ServerWatch Staff

Dell today released the PowerEdge 1500SC, a low-end server meant for small businesses, small- and medium-sized businesses, corporate departments and workgroups. With prices beginning at $1,400, the PowerEdge 1500SC is built around a 1.13GHz Intel Pentium III processor and features an Intel PRO/1000 XT network connection on the motherboard, enabling the PowerEdge 1500SC to transfer […]

RLX Technologies today became the first company to announce and deliver the Red Hat Linux 7.2 operating system for blade computing applications, beating Hewlett-Packard to market. Red Hat Linux 7.2 is available immediately pre-installed on energy-efficient, ultra-dense RLX ServerBlades.  “RLX ServerBlades are an excellent platform for running Red Hat Linux in scale-out server applications such […]

Hewlett-Packard this week announced the launch of a blade-server product series based on open industry standards.  Blade servers are essentially “computers on a board” operating in a compact chassis  to reduce complex wiring issues. The new  products include server, storage, appliance, network, switch and management blades and are supported by HP Openview service manageability tools. […]

A report recently published by the Hurwitz Group places Oracle Corp. first in application server penetration and planned deployment rates in North America, giving the vendor the lead over competitors IBM and BEA in the application server market war. The Hurwitz Group is a research, analyst, and consulting firm located in Framingham, Mass. A report […]

IBM Monday released Director 3.1 and announced the latest addition to its Project eLiza initiative. IBM also announced that it will take its eServer xSeries servers head-to-head with Dell Computer’s comparable offerings. Project eLiza’s goal is to create intelligent IT systems capable of managing, protecting, and healing themselves automatically. IBM Monday released Director 3.1 and […]

The Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC) Tuesday named Sun Microsystems the “Official Unix Server Supplier” for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. Sun’s enterprise servers running the Solaris Operating Environment, along with its data storage systems, will be the backbone of the information system at the Olympic Winter Games. This information system is the technology behind […]

Covalent Technologies Monday announced it has obtained $18 million in third-round funding. This funding round is led by Menlo Ventures. Former investors Sequoia Capital and Granite Ventures LLC (formerly H&Q Venture Associates) also provided Covalent with additional monies. Covalent plans to use the additional funds to expand its sales and marketing efforts. The company will […]

Hewlett-Packard Monday expanded its Intel-based server offerings for small and midsize enterprises with the unveiling of the HP Server tc2100. Available in North America and Europe starting this Friday, the tc2100 aims to offer maximum productivity and efficiency yet require minimal cost and effort. Hewlett-Packard Monday expanded its Intel-based server offerings for small and midsize […]

Starting Wednesday, Covalent Technologies’ Fast Start Server and Enterprise Ready Server will come preloaded on the Compaq ProLiant DL320 and the Compaq ProLiant DL360, respectively. This partnership, initially announced in August 2001 (see “Covalent to Deliver Apache Solutions on ProLiant Servers“), is Covalent’s first such arrangement with a hardware vendor, a Covalent spokesperson told ServerWatch. […]

Sun Microsystems Monday announced a Linux version of its iPlanet Application Server software. With this release, Sun will offer a full Linux environment for developers who want to develop and deploy on the open source operating system, Deborah Andrade, Group Marketing Manager for iPlanet Application Services told ServerWatch. Sun Microsystems Monday announced a Linux version […]

BMC Software Wednesday introduced plans to expand its Linux management initiative with new offerings designed to enable enterprises to better manage the Linux life cycle. These offerings center around Linux on zSeries. The strategy has four cornerstones: Performance management and planning support Provisioning and configuration management support Infrastructure management support Service management support BMC Software […]

When Hewlett-Packard announced last year that it was discontinuing development of OpenMail, its popular electronic-mail and messaging application, there was a outcry from Linux system administrators, as OpenMail was one of the most popular tools for managing corporate email on the Linux platform.  So instead of killing OpenMail outright, Hewlett-Packard went to the extraordinary step […]