Sun Microsystems plans to detail a timeline tomorrow for N1, a sweeping software strategy that will let administrators create virtual mainframes out of their existing computer resources. Ideally, administrators would be able to outline a function...
With N1, network administrators will be able to increase computing power available for a particular job and, ultimately, will be able to guarantee response times for completing those jobs, he said. The N1 plan is designed so administrators can get...
Chipmaker Intel has given details of new initiatives aimed at reducing the power consumption of notebook displays and at adding communications capabilities to portable computing devices. The main message of the presentation was that Intel is...
Delivering the opening keynote address at the software giant's annual conference for developers, network administrators and other in-the-trenches IT folks, Ballmer made only brief mention of Longhorn, the next version of Windows.
Reducing the power needed to run data centres especially but also servers, desktops and laptops more generally is no longer just another mundane detail for the spec sheet. The hardware sellers are reducing power usage in each version of their...
Skype has caused headaches for many IT administrators because it can find ways to make a net connection despite strong firewall controls on corporate networks. Also, until the release of Skype 3.0 in December, there had been little administrators...