Drew Robb

Oracle Server Blades Oracle is not resting on its Sun laurels when it comes to blades. It has released several new products in recent times. A new blades

A buyer's guide about Oracle is a little different from those of its competitors. For HP, IBM or Dell it is a simple matter of relaying the latest updates

Since our last roundup of Dell servers the company completed a major product refresh. New processors and added intelligence are the hallmarks according to

It's been two years since ServerWatch covered NEC in a server Buyer's Guide. So what's the biggest change over that time? The introduction of gen six of

4. Multi-core Processors Demand Faster Storage I/O Fast servers need fast I/O and storage to remove roadblocks or barriers that could result in

There is not a lot of room for white box servers in the market these days. According to IDC, five companies -- HP, IBM, Dell, Oracle and Fujitsu –-

2010 was the year of the big box appliance. Oracle Exadata II, Oracle Exalogic and EMC Greenplum are but a few recent examples. IT historians, of course,

6. EMC Goes x86 HP abandoned RISC processors five or so years ago. Now it is EMC's turn. The company has gone x86 -- all EMC disk arrays come with Intel

More on HP Servers HP recently took the lead in server sales from IBM, although there is very little in it. That leap ahead may well be the result of a

Vendor Selection Several companies sell environmental probes, including undisputed market leader NetBotz, which boasts of 3,000 customers in more than 30

Game (Not) Over Intel may be late to the party, but that may not mean much in the long term. The company has ambitious catch-up plans. Thorne says the

Servers have long had certain types of environmental monitoring built into them. Administrators can configure management software to detect when the fan