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Sun upgrades servers with faster Opteron

April 11, 2006 Begins selling x86 servers with faster 3GHz processors from Advanced Micro Devices. TAGS: AMD Opteron, x86 server, Sun Microsystems Inc., AMD, server

Sun, Ubuntu maker certifying Linux on x86 servers

November 3, 2006 Server maker and Canonical have nearly completed work to certify Linux version of Ubuntu runs smoothly on Sun's x86 servers. TAGS: x86 server, Ubuntu, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, server, conference

IBM's x86 server chief departing

February 2, 2007 Susan Whitney, who has overseen IBM's push toward high-end servers with Intel and AMD chips, is retiring. TAGS: x86 server, AMD Opteron, IBM Corp., server, Sun Microsystems Inc., AMD, Intel, HP

Gateway begins AMD server push

November 8, 2006 Gateway becomes the latest computer maker to begin selling x86 servers using Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron processor. TAGS: AMD Opteron, x86 server, Intel Xeon, Gateway Inc., AMD, computer company, server, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Intel, Dell, HP

IBM gains share as server market picks up

May 24, 2006 Server market grew faster during first quarter than during the fourth, as x86 servers continue to outpace Unix servers. TAGS: shipment, Gartner Inc., Unix server, server market, x86 server, IBM Corp., Unix, server, Dell, AMD, Intel, HP

IBM to launch consolidation tool, rebrand servers

April 21, 2006 Consolidation software will let people find jobs on several servers and move them to a single machine with virtual partitions. TAGS: x86 server, virtualization, IBM Corp., virtual machine, partition, server, Dell

IBM plans new top-end Xeon servers this year

March 29, 2007 Big Blue is working on a new Intel-based multiprocessor machine--and a new program to woo software companies. TAGS: x86 server, Intel Xeon, multiprocessor, IBM Corp., Intel x86, quad-core, x86 processor, server, chipset, Intel, software company, AMD, Linux, Dell, HP, Microsoft Windows

Sun recoups server market share

August 23, 2006 Long-suffering No. 3 server maker gains at the expense of IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Dell. TAGS: x86 server, Sun Microsystems Inc., AMD Opteron, Unix server, blade server, Sun UltraSPARC, shipment, Intel Itanium, server, IBM Corp., blade, Unix, AMD, HP, Dell, Intel

Sun begins high-end phase of x86 servers

July 11, 2006 Company launching high-end server, its second attempt at blades and the resurrected "Thumper" packed with 48 disk drives. Photos: Sun's Opteron servers TAGS: x86 server, Sun Blade, blade, Sun Microsystems Inc., AMD Opteron, blade server, Sun UltraSPARC, phase, chassis, two-processor, Intel x86, Sun Solaris, server, AMD, family, leader

Sun: Four years to go in x86 transformation

April 17, 2006 Sun is earnest about x86 servers, but has years of work before they're fully integrated into its business. TAGS: x86 server, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel x86, transformation, AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon, AMD, server, Intel

Sun servers heading back to Intel chips

January 22, 2007 CEOs from Sun Microsystems and Intel are expected to announce partnership to build Xeon-based servers this year. TAGS: x86 server, Intel Xeon, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Server, Sun Solaris, AMD Opteron, Sun NetBeans, Paul Otellini, Intel, Sun Sparc, server, Intel x86, AMD, power management, San Francisco, Java

Server market picks up a bit

November 22, 2006 Revenue sees its largest growth spurt in four quarters, despite pressure from lower prices and virtualization software. TAGS: x86 server, server market, blade, virtualization, blade server, server, Sun Microsystems Inc., AMD, Intel, Dell

Windows bumps Unix as top server OS

February 22, 2006 IDC reports Windows and Linux have moved up a notch in the server market, while Unix and z/OS slipped. TAGS: Unix, x86 server, IBM z/OS, Sun Microsystems Inc., server OS, mainframe, Gartner Inc., Sun Solaris, IBM Corp., server, Linux, AMD, operating system, HP, Microsoft Windows

Sun Solaris gets new partitioning feature

January 16, 2007 Feature, called Logical Domains, lets Sparc-based servers run multiple copies of Unix variant in separate partitions. TAGS: Xen, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., x86 server, Sun Sparc, dot-com, Unix, server, IBM Corp., copy, HP

IBM plans new high-end Xeon server

October 4, 2006 Big Blue commits to fourth generation of high-end Xeon servers, expects quad-core chips to reduce the system's cost. TAGS: x86 server, Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron, IBM Corp., multiprocessor, two-processor, quad-core, generation, general manager, AMD, server, chipset, Intel, dual-core, motherboard

Charges weigh down on Sun's revenue jump

July 25, 2006 Restructuring charges and other expenses drag Sun Microsystems into the red, but revenue beats estimates. Schwarz weighs in during Sun's earnings call TAGS: Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems Inc., x86 server, profitability, net income, Sun Solaris, server, CEO

Dell plans virtualization-oriented server

March 23, 2007 The company plans to release a dual-processor system in the second half of 2007 geared specifically for virtualization tasks. TAGS: virtualization, x86 server, virtual machine, Intel Xeon, data center, AMD Opteron, server, Dell, Intel, AMD

Storage-server hybrids coming into vogue

July 26, 2006 IBM, HP and Sun Microsystems like the idea of combining processing power and storage--but skeptics say it's a throwback. Photo: Sun's server-storage hybrid TAGS: Kealia, x86 server, Sun Microsystems Inc., storage system, streaming video, IBM Corp., server, idea, video, HP, Dell

Intel fights back with high-end Xeon

August 29, 2006 New "Tulsa" chip for high-end x86 servers takes on Advanced Micro Devices with onboard cache memory. TAGS: Intel Xeon, x86 server, AMD Opteron, Pat Gelsinger, AMD, cache memory, Intel, server

Virtualization leads IDC to cut server forecast

March 20, 2007 Virtualization, multicore processors mean customers are buying fewer systems than the market research firm had expected earlier. TAGS: virtualization, multi-core processor, x86 server, virtual machine, server, Linux, operating system
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