Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Veritas, an important player in the field of software used to manage data storage, will be throwing its full weight behind IBM's Unix server line on Monday. Veritas' data-backup ...

Demand for mainframe and high-performance Unix servers is falling, but a new wave of SPARC and IBM Power chips for the servers will be unwrapped at the Hot Chips conference in late August. IBM, Oracle ...

IBM on Monday unveiled four new POWER7 server models which it said could lead to a consolidation of smaller servers into fewer larger ones while cutting data center energy costs. The Unix server ...

Continuing its steady push to win over the hearts and wallets of midsize companies, IBM on Tuesday is rolling out two lower-priced Unix-based servers that will go head-to-head with offerings from ...

While the Unix server business has lost much of its glamour in the face of assaults from Windows, Linux, and the cloud, there is still plenty of life -- and growth -- in the business, although for the ...

IBM has strengthened its hand in the Unix business with new systems based on its Power7 processors, including a server for large enterprises that scales to 256 cores. The Power 795 is IBM’s biggest ...

IBM last week upgraded its high-end Unix server, giving it access to twice the memory and increasing its performance by 20%. Jamie Gruener, senior analyst for the Yankee Group, says performance has ...

IBM expects most customers to use the Power 795 server for consolidation projects to help reduce energy use and conserve data center space IBM has strengthened its hand in the Unix business with new ...