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Greening the data center

Rising costs of energy - along with limited availability of energy in some areas – are forcing the IT industry to take a new approach in designing and managing data centers, says IBM's Christopher O'Connor. Commentary--Energy efficiency is a significant global issue today, and is expected to be even...

Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Organization, Energy Consumption, IT Equipment, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Christopher O\'Connor. IBM, Special to ZDNet, Christopher O\'Connor. IBM, Special to ZDNet, data center, green, IBM, costs, Christopher O'Connor

News items 2008-11-17

Jaquar chases Roadrunner for fastest supercomputer

Two systems, including one based on x86 chips, have become the first ever to break the petaflop/s barrier in the latest Top500 supercomputer list. Cray's XT5 Jaguar supercomputer has narrowly missed displacing IBM's Roadrunner system as the world's fastest supercomputer, according to the results of the bi-annual 'Top500' supercomputing...

Tags: Supercomputer, Chip, Top500, Roadrunner, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, supercomputer, IBM, Jaguar, Intel, AMD

News items 2008-11-17

How HP's layoffs will impact IT

ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das and senior editor Sam Diaz talk about the recent announcement that Hewlett-Packard will be reducing its workforce by nearly 25,000 due to its integration with EDS. They also discuss how HP is competing with IBM for more IT services market share.

Tags: Layoff, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Workforce Management, Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Management, HP, IBM

Videos 2008-09-16

A 'Social Silicon Valley'

Brazilian Journalist Gilberto Dilmenstein has transformed Sao Paulo's Villa Madelena neighborhood from one filled with crime to one filled with learning.

Tags: Sao Paulo, News, ina fried, microsoft, pc, south america, brazil, ibm, software, google, internet

Videos 2008-08-27

IBM: Linux in 2018?

At the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, IBM executive Bob Sutor talks about what a desktop will mean in the future, saying it will focus more on mobile devices like iPhones and collaborations across platforms. He then calls for better graphics designers in the open-source world to make them easier...

Tags: graphics, ibm corp., linux, open source, operating systems, software, linuxworld, ibm, desktop

Videos 2008-08-07

The perils of information overload

Employees from technology companies including Intel, Microsoft, IBM, and Google have banded together to combat information overload, which they call "the world's greatest challenge to productivity." As the new nonprofit Information Overload Research Group gets off the ground, CNET News intern Holly Jackson hit the streets of San Francisco...

Tags: News, holly jackson, google, ibm, dell, intel, cell phones, internet, email, iphone, apple, information, overload, but no tags matched

Videos 2008-07-18

Gates and control-alt-delete

At a 2001 event celebrating the PC's 20th anniversary, IBM engineer Dave Bradley talks about how the control-alt-delete keystroke came to be, quipping that, though he invented it, Bill Gates made it famous.

Tags: Event, Desktops, Hardware, News, microsoft, bill gates, steve ballmer, windos, pc, ibm, control, alt, delete, ina fried

Videos 2008-06-27

Gallery: Roadrunner: World's fastest supercomputer

It took miles of wire and a bunch of processors from PlayStation 3, but IBM was able to break the 1-petaflop barrier for supercomper speed. by Andy Smith

Tags: Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andy Smith, supercomputer, IBM, Red Hat

Image galleries 2008-06-18

Data centers: Friend to the environment or foe?

At the Business Goes Green conference in San Jose, Calif., on June 6, Forrester Research Senior Vice President Christopher Mines moderates a discussion on data centers. IBM's vice president of marketing management, Elaine Lennox, and VMware's data center product marketing manager, Rob Smoot, weigh the pros and cons of building...

Tags: Data Center, Environment, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, IBM, VMWare

Videos 2008-06-13

Photos: IBM iDataPlex keeps cool without AC

Big Blue says its new class of server will take over the data centers. It is expected to use 40 percent less power and work 5 times faster than current models. by Andy Smith

Tags: IBM, server, energy, data centers.

Image galleries 2008-04-24

It's your move

Even if you just checkmated your new friend in India or took your Russian opponent's rook, new chess Web sites like Chess.com are encouraging niche social networking. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi sat down with the site's founder to find out what has attracted more than 100,000 members in less than...

Tags: chess, online, deep blue, ibm, computer history museum, kara tsuboi, networking, tournement

Videos 2008-02-28

Images: Follow the bouncing data at the U.S. Open

Here's a look at some of the IBM technology behind the scenes at the U.S. Open. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Larry Dignan, tech action, SOA, Blade Servers, Websphere, IBM, Virtualization

Image galleries 2007-09-19

IBM gives mainframes a green IT wrapper

TechRepublic's Jason Hiner reports that IBM plans to consolidate 4,000 small servers into 30 Linux mainframes.According to Jason, each mainframe is the size of a refrigerator. The benefit: IBM can save more than $250 million over five years and cut floor space 85 percent.Jason also notes that IBM is showing...

Tags: IBM, Hardware Infrastructure, Green Tech, General

Blog posts 2007-07-31

SOA demand gives IBM services boost

IBM's second quarter results were strong amid growth in its services business. Big Blue said Wednesday that earnings per share from continuing operations were $2.33 billion, or $1.55 a share, including a gain of 5 cents a share related to the sale of its printing services division. Backing that gain...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, IBM, Hardware Infrastructure, General

Blog posts 2007-07-18

IBM broadens its data reach for SOA with DataMirror buy

Further banking on SOA as a consolidation strategy accelerator for enterprises, IBM on Monday announced its intention to acquire DataMirror.The Markham, Ontario-based DataMirror provides real-time data capture and delivery across a broad range of data sources — including IBM's own DB2, Oracle, Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server — and allows...

Tags: Web Services, Sybase, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA, Oracle, Open Source, Microsoft, IBM, database, business intelligence, BI

Blog posts 2007-07-16

Another IBM patent dump

IBM has made another patent dump, this time granting universal access to over 150 patents meant to assure that software can interoperate.I'm certain people will complain IBM is only doing this for its own corporate advantage. The patents were previously available without royalties, but now IBM is promising not to...

Tags: Development, General, IBM, Legal, Patents, Strategy

Blog posts 2007-07-12

SOA demands a new 80-20 rule for application development

Services oriented architectures SOAs are not only forcing a new way of looking at how to construct applications and composite services -- SOA is now changing the meaning of what custom applications are and how they will be acquired. And this change has significant ramifications for IT developers, architects and...

Tags: Web Services, Software Development, SOA Governance, SOA architect, SOA, SAP, SaaS, Oracle, Microsoft Live, Microsoft, IT Service Management, IT Management, IBM, Intellectual Property, Enterprise 2.0, Developer Tools, Application Lifecycle Management, Agile Development

Blog posts 2007-07-08

Reuse of code is the key to keeping IBM from being a 500,000-employee company

Nice piece in the The New York Times today about how IBM is again re-inventing itself as the "blended IT provider." Those are my words. IBM is seeking the means to blend talents, technologies, locations, approaches, people-process, and -- above all -- applications and services.After attending a few IBM conferences...

Tags: Web Services, Virtualization, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA, SAP, SaaS, Patents, Oracle, Microsoft, Intellectual Property, IBM, HP, GPL, Enterprise 2.0

Blog posts 2007-07-05

Zend Framework hits 1.0 milestone

Just in time for Independence Day  the Zend Framework for PHP has hit its 1.0.0 milestone and is available for download.Zend uses the OSI-approved New BSD license.Zend Technologies gave credit to 230 community developers, including Google and IBM,  releasing the framework for Web 2.0 application development less than two years after...

Tags: Google, Distributions, Development, BSD, Applications, IBM, Implementations, Internet

Blog posts 2007-07-03

Gillmor's Internet plate tectonics

Steve Gillmor riffs on my post about Yahoo's lack of a social networking hub, where I state: "Yahoo is about making connections, but right now its more of loose federation of Web applications and services–many spokes without a strong hub to hold together a social Web. Yahoo 360 has been...

Tags: Web Technology, Software Infrastructure, Social networking, SaaS, Personal Technology, Office 2.0, MySpace, Microsoft, iPhone, IBM, Google, Facebook, Apple, Adobe

Blog posts 2007-07-01