, Linux

HP unveils its new Intelligent Power Discovery technology for better data center management.
Tags: energy, HP, data center management, power

The computer giant takes the wraps off new rackmount and blade servers designed to require as little intervention and management as possible.
Tags: ProLiant, Server Blades, virtualization, Intel, HP

When it comes to blade servers, x86 is the most frequent architecture of choice. Bladed or not, however, x86 servers are not the perfect tool for every task. Non-x86 blade server options, while limited, fill many of the gaps that their x86 siblings leave.
Tags: x86 servers, blade servers, HP, non-x86 blade servers

Phoenix has agreed to sell three of its virtualization products to HP for $12 million in cash.
Tags: virtualization technologies, HP

HP has become the market leader in bladed computers and plans to continue to push hard as virtualization takes off. It also has plans for 3Com in all of this.
Tags: HP, blade server, Cisco, Unified Computing, virtualization

Looking to buy x86 blade servers? Here's what HP, IBM, Dell and Fujitsu have to offer.
Tags: Server Blades, Dell, IBM, buyer's guide, HP

This blog posting analyzes which Xeon 5000 series chip is best for virtualization.
Tags: server, Xeon, virtualization, Intel, HP

This series of videos explains all about HP BladeSystem and its chassis.
Tags: blade, HP, cooling, server, power

After a year of free-falling, server hardware sales are finally starting to rebound. While the numbers are good now, the industry is coming off a drop in sales in previous quarters. Which parts of the server industry are headed in the right direction?
Tags: HP, IBM, Gartner, Dell, server hardware

HP ProLiant G7 servers with AMD Opteron 6100 Series processors deliver more value, rapid return on investment
Tags: virtualization, Xeon, server, x86, HP

NAND Flash-based cards add terabytes of DRAM-like acceleration to blades in a new persistent memory tier with advanced error checking, self-healing and RAID5-like redundancy.
Tags: solid state drive, server, SSD, blade, HP

Blade vendors were given a challenge: Bring a config geared toward virtualization readiness that included at least 4 blades and either fibre or iSCSI shared storage.
Tags: virtualization, BladeSystem, server, HP, blade

The product is virtualized and integrates server, storage and networking technology in 3U mount units.
Tags: 3U, blade, HP, virtualization, server

HP's Superdome 2, the first major upgrade to the Superdome system, is moving to a blade architecture.
Tags: HP, blade, SuperDome, server

But the processor is only the beginning of the story, says HP, as it overhauls its high-end servers across the board.
Tags: HP, Integrity, Itanium, mission-critical, Unix

Calling the technology 'Cisco-free', HP has announced its newest data center that uses HP/3Com equipment.
Tags: HP, 3Com, Cisco, data center

After a year of spiraling toward the ground, server sales may be pulling out of the dive, with x86 servers leading the pack. Revenue continued to fall, yet it's still progress.
Tags: x86 servers, HP, IBM, blades, Gartner

HP is offering server administration capability for Macs.
Tags: Mac, HP, MediaServer, recovery, backup

HP is set to expand its consulting by offering private cloud design services.
Tags: IBM, cloud computing, HP, private cloud

OS Roundup: The UNIX server market is steadily shrinking, yet the three top heavyweights are about to launch new products. It's a dog-eat-dog market, and IBM has already nibbled at Solaris. Is HP-UX the next course for this seemingly large and aggressive mutt?
Tags: Solaris, Sun, IBM, Unix, HP

Tukwila is formally dubbed Itanium 9300, and HP, Intel's partner in building the RISC processor, is first out of the gate with a series of systems. More will follow.
Tags: Intel, HP, Unix, Itanium, server

Who in the world would want to take on IBM, HP and Dell all at once? Cisco, the networking company, with its entry into the blades server business. So how is the company doing as we approach the end of year one?
Tags: Cisco, virtualization, Unified Computing, blades, HP

Is Linux on Itanium in trouble? Not necessarily.
Tags: HP, Linux, Itanium, Red Hat, Intel

Microsoft, Novell, and Red Hat join up with the hardware giant to ease customers' transition off Solaris.
Tags: HP, Sun Microsystems, Sun, IBM, migration

No-name PC vendors fill the landscape from coast to coast serving many verticals, but Dell is ready to challenge them.
Tags: IDC, whitebox, OptiPlex, Dell, HP

New chips from the two competitors have given customers a reason to start buying again.
Tags: Dell, HP, servers, acquisition, IDC

Few technologies last 30 years, let alone become more dominant with each passing one, but the x86 architecture has done just that.
Tags: AMD, Intel, x86, HP, hardware

The latest HP UX release focuses on memory, availability and security features.
Tags: Windows, HP UX, Linux, HP, Unix

OS Roundup: While the world waits for Oracle's acquisition of Sun, IBM and HP aren't wasting any time going after Sun's customer base. Will there be a place for Sun hardware or Solaris when the sale completes, and does Oracle care?
Tags: IBM, Oracle, Sun, HP, Larry Ellison

HP and IBM are aggressively pitching to Sun customers, but many aren't budging. Meanwhile, Oracle is planning to unveil a new Sun/Oracle database system later this week.
Tags: Sun Microsystems, Sun, HP, Oracle, IBM

Virtually Speaking: Green IT is gaining ground, and virtualization is a popular way for enterprises to get there.
Tags: Symantec, green IT, green, virtualization, HP

Along with the rest of tech, server vendors took a pounding.
Tags: stats, Dell, HP, IBM, servers

Solid state drives show much promise but their drawbacks may limit widespread adoption any time soon.
Tags: Intel, Storage, SSD, HP

Virtually Speaking: Infrastructure movement management got a boost this week when CA, HP and IBM all announcing new offerings. Virtualization loomed large.
Tags: CA, virtualization, IBM, HP

HP's adaptive infrastructure suite of software and hardware will be connected to Microsoft's back office software, enabling both to be managed from a single console.
Tags: virtualization, IBM, HP

HP's latest offering aims to simplify server blade deployments.
Tags: HP, Cisco, blade servers