Data Center

Tue, December 12, 2006 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) said that Qualcomm is infringing on one of Broadcom’s patents, dealing a blow to Qualcomm in an ongoing patent battle between the companies. The commission hasn’t yet issued a penalty for the infringement, and Qualcomm pledged to appeal the decision. The companies are in the midst of many other lawsuits with each other regarding ...

Wed, December 06, 2006 - IBM’s India Research Laboratory has developed technology for retrieval and integration of information from both structured and unstructured data. The new technology integrates data that is currently stored in separate silos, Mukesh Mohania, lead researcher on the project, said on Wednesday. "We are leveraging the structured data by extracting the information from the unstructured repositories, and then providing rich business ...

Mon, November 20, 2006 - The forecast for data centers isn’t good for the short term: They’re going to get hotter and a lot more cramped, according to Gartner analysts.Increasing use of cheaper x86 chip-based servers has presented problems for data centers, most of which haven’t been redesigned since the last tech boom went bust six years ago, said Rakesh Kumar, a Gartner research vice ...

Thu, November 02, 2006 - IBM Thursday is introducing a new tool to manage virtualized data centers even if the center is running different types of virtualization software.IBM’s Virtualization Manager uses a Web-based dashboard for managing different portions of a data center as one whole system, the company said. Virtualization Manager will simultaneously run virtualization software from vendors such as VMware, Microsoft and XenSource, as well ...

Fri, July 07, 2006 - The European Parliament has signed off on a radical new law aimed at curbing pollution from used portable batteries, ending more than two years of debate among European lawmakers. Battery makers will also be forced to provide more accurate information about the performance of their products.An overwhelming majority of Parliamentarians approved the law with a show of hands on Thursday. The official ...

Fri, July 07, 2006 - A lack of standards is holding back awareness of energy-consumption issues in the consumer electronics market, unlike in the business market, Hewlett-Packard (HP) executives said Friday."The awareness is quite low today," said Bernard Meric, senior vice president for external affairs. "We don’t see customers shopping for IT products because of energy consumption."But high energy prices and new environmental regulations are ...

Thu, June 29, 2006 - Dell, the world’s leading producer of PCs, on Wednesday said it would offer users of its computers the opportunity to recycle their old hardware for free, regardless of whether they plan to purchase a new Dell computer, the Associated Press reports via the New York Post.The free recycling program is already available to Dell customers in Europe, and ...

Tue, May 23, 2006 - Cisco Systems has restructured its core infrastructure to align with the concept of service-oriented data centers that enable network, storage and computer power on-demand, and has saved itself 300 million Australian dollars (US$226 million) in the process.Brian Christensen, Cisco’s IT infrastructure director for data center systems, said rather than use the already-adopted phrases for the automatic provisioning of IT infrastructure, he prefers ...

Wed, May 17, 2006 - In a move expected to cut IT spending by US$1 billion, Hewlett-Packard (HP) is consolidating its 85 data centers into six, the company said Wednesday.The move is part of a massive restructuring at HP, led by Chief Executive Officer and President Mark Hurd, that involves major consolidation of the company’s data centers worldwide and thousands of layoffs. HP has cut ...

Thu, May 11, 2006 - Cos. will focus on Europe, Asia-Pacific.