IBM news from Network WorldLatest IBM news and analysis from NetworkWorld.com.Blade consortium backed by IBM, Intel predicts the future- June 19, 2008 Blade server industry group Blade.org, founded by IBM and Intel, says big trends are network convergence with Ethernet technology; advanced energy efficiency techniques such as water cooling; and "hyper consolidation" involving both virtualization and blade servers.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/061908-bladeorg-predicts-trends.html?fsrc=rss-ibm IBM's Cell-based RoadRunner supercomputer is world's fastest- June 18, 2008 A supercomputer based on the Cell processor that is found in Sony's PlayStation 3 console has rocketed into the latest Top 500 supercomputing ranking at number one to become the most powerful computer in the world.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/061808-ibms-cell-based-roadrunner-supercomputer-is.h... IBM supercomputer dual-boots Windows and Linux- June 17, 2008 IBM has demonstrated one of the highest profile supercomputers yet to run Windows as well as Linux - the Akka system, installed at the High Performance Computing Center North (HPC2N) in northern Sweden.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/061708-ibm-supercomputer-dual-boots-windows-and.html... IBM goes green with utility partnership, modular data center- June 17, 2008 IBM's Project Big Green targets the data center.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/061708-ibm-project-big-green.html?fsrc=rss-ibm HP targets mainframe users with fault-tolerant blade server- June 16, 2008 HP is trying to take a chunk out of IBMs mainframe business with a new blade product and free offer for customers willing to junk mainframe apps.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/061708-hp-nonstop.html?fsrc=rss-ibm IBMs answer to IT skills crunch: Woo students- June 13, 2008 IBM is reaching out to college students with new bundles of Web-based information, tools and software to help them hone the skills theyll need for fast-growing IT job opportunities.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/061308-ibm-skills.html?fsrc=rss-ibm Gates legacy filled with good, bad and ugly- June 10, 2008 Microsoft chairman Bill Gates formally entered the computer business in 1975 as a gangly geek and later this month will semi-exit as an industry luminary leaving behind a billion-dollar juggernaut and a legacy of software, personal computing, innovation, and tough and sometimes unfair competition.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/061008-gates-legacy.html?fsrc=rss-ibm IBM, Los Alamos smash petaflop barrier, triple supercomputer speed record- June 9, 2008 IBM and Los Alamos National Laboratory have built the world's first petaflop machine, a supercomputer named Roadrunner designed to ensure the safety and reliability of the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile, IBM said Monday.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/060908-ibm-roadrunner-supercomputer.html?fsrc=rss-ib... Boy Scouts of America look to open-source community for help- June 9, 2008 Scouts honor, the 98-year-old Boy Scouts of America (BSA) organization is adopting open source software as a path to building better software that supports the almost 3 million scouts and 1.1 million adults who make up the group.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/060908-boy-scouts-of-america-look.html?fsrc=rss-ibm IBM joins in-memory database party- June 6, 2008 IBM has joined the in-memory database (IMDB) party after launching the IBM solidDB, which it claims will deliver data 10 times faster than a conventional relational database.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/060508-ibm-joins-in-memory-database.html?fsrc=rss-ib... |