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As virtual machine density increases within the enterprise, more organizations will need to update their servers to handle the increased loads. So say the analysts at IDC and at Gartner. We examine the numbers from both, as well as figures from a recent survey of 290 IT decision makers conducted by

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HP Reports Fourth Quarter 2009 Results - Zibb.com

Press Release | www.zibb.com | 12 hours 30 minutes ago

--Fourth quarter Non-GAAP diluted EPS of $1.14, up 11% from $1.03 a year earlier --Fourth quarter net revenue of $30.8 billion, down 8% or down 5% in constant currency from the prior year; up 12% sequentially --Fiscal 2009 net revenue of $114.6 billion, down 3% or up 1% in constant currency

http://www.zibb.com/article/5688240/HP+Reports+Fourth+Quarter+Results

Implementing virtualized unified communications systems gains interest

News | searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com | 18 hours 46 minutes ago

Implementing unified communications virtually can hurt performance, but more businesses are now considering virtual unified communications systems.

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Security problems stymie cloud computing, says report

News | www.computerworlduk.com | 18 hours 52 minutes ago

Cloud computing users face problems including loss of control over data, difficulties proving compliance, and additional legal risks as data moves from one legal jurisdiction to another, according to an assessment of cloud computing risks from the European Network and Information Security Agency

http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/servers-data-centre/infrastructure-management/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsId=17710

Network Attached Storage scales to meet enterprise needs.

News | news.thomasnet.com | 20 hours 6 minutes ago

Isilon Maximizes Storage Efficiency Across the Data Center, Isilon Systems, Inc.

http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/568904

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F5 Solutions Optimize Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Deployments

Press Release | www.f5.com | 21 hours 35 minutes ago

New F5 Application Ready Solutions offer high performance, availability, and scalability for Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to support an increasingly mobile workforce

http://www.f5.com/news-press-events/press/2009/20091123.html

Boeing Defrags Windows (Enterprise Storage Forum)

News | www.enterprisestorageforum.com | Nov 20, 2009

Whether fragmentation affects storage area networks (SANs) is a matter of debate, but users nonetheless claim performance benefits from using defragmentation solutions in their data storage environments (see Does Fragmentation Hurt Storage Network Performance?). Synectics Group of Allentown, Pa.

http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/sans/features/article.php/3849496

Save Money and Improve Agility: Virtualize with Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series Servers

Press Release | www.sun.com | Nov 19, 2009

This white paper focuses on the business benefits that can be achieved by consolidating and virtualizing environments with Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series servers.

https://www.sun.com/offers/details/virtualize_mseries.xml?cid=222965

Ensuring Success: Conesco chooses IBM servers with multi-core Intel Xeon processors to consolidate its data center and reduce costs

Press Release | www.bitpipe.com | Nov 19, 2009

When Conseco IT management needed to consolidate their hundreds of different servers into a more streamlined hardware and software environment, they chose the IBM 3850 M2 server and the Intel Xeon processor 7300 series with four cores per processor. Read this paper and find out why.

http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1258553902_15.html?asrc=RSS_BP_KABPSTORAGE

Expect microprocessor prices to rise

News | www.purchasing.com | Nov 19, 2009

Microprocessor prices will end the year declining about 8%, but greater computer demand in 2010 will result in prices increasing by about 1%. Prices will also rise 1% in 2011 and 2% in 2012 as healthy demand for computers continues, according to researcher IC Insights. This year's 8% drop in prices

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