All the week's news about data center technology, 11/09/04 _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by SBC Gimme Shelter! Converged Services Spell Relief For Beleaguered Network Managers
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Here's what to do now before you make headlines: Attend "Network Security: Structuring an Aggressive Defense." http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=88079 _______________________________________________________________ Network World's Data Center News Alert IBM dominates list of top supercomputers, 11/08/04 With performance almost double that of the Earth Simulator, in Yokohama, Japan, IBM's Blue Gene/L Monday was officially ranked first on the Top500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers. IBM built four of the top 10 machines on the biannual list, ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1108ibmdomin.html?nl> 10G Ethernet vendors look to stoke demand, 11/08/04 Network vendors this week are expected to introduce a variety of 10G Ethernet wares aimed at customers seeking to bump up bandwidth in large data centers and campus backbones. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110804tengig.html?nl> Opinion: Virtualization in the data center, 11/08/04 What does virtualization mean to a company, and what are the benefits of being "virtualized?" Are there products for virtualization that a company can just add to an existing infrastructure? How do blade systems complement a virtual datacenter? <http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/110804dcdoctors.html?nl> Opinion: Virtualization will own the enterprise, 11/08/04 The week before last I attended the VMworld 2004 conference in San Diego. This event, hosted by VMware, surprised me. I got to the venue a little later than I had planned and went into the general session expecting to see maybe 300 or 400 people. ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/110804backspin.html?nl> Tech Update: SMASH simplifies server management, 11/08/04 SMASH CLP enables simple and intuitive management of heterogeneous servers in data centers independent of machine state, operating system state, server system topology or access method. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2004/110804techupdate.html?nl> IBM aims for top 10 with new Spanish supercomputer, 11/05/04 IBM and the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science Friday introduced a new supercomputer that they hope will be the most powerful in Europe, and among the 10 most powerful in the world. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1105ibmaims.html?nl> Foundry beefs up features in Layer 4-7 appliances, 11/05/04 Foundry Networks this week added global server load-balancing and DNS redirection capabilities to its ServerIronGT E-series of Layer 4-7 appliances. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1105fdry.html?nl> HP, Brocade pair up on SAN blade, 11/04/04 HP and Brocade announced Thursday that HP is bundling a Fibre Channel switch with its blade servers. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1104brocade.html?nl> IBM, SGI win Linux supercomputer deals in Asia, 11/04/04 IBM and Silicon Graphics Inc. said they have won contracts to supply Linux-based supercomputers to a Korean national university and a Japanese nuclear research institute. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1104ibmsgiw.html?nl> Newsletter: IBM cuts down blades, 11/04/04 IBM this month will ship a pared-down BladeCenter server chassis that it claims will entice small and midsize businesses to adopt blade servers. <http://www.nwfusion.com/nldatacenternews816> Tarantella spins a thin client Web on Linux, 11/03/04 Tarantella has announced a key reseller partnership with IBM, as part of the company's effort to recast itself as a viable alternative to Citrix in enterprise data centers that are embracing Linux. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1103tarantella.html?nl> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Network World Staff Contact Online News Editor Jeff Caruso at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by SBC Gimme Shelter! 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