Code-named Full Moon, SunCluster 3.0 software will offer faster failure detection and include links to cluster-aware applications such as Oracle Parallel Server. More importantly, the new cluster management software, to be released next week, will...
The debut of OpenVMS 8.2 will mean that a fourth operating system can run simultaneously on the same Itanium server alongside Windows, Linux and HP's version of Unix, called HP-UX. The Palo Alto, California-based computer and printer company is...
As expected, the number two position is held by California Digital's Thunder, a system at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that boasts 4,096 of Intel's Itanium 2 processors and a speed of 19.9 teraflops.
Microsoft already has a version of Windows for Intel's high-end 64-bit Itanium chip, which uses a completely distinct instructions set. The so-called x64 versions of Windows support chips from Intel and AMD that have added 64-bit instructions to...
Sun is hoping that adding Java to the RFID mix could make the switch from
barcodes to RFID tags easier for retailers. The Java-based 'slap and ship' style offering includes a Sun workstation and software, RFID printer, RFID reader and barcode reader.
THE mobile phone for "fashionistas" - for everyone else - stick with something at a reasonable price/function mix - which this is not - and with freedom to change networks for a decent air time deal. Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our...