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Profits fall makes Intel feel blue
Lay-offs ahead.
Novell cool about Red Hat's JBoss buy
Linux is now bought on reliability says COO.
EU lawyers rip into Microsoft case
Patent nonsense, says chief lawyer.
IBM launches low-cost mainframe
And it's cool - in the sense of temperature...
Linspire to release free version of software
More healthy food and fewer Twinkies.
Sun shake-up as McNealy is ousted
Say hello to the new boss, same as the old boss.
Microsoft starts court battle against EU
First steps in ant-trust appeal.
Novell unwraps Suse Linux release
Serious flaws finally fixed.

Next up for virtualisation vendors: the desktopNew
VMware is hoping to drive virtualisation of the desktop with the help of numerous other hardware and software companies.
VMware's VM Challenge leads to bigger things
Virtualisation is the biggest trend in the server market right now, and with good reason. Yet there are many ramifications to the virtualisation trend, many as yet unexplored.
Can Red Hat beat IBM and Oracle?
When a small company gets too big for its boots, it runs into trouble with its mates -- or at least that appears to be what's happening at Red Hat.

Eight tips for a more efficient data centre
How to improve your data centre's efficiency
Planning scenarios for Vista
With Vista in view, we've looked at desktop operating system migration from very close up and from the long view.
Tips for keeping networked Linux systems up to date (part 2)
Patch management can be automated - if you have a substantial number of Linux computers, it may be cost effective to dedicate machines to patch management.

Planning and Installing the IBM eServer X3 Architecture ServersNew
How to plan, install, configure, and manage these high-performance servers running 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and VMware ESX Server.
Microsoft.com Moves to x64 Version of Windows
The purpose of this white paper is to share architecture, design, and deployment considerations and experiences based on the Microsoft.com x64-based Web server solution.
Consolidation strategies for Intel processor-based servers
How to get better value from your server hardware through consolidation enabled by virtualisation.

Virtualisation 101
What is virtualisation, how do the various flavours differ, what are their pros and cons?
MTBF: what lifespan can you expect?
MTBF sounds simple: the total time measured divided by the total number of failures observed. But what does this calculation really mean?
Stratus online updates
How do fault-tolerant servers perform in-place upgrades? Here's how Stratus' servers upgrade the OS while remaining in operation.

SunFire X4200 Opteron server
This is a serious server in a seriously well-designed package - a solid server at an attractive price.
Sunbelt's networked fail-over
Double-Take allows you not just to replicate or mirror servers over the LAN, but you can fail-over and fail-back as well.
Marathon Technologies FTvirtual Server
Make your Windows servers fault tolerant by mirroring, with no special system modifications required.
MySQL 5.0 open source database
MySQL has always been an attractive option, and continues to be so. If you're already running it, you may as well move to 5.0.
Sun Galaxy 1
Sun has delivered a noticeably well-engineered Opteron-based platform for high-end applications using Solaris. A clever case combined with speedy CPUs and the latest in management protocols means this server should do well in most racks. We just wish the box hadn't been so pre-production.

Q&A;: IBM's Jim Stallings sees mainframe growth
The new general manager of IBM's mainframe System z division promised 100 customer visits in his first 100 days. He's been on the job for two months and here maps out some of his plans.
Q&A;: IBM BladeCenter strategist Tim Dougherty
Blade servers are taking over data centres but they generate their own problems, mainly related to cooling and power draw. So we spoke to IBM's BladeCenter strategy manager Tim Dougherty about his customers' biggest issues.
Q&A;: Virtualisation to transform IT, says VMware founder
VMware founder Mendel Rosenblum has been at the forefront of virtualisation technology. He explains how virtualisation is changing the IT landscape.

Power struggle: How IT managers cope with data centre power demands (part 2)New
Data centres are growing uncontrollably as is their demand for power. How are data centre managers coping with such conflicting demands?
Power struggle: How IT managers cope with data centre power demands (part 1)New
Data centres are growing uncontrollably as is their demand for power. How are data centre managers coping with such conflicting demands?
Virtualisation enables utility computing
Most observers and players agree that utility computing involves a form of outsourcing -- but how? And why is it becoming so popular?