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IBM Extends x86 Server Lineup with AMD Processors
The new IBM System x3755 M3 server provides up to four processors, 32 memory slots, and 16TB of local storage in a 2U server.
Oracle Reportedly Kills OpenSolaris
Blogger obtains internal Oracle memo; company is mum, but memo attests to Oracle's plan to have a Solaris 11 binary distribution, called Solaris 11 Express, that will have a free developer right-to-use (RTU) license.
IBM Announces New POWER7 Systems
Included are four attractively priced Express servers and four new IBM i Solution Editions integrated and optimized for rapid ERP deployment.
Red Hat Leads Corporate Contributors on GNOME Desktop Project
Red Hat, Inc. noted its leadership in open source desktop development with its ranking as the top corporate contributor to the GNOME project. In a census study published by Neary Consulting at GUADEC recently in The Hague, Netherlands, Red Hat placed first among the total 106 companies that have contributed to GNOME development over the past 10 years with nearly 17 percent of the total code commits. The study also showed that nine out of the top 20 contributors are Red Hat employees.
IBM iDataPlex Key to Hollywood's Latest 3-D Animation Film, Despicable Me
The animation process for the film generated 142 terabytes of data--an amount roughly equivalent to the traffic generated by over 118 million active MySpace users or 250,000 streams of 25 million songs.
QSystem Monitor Offers 12 New Data Definitions
Detailed security, job, and performance monitors provide granular reporting designed to further enhance system availability.