To regain control of its destiny, IBM must marginalise the company that once jilted it: Microsoft. To do that, IBM needs control of Java. One problem: Java belongs to Sun. But for how long?
Big Blue heavyweight Bob wants Sun's Java to be open-sourced and ultimately turned into a standard.
IBM will announce new midrange Unix servers next Monday, amid a tightening market that has IBM and its chief competitor, Sun Microsystems at each others' throats.
IBM has shed light on an agreement with Sun that gives its customers the option of choosing Sun's Unix-based Solaris 10 as the operating system on IBM's x86-based System x or BladeCenter servers.
IBM has announced new midrange Unix servers in a tightening market that has Big Blue and its chief competitor, Sun Microsystems, at each other's throats.
Who exactly is new Westpac IT executive Sarv Girn, who has newly been poached from Commonwealth Bank of Australia? Is he just a point man for the IT integration of St George, or is he "McKinnon's magician", the boy genius who will lead the bank to its IT nirvana?
Last week I had the chance to hear HP give their world view on why you should join them and Intel on Itanium for your next generation of servers.
As Oracle gets bigger and bigger, one question remains unanswered: what type of company is Oracle?
I get the feeling there will be a lot of tired tech buzzwords from fads gone by which will be wheeled out soon with the suffix "2.0" bolted on.
The consultants that rolled out one of Australia's biggest known Linux desktop project are set to take on the big boys.
Big Blue heavyweight Bob wants Sun's Java to be open-sourced and ultimately turned into a standard.
Sun has offered IBM the benefit of its "experience" if Big Blue decides it wants to implement a wholesale move to the Linux desktop.
Blade servers were once the saviours of the datacentre. Expandability was king. But do blade servers still make sense today? We find out if they're still worth it.
Big Blue extended its lead in the second quarter of 2003, stealing a sizable slice of the global market for the powerful computers away from Sun Microsystems, a new study shows.
When Telstra launched its IT transformation in 2005, then chief operations officer Greg Winn said "IT is the root of all evil in the telco industry".
The efforts of Microsoft to pressure the Linux community over alleged and unspecified patents is akin to "patent terrorism", according to a local executive for Sun Microsystems.
If you've made the switch to a Mac for the first time, here are a couple of tips for moving files over and getting used to the interface.
For new Mac users, figuring out how to install and remove programs can be vexing. Don't worry; it's way easier than you may have thought!
ZDNet.com editor in chief Larry Dignan and senior editor Sam Diaz discuss the Oracle CEO's gamesmanship in buying Sun Microsystems and how he outplayed IBM. They also share their views on the future of Java and what Oracle plans to do with Sun's troubled hardware business.
At Oracle's OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, CEO Larry Ellison previews the company's Exadata Version 2 computer. He says the new database computer is designed for online transaction processing and data warehousing. He adds that Exadata 2 can do faster processing at a much lower cost than its biggest competitor, IBM.
Blade servers were once the saviours of the datacentre. Expandability was king. But do blade servers still make sense today? We find out if they're still worth it.
Macromedia on Tuesday announced new versions of its applications server software.
Big Blue fires up a computer running IBM's forthcoming Power5 processor, a key milestone for the company's future plans to pressure Sun and Hewlett-Packard in the Unix server market.
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Managing data storage is just as much of a task (or greater) as managing the servers themselves. It makes sense to centralise management in larger organisations wherever possible. Enter the storage area network (SAN).
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