IBM plans to unveil its second-generation BladeCenter in the US on 8 February, as it tries to keep its top spot in sales of thin but high-end servers.
IBM bolstered its first-place ranking in a worldwide server market that shrank three percent in the most recent quarter, according to new research.
Hewlett-Packard, the top seller of servers using x86 processors such as Intel's Xeon, has followed rival Dell with a decision to retreat from selling models using eight processors.
IBM has sold 5,000 "blade" servers since launching its BladeCenter product less than three months ago, and the computing giant plans to announce several new, more powerful models this year, the company said.
Apple has released Safari 3.1 for users on Mac OS X and Windows. Along with new features are 13 security updates, most of the fixes address cross-site scripting flaws.
Feeding Snow Leopard with juicy Office 2008 discs caused a few problems for our New Zealand correspondent.
A controversial licensing program from Microsoft has added up to higher costs for a number of the software maker's corporate customers.
Business Intelligence software gives managers the tools to draw from many data sources and take a snapshot view of their company's performance. Why are BI vendors defying the industry trend and continuing their stellar growth?
Apple Time Capsule is a convenient and simple wireless router and NAS server combo for your home. Unfortunately, especially in the case of the 1TB version, you can find better deals on devices that offer greater storage space and many more features for the price.
AMD's 'Shanghai' processors are the company's first chips to exploit the improved performance and efficiency of 45nm technology. ZDNet's tests show that they have made up important ground on Intel's Xeons.
Intel Mac users will like Snow Leopard's smartly designed interface enhancements, and its Exchange support is a must-have (especially with Outlook for Mac on the way). With a ton of technological improvements, Snow Leopard is worth the AU$39 upgrade fee.
The SmartStor NS4600 ticks the required feature boxes for being a NAS, but is in dire need of an interface overhaul and some features simply don't work.
HighPoint's RocketRAID 2340 is designed for those running a file server on the cheap. While it doesn't haul massive throughput thanks to its lack of hardware grunt, and the lack of Solaris support is lamentable, for the price it does the job admirably.
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