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POWERful Regrouping: "From a server standpoint, IBM will continue to focus on all of its product lines," Cal Braunstein, CEO/executive director of

POWER Struggle Sinharoy sees POWER5 competition in two separate spaces: "In the commercial market, we expect our competition to be Sun and HP." He

The Software Scoop While backup drives form a big piece of the equation, backup software is also a variable. Often, the software that ships with the drive

UW Builds a POWERful Catalog While Alpine uses POWER systems to boost the volume on its business applications, the University of Washington (UW) directs

What's the Difference? One of the challenges facing Dell is finding ways to differentiate its Intel refreshes from the competition. Each server vendor's

Forging Ahead on x86 With Solaris After some waffling, Sun has made x86 amends with appropriate gusto and has placed high hopes on its V20z Opteron-based

Sun's Not-Quite Mainframes Sun Microsystems has taken an aggressive approach to the mainframe space, urging customers to rehost IBM mainframes on its

The PC market has historically been Apple's sweet spot. This may slowly be changing. Although Apple's biggest sellers remain PCs and iPods, the vendor has

Security is a hot topic these days, and enterprises are constantly looking for better protection from viruses, spam, phishers, hackers, crackers, and

Get Paranoid About Backups As comprehensive a solution as SMC's might seem, it doesn't canvas the entire security landscape. One component it neglects is

With 2004 fast approaching, now seems the perfect time to look ahead at what the new year will bring. So we gazed deeply into our crystal ball, only to

Not surprisingly, the economic downturn of the past few years has created an environment where only the fittest survive, rewarding enterprises that do