EMC, VMware Team On Project Mystic Converged System?
VMware has been touting the benefits of the software-defined datacenter for years, and has made some major investments in virtual networking and virtual storage to make this possible. Now, ...Full Article
Inside SAP’s Own HANA Accelerated Systems
How much iron does it take to run enterprise application giant SAP? Less than you might think, and even less now that the company has moved all of its ...Full Article
GPUs Take Monte Carlo Options Pricing Real-Time
In finance, an option or derivative is a contract that gives a firm the right, under certain conditions, to buy or sell an underlying asset or instrument. Financial firms ...Full Article
SGI Reveals NUMAlink 7, Plans For Data-Intensive Computing
SGI started out as a workstation maker, expanded into supercomputing, and merged with an innovator in hyperscale datacenter systems. The company knows the kinds of systems that governments, research ...Full Article
Is IBM Prepping Power8 For Late April Launch?
IBM has been telling Wall Street and customers to expect its Power8 processor and the initial systems using them to launch sometime around the middle of this year, but ...Full Article
Hyperscale Datacenters To Dominate Server Shipments
The cloud, in its many forms, is changing the nature of servers and storage and is therefore transforming the overall market for systems and storage. Nothing makes this more ...Full Article
Intel Quietly Revamps Remaining Xeon E5 Lineup
The Xeon E5 is not one single line of processors, but rather four distinct variations on a theme aimed at difference price, performance, and scalability needs. Two weeks ago, ...Full Article
Shared Memory Clusters Accelerate Databases
In-memory databases are going mainstream to accelerate analytics, and if the success of SAP's HANA in-memory database is any guide, then it looks like companies will be looking at ...Full Article
High Frequency Traders Hedge Bets With IBM Power
Banks, hedge funds, high frequency traders, and other players in the capital markets have a need for speed. IBM thinks that its Power-based systems are better suited for running ...Full Article
Quanta Pushes Foot Inside Enterprise Datacenter Doors
Hyperscale cloud operators like Facebook and Rackspace Hosting came to Taiwanese manufacturer Quanta Computer several years ago when they wanted to design and build custom machines tuned up for ...Full Article
