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The Biggest Servers for the Fastest Computers Alex Goldman
[July 15, 2008] Data Direct is one of just a few companies building server racks offering gigabytes per second of throughput and terabytes and petabytes of storage.

Managing the Data Center Alex Goldman
[November 28, 2005] Plenty of apps already control devices remotely, but a new appliance aggregates the apps. Think of it as a controller of controllers.

HP Acquires Blade Pioneer RLX Clint Boulton
[October 3, 2005] Following through on its CEO's pledge to make more purchases in core technology areas, HP said it has inked an agreement to acquire blade server pioneer RLX Technologies.

Servers: When It's Hot to Be Cool Drew Robb
[June 28, 2005] As servers get smaller and more powerful, they generate more heat. Cooling the server room is paramount, whether via an in-row cooling system or within the servers themselves.

Mail Server With League-Leading Value Nelson King
[February 10, 2003] Merak Mail Server packs a powerful punch for a sub-$1,000 budget, but if slick and glossy is what you're looking for, this is one offering to steer away from.

Rx for AAA ISP-Planet Staff
[February 3, 2003] Looking for software tools to test your RADIUS server? Then Bridgewater Systems has an offer you won't be able to refuse! Its RADCheck test suite is now available for the price of the bandwidth necessary to download it.

ISPs Love (and Hate) Their Remote Access Servers Best of ISP-Lists
[January 27, 2003] Members of the ISP-Tech list discuss options at the very bottom of the market for remote access servers. There are a lot of cheap options but there are also many considerations to ponder before you buy.

SGI, Kasenna Woo VOD Market Michael Singer
[December 9, 2002] SGI and Kasenna cooperate to build a new Open Cable Server with an option for Gigabit Ethernet that could potentially stream more than 3,000 streams from one six-foot rack.

Wireless Web Server Eric Griffith
[December 3, 2002] IR Data's new Wireless Zone product is a portable Linux/Apache-based Web server with built-in 802.11b that should interest anyone running a corporate Wi-Fi network.

IBM, Sun, and Dell Deliver Blades Michael Singer and Clint Boulton
[December 2, 2002] While Sun Microsystems sharpens its top shelf telco blade server offering in an alliance with Lucent Technologies, IBM and Dell deliver server blade products aimed at a lower total cost of ownership.

Growth in Q3 Server Market Amy Newman
[November 1, 2002] Preliminary data from Gartner Dataquest suggest that the server market may possibly be on the road to a slow recovery, with two vendors posting large gains in market share.

XCache Releases XCompress 1400 Wayne Kawamoto
[October 21, 2002] XCache Technologies says its XCompress 1400 is the only dedicated compression appliance available on the market today.

Website Accelerator Speeds Up Servers Logan Harbaugh
[October 10, 2002] This dedicated server helps all of the other servers on your network by speeding HTTP 1.1 and by offloading SSL processing overhead.

Apache Fixes Bugs in Upgrade Ryan Naraine
[October 7, 2002] The Apache Software Foundation and The Apache Server Project released Version 1.3.27 of the popular Web server software, an upgrade that includes fixes to three security vulnerabilities.

Sun Adds Power Punch to V100, 280R Servers Amy Newman
[September 13, 2002] Sun Microsystems speeds up its low-end Sun Fire V100 server with the addition of 550 MHz and 650 MHz UltraSPARC III processors and revs up the Sun Fire 280R, too.

PentaSafe's Security Agent for Servers Wayne Kawamoto
[September 5, 2002] VigilEnt Security Agent for Web Servers 3.0 provides intrusion detection and active monitoring for Apache, Sun Microsystems iPlanet, and Microsoft IIS Web servers.

Gateway's Cheap Servers Amy Newman
[August 16, 2002] Gateway plans to unleash a new line of Intel-based servers that will be priced as low as $599. They are targeted for use in small- and medium-sized enterprises.

Worldwide Server Market Flat in Q2 ISP-Planet Staff
[August 6, 2002] According to research from Gartner Dataquest, the U.S. server market produced two consecutive quarters of positive growth on the year.

Multi-Server Appliances Wayne Kawamoto
[July 25, 2002] Incognito Software's latest Multi-Server Appliance (MSA) systems are designed for fast installation, and also to save space, consolidate resources, ease cable management, and scale rapidly.

Server Wars: IBM vs. Sun Amy Newman
[June 27, 2002] IBM and Sun continue their intense competition in the Unix server arena as both companies release new multiprocessor servers within seven days of each other.

MOVEit DMZ Promises Secure FTP Alex Goldman
[June 7, 2002] Battening down the hatches on file transfers takes more than secure connections and encrypted file storage. Learn how your ISP can provide cost-effective secure FTP services.

HP Unveils Further Fruits of Merger Michael Singer
[May 29, 2002] From Digital Equipment Corporation's Alpha processor to the humble but mighty Evo desktop, HP is finding that Compaq products can make a splash in the news.

Sun Radiates the RaQ 550 Alex Goldman
[May 24, 2002] Sun is branching out into new markets with the release of the Sun Cobalt RaQ 550. Designed as a Web server, the unit is also suitable for other applications including WAN/LAN management.

High Performance E-Server Wayne Kawamoto
[May 22, 2002] Broadax systems' new scalable e-server combines six hot-swappable RAID5 compatible drives with dual redundant, hot-swappable power supplies to support demanding server applications.

Server Market Flat in Q1 2002 Amy Newman
[May 2, 2002] The latest server shipment stats from Gartner Dataquest show a server market that remained flat for the first quarter of 2002 while Dell gained and most of its competitors lost.

IBM Seeks Cut of Server Blade Action Clint Boulton
[April 26, 2002] Dell Computer Corp. did it earlier this month. Compaq Computer Corp. did it in January. Sun Microsystems Inc. plans on doing it this year. Now IBM intends to join the server blade scramble.

Xoasis, A Refuge From The Sun Alex Goldman
[April 19, 2002] Tired of working with Web server heavyweights like Dell, Sun, and IBM? Check out an equipment maker who is focused on doing one thing only for ISPs.

A Linux Stronghold in the Enterprise Amy Newman
[April 16, 2002] Red Hat continues to release enterprise-level offerings. The latest, Stronghold Enterprise, an Apache-based Web server, follows Red Hat Linux Advanced Server, released last month.

IBM Takes On Sun Cobalt Alex Goldman
[April 15, 2002] The IBM e-Server xSeries Hosting Appliance includes up to 40 pre-loaded applications, operates on Red Hat's Linux platform, and uses Sphera's Hosting Director for under $2,600.

Apache 2.0 Amy Newman
[April 9, 2002] The Apache Group Saturday capped three years of development and one year of beta with its release of the first generally available version of Apache 2.0.

Sun Smokes Big Blue's Servers Clint Boulton
[April 8, 2002] Sun's BigBlueSmoke website blends humor with technical details to fire back at IBM's competitive attacks as the server war kicks into high gear.

Sun's Initiatives Big and Small Ryan Naraine and Amy Newman
[March 20, 2002] Sun releases a new cut-priced server, announces a major acquisition to position itself for the upcoming battle royal in the Web services arena, and inks an alliance with Cisco.

Can I Build My Own 1U Rackmount? Best of ISP-Lists
[March 14, 2002] Members of the ISP-Tech list share advice on building your own top-notch server. In the smallest space available on the open market, it's particularly crucial to get all the decisions right.

Big Blue Boasts 'Building Block' Server Amy Newman
[March 14, 2002] IBM's XPandonDemand system enables its latest multiprocessor server, called the x440, which can be fitted with up to 16 processors and up to 64 GB of memory.

Intel Releases Xeon MP Amy Newman
[March 13, 2002] At CeBIT 2002, Intel unveiled Xeon MP, the multiprocessor version of the 2-way Xeon chip it announced two weeks ago, starting at $1,117 in 1,000 unit quantities.

List Server Basics Aaron Weiss
[March 8, 2002] Sure, you could administrate an e-mail list, and many people do. But would you really want to do a job that is the Internet equivalent of slaving over a sink full of dishes?

IBM's PartnerWorld Products Amy Newman
[February 21, 2002] Big Blue added to its eServer line with the introduction of the eServer zSeries 800, and also announced a strategic partnership with VMware to enable server virtualization on all IBM servers.

Case Study: Deploying Business Services With the
SUN Cobalt Qube 3 Peter Ulander
[February 13, 2002] Comcast Communications chose the little blue server to deploy LAN services to small businesses and educational institutions, a market requiring a very low price point.

IBM Expands Server Memory With MXT Amy Newman
[February 12, 2002] The hosted e-mail service is priced on a per-mailbox-per-month basis, and should appeal to ISPs that have business customers but have not built an e-mail management interface.

Server Blade Market Will Boom Amy Newman
[February 7, 2002] In a report released Tuesday, Gartner Dataquest forecasts worldwide blade server shipments will increase dramatically by 2006. ServerWatch

Cray, Dell Pen Server Cluster Pact Amy Newman
[February 5, 2002] Cray and Dell Computer Corp. Monday announced a partnership under which Cray will market high-performance cluster solutions and services worldwide using Dell's PowerEdge server.

Compaq Showcases Server Blades At Essex House Thor Olavsrud
[January 29, 2002] Compaq showcases its "Adaptive Infrastructure" strategy, which aims to turn server blades into "virtual data centers that are flexible, pervasive, cost-effective and universally manageable."