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For the latest on spam click here: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=88660 _______________________________________________________________ Network World's Data Center News Alert Dell delivers denser blade servers, 11/22/04 Two years after launching its first blade server, Dell last week announced a follow-up product: the PowerEdge 1855, a system based on Intel's Xeon microprocessor. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/112204-dell-blades.html?nl> Air Force to standardize Microsoft configurations, 11/19/04 The U.S. Air Force early next year will require its 525,000 personnel and civilian support staff to use a single and specially configured version of Microsoft's operating system and applications, said the military department's CIO. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1119airforce.html?nl> ANTs database aims to speed up SQL transactions, 11/18/04 ANTs Software this week released the latest version of its high-performance SQL database designed to offload key transaction loads from traditional databases such as Oracle or Sybase. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1118ants.html?nl> Servers Newsletter: Verari rolls out SMP machine, 11/18/04 Verari Systems last week rolled out an eight-way AMD Opteron-based symmetrical multiprocessing server to be used by high-performance, transaction-based computing users. <http://www.nwfusion.com/nldatacenternews854> IBM targets humanitarian projects with world grid, 11/17/04 Hoping to harness a few million of the personal computers are not already running the [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> screen saver, IBM and United Devices Tuesday launched a new World Community Grid project designed to act as a clearing house for humanitarian computing ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1117ibmtarge.html?nl> Data Center Newsletter: Virtualization of storage improves utilization, 11/16/04 It's almost an axiom that one can never have too much storage capacity. Year after year enterprises generate mountains of data requiring new storage ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/nldatacenternews855> Servers Newsletter: Topspin technology to go in IBM BladeCenter, 11/16/04 IBM and Topspin announced last week that Topspin's InfiniBand switches and host channel adapters will be incorporated into IBM's BladeCenter servers. <http://www.nwfusion.com/nldatacenternews856> 2004 Holiday Gift Guide, 11/22/04 Welcome to the largest online holiday gift guide we've ever produced. <http://www.nwfusion.com/supp/2004/hgg/?nl> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Network World Staff Contact Online News Editor Jeff Caruso at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by SBC Gimme Shelter! Converged Services Spell Relief For Beleaguered Network Managers Switched IP networks are rapidly becoming the corporate communications architecture of choice. 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