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  • Dell on a debunking mission

    Models of utility computing promoted by Sun, IBM and Hewlett-Packard need a "reality check", said a senior Dell executive.

  • Oracle enters the grid

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  • Virtual servers: vendors square off

    The three main competitors in the Intel server virtualisation space--VMware, Connectix, and SWsoft--offer unique approaches. To help you decide which solution best suits your company's needs, read interviews with these three vendors.

  • Network Appliance takes helm of Spinnaker

    Storage technology maker Network Appliance announced Tuesday that it has agreed to buy rival server and software manufacturer Spinnaker Networks in a US$300 million stock deal.

  • Utility's last snag: The price tag

    Moviemaking is a risky business by any measure, so it makes sense for film studios to avoid spending money on production and equipment whenever they can.

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  • Virtual infrastructure, at your servers

    Thin clients, make way for a new competitor: hosted, virtual servers and desktops are finally changing the way corporate Australia manages its IT infrastructure.

  • Oracle enters the grid

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  • Confused about virtualisation?

    After years of relative serenity, storage virtualisation became hot last year. It also became a great deal more complex -- and confusing.

  • Virtualisation climbs up confusion scale

    After years of relative serenity, storage virtualisation became hot last year. It also became a great deal more complex -- and confusing.

  • Lighting the murky depths of multicore pricing

    Multicore processors have been around since 2005, when Intel shipped its first dual-core processor and the advantages of many cores have been widely touted, but a working model for costing software to work with them is still on its way.

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