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Download any or all of our Special Reports at: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=81359 _______________________________________________________________ Network World's Data Center News Alert HP forms new blade group, 09/21/04 HP Monday announced that it has formed a new division within its Enterprise Storage and Servers Group chartered with unifying the company's blade system development efforts. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0921hpforms.html?nl> Sun set to announce server, storage hardware, 09/20/04 Sun will hold its quarterly product launch this week, unleashing a raft of new hardware offerings spanning servers to storage. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0920sunser.html?nl> Pentagon agency begins $290 million IT consolidation, 09/20/04 The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency last week said it has awarded HP a 10-year, $290 million contract to install and manage a unified IT infrastructure that will consolidate the agency's data centers, servers, applications and storage devices. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0920pentagonit.html?nl> Microsoft adds disk backup support, 09/20/04 Microsoft jumped into the disk-based backup and recovery market Monday with the announcement of the Microsoft Data Protection Server (DPS), a low-cost, continuous, disk-based backup and recovery system. More than 20 storage industry partners announced support for the new software-based product, which is scheduled for release in the second quarter of next year <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0920microadds.html?nl> IBM registers grid computing wins, 09/17/04 Claiming grid technology continues to expand outside its traditional scientific and research markets, IBM Friday is announcing that several grid-based commercial projects built on IBM platforms have been launched, including one at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0917ibmregis.html?nl> Via's upcoming processor to be called C7, 09/17/04 Via Technologies Thursday said its next generation of desktop microprocessors, based on the Esther processor core, will be called C7. Mobile versions of the chip will be called C7-M. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0917viasupcom.html?nl> Newsletter: IBM unveils dual-core Opteron, 09/16/04 IBM last week unveiled its second AMD Opteron-based server, which it claims is the first to use AMD's dual-core technology. <http://www.nwfusion.com/nldatacenternews637> Tough times ahead for semiconductor business, 09/15/04 The number of companies building and designing microprocessors is likely to shrink by approximately 40% over the next 10 years, analysts from Gartner predicted at the research firm's Semiconductor ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0915toughtimes.html?nl> Newsletter: NEC rolls out fault-tolerant server, 09/14/04 NEC last week introduced a fault-tolerant server for those who require maximum uptime. <http://www.nwfusion.com/nldatacenternews638> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Network World Staff Contact Online News Editor Jeff Caruso at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Cyclades Reduce operational risks and costs with Cyclades' comprehensive line of AlterPath(TM) out-of-band console servers, KVM, power and systems management gateways. 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