Network World on Servers

HP results lifted by laptop PCs, EDS buyout

James Niccolai — 2008-11-24T00:00:00Z

Hewlett-Packard reported a 19 percent jump in revenue for the October quarter, lifted by its EDS acquisition and strong sales of laptop computers and blade servers.

CA to discuss 'Mainframe 2.0'

2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

CA is expected to announce a product and services initiative titled "Mainframe 2.0" on Tuesday at its CA World 2008 conference in Las Vegas.

Experts see data center through green lens

2008-11-17T00:00:00Z

The data center is an area of IT that can reap benefits from using greener and cleaner technology, but experts who gathered in New York recently said CIOs still aren't doing enough to help the environment or their businesses by using green technology practices in their facilities.

Vodacom Group launches new data center

2008-11-13T00:00:00Z

Vodacom has launched a new data center at a cost of 100 million South African rand (US$9.7 million) to help companies cut costs and ensure system continuity.

Dell CTO to leave the company

2008-11-12T00:00:00Z

Dell's chief technology officer, who has been with the company for 13 years, will retire in mid-January, Dell said on Wednesday.

IBM debuts Lotus Foundations Start appliance

2008-11-10T00:00:00Z

IBM is making another run at Microsoft small and medium-size customers, announcing a software-hardware appliance on Monday that combines an IBM-branded machine with its Lotus Foundations Start collaboration software.

Energy Star for servers coming in February, EPA says

Agam Shah — 2008-11-08T00:00:00Z

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the third draft of its Energy Star specification for servers and expects the final spec to be ready for use in February.

Sun CEO fends off angry shareholders

James Niccolai — 2008-11-05T00:00:00Z

Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz faced tough questions Wednesday from impatient shareholders who have seen the value of their stock tumble as Sun struggles to grow its business.

Bechtel's new benchmarks

2008-10-28T00:00:00Z

In today's business environment, says Bechtel CIO Geir Ramleth, IT needs to benchmark itself against a new set of peers: successful technology companies that built their IT systems in the Internet era. Doing so is a painful exercise for the ego. "Corporate IT is trying to break the sound barrier, and the Googles and Amazons are supersonic. They're hypersonic," says Howard Rubin, president and CEO of Rubin Worldwide and a Gartner senior advisor. But the exercise can yield big returns.

Building the future

2008-10-28T00:00:00Z

It may seem like hubris for a 110-year-old construction and engineering company to benchmark its IT against the likes of Amazon, Google and YouTube. It might seem excessive to undertake a major IT transformation after having just completed a massive three-year overhaul that itself resulted in 30 percent IT cost savings. But that's just what Geir Ramleth, CIO at Bechtel and an admitted challenger of the status quo, has done.

Is your data center ready for tomorrow's applications?

2004-04-12T00:00:00Z

Click here to see what Gartner, Network World and other experts say about the new data center.