Code-named Dunnington, the six-core Xeon processor is designed for servers that have four or more processors. Manufactured using a 45-nanometer …
Untangling the LAN
When troubleshooting a network outage, nothing is more annoying than going through dozens of hardware and software checks only to …
Microsoft pitches proactive enterprise support
Microsoft has added a new level of technical support for enterprise customers that it says helps them draft a long-term …
Videoconferencing on the rise for corporate communication
Remember the days when communicating with colleagues always involved walking down the hall? Now voicemail and e-mail are the norm …
Wireless worries
Why is it that security is still such a big worry for IT managers when it comes to deploying wireless …
Cisco Nexus 5000 bridges the network gap
A switch that promises to deliver the services of Ethernet and FC over the same wire without packet losses and …
AMD to make a splash in the server chipset space
The new chipset will be geared toward servers, with multiple sockets to plug in additional server chips. The chipset could …
Blade growth to be stymied
Gartner projects a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19 % for blade shipments from 2007 through 2012. The dramatic …
Cloud Computing, real deal or hype?
So what is the buzz all about? While cloud computing is too new an idea to be constrained by definition, …
Fighting threats on every front
The threats to a corporation's security are changing so quickly that it is difficult to determine what steps are required …
A future look at data centre power
The “No Power Struggles Project” sounds like some utopian political system where different factions work for the common good. In …
Five steps to safer virtual servers
1. Protect your host operating system by using server hardening tools and methodologies. Additional OS features such as isolation capabilities …
Wireless networks: The burning questions
How will 802.11n high-throughput wireless LANs affect the corporate net? A surprising number of wireless LAN vendors have recently announced …
MPLS explained
So although carriers build MPLS backbones, the services that users buy may not be called MPLS. They could be called …