Big Blue's refresh includes the gargantuan POWER 795, which it pits against top-shelf systems from HP and Oracle.
We examine the remaining five challenges and how Active Directory provides a solution.
As more users need multiple identities to access the applications they need regularly, IT has its hands full maintaining security.
Microsoft's decision to drop support for Intel's Itanium chip was anticlimactic. Nevertheless, it's the kind of non-event Itanium fans couldn't have envisioned a decade ago.
With new processor, x86 systems are poised to make a serious run at RISC-Unix
IBM beat competitors HP and Dell out of the gate, trumpeting a trio of new Nehalem-EX systems running on the fifth generation of its eXA architecture.
Though mainframe sales may be down, commodity server sales are strong.
With its acquisition of Sun Microsystems completed, Oracle Corp. on Wednesday laid out its plans for integrating Sun's software and hardware systems into its own product lineup.
Late last year, IBM gave Linux-on-System z boosters a big gift: a new Linux-only System z Solution Edition, priced at just $212,000.
From the Sun/Oracle acquisition to radical changes in the server market, it's been a topsy-turvy year in IT. We take a look at the highlights.
Experts report the Unix market is slipping by between one-fifth and one-quarter in Q3 -- at a time when other server segments seem to be stabilizing.
IBM’s POWER7 product and services blitz aims to deliver investment protection for customers and keep System p revenue flowing prior to POWER7’s debut.
Unix, the quintessential enterprise workhorse, still has a lot going for it.
Sales of its System z mainframes helped propel IBM to the top of the server market. Unix server sales were also up.
If you're in the market for a non-mainframe mainframe replacement, HP might have just what you need….
CA touts a visual spin -- in a 3270 interface -- on ESCON and FICON management.
The enterprise OS-scape could experience disruptive shocks during the next five years
IT shops don't always embrace application modernization as a means to ratchet up efficiencies. They're mostly looking to cut costs.
One expert explains why last month's Power systems consolidation is so important.
If Big Blue's new Power Express systems are harbingers of 'the future, users can expect ever-greater density and performance