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The Industry’s Strongest Virus Protection, Now Available for Linux.
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Torvalds Releases Linux 2.6.16 Kernel
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
The wait is over, and the new Linux kernel, release 2.6.16, was put out by Linux creator and steward, Linus Torvalds, last week at kernel.org. While the support for the "Cell" Power-derived processor created by IBM, Sony, and Toshiba is interesting, what is more applicable to enterprise Linux customers is the improved support for NUMA clustering and support for new file systems. READ MORE >
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AMD Says It Can Still Beat Intel Cores with Opterons
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
While Intel was hosting its semi-annual Developer Forum in San Francisco a few weeks ago, Advanced Micro Devices was also a few blocks away in an undisclosed location, giving briefings to journalists, analysts, and PC and server makers who wanted to hear how AMD was going to counter Intel's low-powered Core processors for PCs and servers. AMD is pretty confident that it can continue to beat Intel and gain market share. READ MORE >
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Sharpen-up on Blade Servers.
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Fujitsu Extends Blade Server to Eight-Way SMP
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
The Fujitsu-Siemens partnership dabbed its toe into the market for Opteron-based servers last fall with a two-socket rack server and a blade server that made use of the HyperTransport interconnect to lash blades together into symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) clusters. And now, Fujitsu-Siemens is pushing the extent of that SMP support to the current limit of HyperTransport technology. READ MORE >
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The X Factor: X64 Chip Price War Looms
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
After getting their respective Xeon and Opteron roadmaps in order for 2006 and 2007, Intel and AMD are heading for a price war. Will they be smart enough--or stupid enough--to do it, and what does a price war mean for the server market? READ MORE >
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Now you can go direct to Micro Focus...
Announcing direct sales, service and support for HP and Micro Focus customers!
All versions of Micro Focus products previously sold through HP or an HP reseller are now sold, serviced and supported directly by Micro Focus.
For more information, or to talk to a HP conversion specialist:
www.microfocus.com/hpconversion
1-800-632-6265 Option 2
HPConversion-US@microfocus.com
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Reader Feedback and Insights
We value your feedback and insights. Feel free to send a letter to the editor. Letters may be printed, unless otherwise specified, and edited for clarity or length. READ MORE >
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Editor: Timothy Prickett Morgan
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik, Kevin Vandever,
Shannon O'Donnell, Victor Rozek, Hesh Wiener, Alex Woodie
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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