Michael Singer

Sun Microsystems Thursday officially extended its server operating system to x86-based servers with the release of its Solaris 9 x86 Platform Edition. Two weeks after making Solaris for Intel-based systems available for download or order, Sun has officially announced it as an official part of its platform lineup, resolving a controversy brewing since last year. […]

Officials with CERT Coordination Center Wednesday issued a serious warning against security holes disable servers running Sun XDR library routines from remote locations. CERT/CC officials warn of vulnerabilities caused by an integer overflow that may let intruders crash a system or cause it to leak sensitive information, such as secret keys. Sun’s Network Services library, […]

Looking to cover all of its bases, SuSE Linux Wednesday began shipping its newest Enterprise Server platform specifically tuned for running on Intel’s Itanium processor family. The first major installation of the company’s 64-bit compatible SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 will be the National Science Foundation’s ‘TeraGrid.’ Pronounced “soos-ah”, the Nuremberg, Germany-based company with U.S. […]

SAN FRANCISCO — After two years of delays, Microsoft Thursday embarked on one of its most important software releases in its history. CEO Steve Ballmer makes his pitch for one of its most important software releases in the company’s history. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant officially unveiled its Windows Server 2003 operating environment, corresponding developer […]

New server software released Monday may be partially based on Sun’s Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) business class operating platform, but it is making much more of its own noise in Web application circles. JBoss Monday took the wraps off the developer edition of JBoss 4.0. The new release is the company’s first attempt at […]

About 25 years ago, Hewlett-Packard began making servers and networking products for the telecommunications industry. HP informed telcos and ISPs Tuesday that its new ‘CC’ Linux server and partnership with Intel blows IBM and Sun out of the water. Tuesday, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer and printer maker reminded customers of that as it launched […]

Sun Microsystems will be releasing a separate version of its Solaris 10 operating system for military-grade networks later this year, executives said Thursday. The company is betting big on its user rights management, predictive self-healing, Solaris containers, and a new cryptographic framework. John Loiacono, executive vice president of software at Sun, said the updated version […]

Sun Microsystems Monday released the latest upgrade to its Solaris operating environment, ushering in the next round of software and hardware upgrades from the Santa Clara, Calif.-based concern. The third incarnation of the server operating-environment lays more groundwork for its N1 architecture with a beefed up Volume Manager and its upcoming Manager Center 3.5. Version […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems Tuesday announced the latest updates to its quarterly product and services portfolio with a focus on storage and managing the networks that serve them. UPDATE: The company’s latest quarterly release includes the debut of Pirus technology in Sun’s provisioning platform along with two new Sun StorEdge 6000 family members. Among […]

Looking to boost its ProLiant product line and presence in the server room, Hewlett-Packard Monday took the wraps off of two new servers that rely heavily on its relationship with Intel . The computer maker plays hardball with two new eight-processor ProLiant Servers complete with a new all-in-one chipset and hot-plug RAID memory capabilities. The […]

Texas-based RLX Technologies Monday released a new blade server line featuring a 1 GHz Crusoe chip from Transmeta. RLX Technologies this week released a new blade server line featuring a 1 GHz Crusoe chip from Transmeta. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Transmeta said its TM5800 processor, which debuted in July 2002, will be used in RLX’s ServerBlade […]

Intel Monday began shipping the second generation of its Xeon Processor MP platform, code-named ‘Gallatin.’ Intel Monday began shipping the second generation of its Xeon Processor MP platform, code-named ‘Gallatin.’ Intel is claiming a 19 percent to 38 percent performance improvement for the new chip. The Xeon MP is Intel’s 32-bit processor for the 4-way […]