Drew Robb

John Travolta's "Chili Palmer" character in the March 2005 movie "Be Cool" manages to stay calm no matter what the provocation. Knives, guns, bombs,

IBM has really gotten behind the latest wave of Intel processors, as shown by both its recent server announcements and the fact that it is demonstrating

When it comes to blades, there is a plethora of x86 options. In contrast, on the non-x86 side there are far fewer choices. Dell and Fujitsu don't offer

It would seem an oxymoron to say "supercomputing" and "low end" in the same breath. Yet, the big news in the supercomputing arena this year has been its

High RISC Strategy According to Smith, more than 2,100 software applications and tools are now available for Itanium. That number almost doubled this past

Up and Running Unisys technicians are currently on site at WCC overseeing the install. To date, only minor issues have come up, and they have all been

Dude, You're Not Getting a Dell As IBM and HP take up the banner as server blade leaders, some vendors fall to the side lines. Dell, for example, has

Is VIA the Way? Another small player in the threadbare x86 processor alternative scene is VIA Technologies. Like Transmeta, VIA is known primarily for its

Ready for Primepower Fujitsu's Primepower line is divided into three basic segments: Workgroup, Midrange, and Enterprise. The low-end and midrange models

Thwarting the Cable Fairies Cabling is probably the server room item given the least amount of attention. Neglect it too much, though, and it can and will

Where Altix Shines SGI's core customers are in government, defense, science, research, manufacturing, and the media. Primarily, they use its products for

No. 2 on the Top 500 list is a Linux-based cluster used at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View. Calif. Named Columbia, this SGI Altix system is