Australia's server market grew by 10 percent in the first quarter of this year relative to the same period last year, outstripping the Asia Pacific region's growth of seven percent, according to tech researcher the Gartner Group.
Gartner analysts are bearish about the prospects of HP, giving the computing giant a 'caution' rating.
HP and Sun have been exchanging blows over a customer that abandoned HP's AlphaServer/Tru64 platform for a Sun SPARC and Solaris platform, but a Gartner analyst said the deal is too small to lose sleep over.
Following approval by HP shareholders earlier this week for the Compaq Computer acquisition, the question remains as to how this will impact the Australian marketplace.
This week's US crisis has understandably drawn much attention away from the year's biggest IT story - the HP/Compaq merger. In a recent user survey, ZDNet Australia found that reader sentiment is mixed about the implications of the vendor union.
Has Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) finally come of age with its latest release and will enterprises in Australia start taking Red Hat seriously?
Following approval by HP shareholders earlier this week for the Compaq Computer acquisition, the question remains as to how this will impact the Australian marketplace.
While there can be no doubt Linux-based solutions are making inroads into enterprise-level software and server markets, a lack of service and support could be stifling growth.
Asia Pacific companies are increasingly running their server applications on Linux operating systems, driven primarily by cost concerns, according to recent research.
Four Linux companies have joined forces to develop a common core version of the OS for businesses, but a local analyst doubts a unified approach is enough to encourage take-up by Australian businesses.
Four Linux companies have joined forces to develop a common core version of the OS for businesses, but a local analyst doubts a unified approach is enough to encourage take-up by Australian businesses.
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