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Low cost is always cited as the top reason that enterprises choose Linux clusters. But the promise of new, advanced management tools and scalability capabilities is also spurring increased interest and attention
Trends come and go, but key developments in business technology are here to stay. David Berlind breaks down the strategic issues that will impact your business during the coming year--and decade.
The idea of getting a robust, scalable operating system for free hasn't clicked with many enterprises -- until now.
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Vendors are hyping blade servers as the latest and greatest, but do you really need them? We put blade servers from three vendors through their paces and find out what the big deal is.
Both IBM/Lotus and Microsoft have recently released new versions of their groupware suites--Notes/Domino and Exchange--with an emphasis on collaboration. We take them both through their paces.
With the non-stop improvement of chips by Intel and AMD, it's no wonder there are new notebooks on the market every other day.
IBM's iSeries will never be IBM's most exciting range of servers, but it is destined for great things, according to one of its architects.
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