Servers will get Energy Star ratings in February 2009

The role of servers in society has dramatically increased over the past decade, and so have their energy requirements. After over a year of discussion and specification drafts, the government's Energy Star program is finally taking a green eye to the server industry.

November 10, 2008 - 05:43AM CT - by David Chartier

Wikipedia adopts Ubuntu for its server infrastructure

The Wikimedia Foundation, the organization behind the hugely successful Wikipedia project, is migrating all of its server infrastructure to the Ubuntu Linux distribution. This move reflects the growing viability of Ubuntu for enterprise-scale server deployments.

October 09, 2008 - 07:40PM CT - by Ryan Paul

AMD: We're well on our way to Shanghai, 45nm CPUs

After months of saying very little, AMD has finally cracked wall of secrecy surrounding its upcoming Shanghai processor and given us a peek at what's in store. Shanghai is looking pretty good, and hopefully it's good enough.

October 01, 2008 - 02:20PM CT - by Joel Hruska

LinkedIn chooses MySQL Enterprise

LinkedIn has purchased a three year subscription to Sun's MySQL Enterprise server, and the companies are anticipating a positive effect for the world's largest business networking website.

August 01, 2008 - 06:08PM CT - by Dave Moyer

HP passes IBM in server market share as segment booms

The server market grew well in the first quarter of 2008, with HP finally edging past IBM to claim the highest server market share. Volume server sales remain strong in all markets, while Itanium sales are edging up in emerging growth areas.

May 23, 2008 - 02:18PM CT - by Joel Hruska

IBM serves up Web 2.0 with a water-cooled twist

At the Web 2.0 Expo, IBM announced a new line of cool-running servers aimed at Web 2.0 and "cloud computing" start-ups. Unlike most cloud computers, IBM's iDataPlex actually has water (optional).

April 23, 2008 - 02:10PM CT - by Jon Stokes

The ocean as watercooler: floating data centers stay cool

A startup called IDS is coming out of stealth mode to announce its plans to deploy a fleet of cargo ships that act as floating data centers. Skynet, meet Aquanet.

January 14, 2008 - 12:28PM CT - by Jeremy Reimer

Apple's Xserve bumped too: "Most Powerful Apple Server Ever"

Apple gave us a pre-keynote surprise with an Xserve update this morning in addition to the Mac Pro posted earlier. Xserves can now sport two Quad-Core Xeons.

January 08, 2008 - 08:06AM CT - by Jacqui Cheng

Google patents datacenter-in-a-shipping-container, ignores Sun's BlackBox

Google has received a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a "mobile datacenter" consisting of several racks of computers inside a cooled shipping container. We'll look at what Google expects to get out of such a contraption.

October 10, 2007 - 01:26PM CT - by Jeremy Reimer

Solaris to get a boost on x86 systems thanks to IBM distribution deal

Sun and IBM have announced plans to expand support for Solaris on IBM's x86 servers. This move is part of Sun's plan to promote broader adoption of the Solaris operating system, especially among enterprise customers.

August 18, 2007 - 02:57PM CT - by Ryan Paul

AMD talks Barcelona and eight-core processors

AMD talks Barcelona features and performance, and gives a look at the post-Barcelona roadmap out to 2009.

July 26, 2007 - 11:18PM CT - by Jon Stokes

Gartner: virtualization to rule server room by 2010

Virtualization has plenty of room to grow as companies look to save on energy bills by consolidating multiple functions in a single machine. As for consumers, they're ahead of the game.

May 08, 2007 - 12:13PM CT - by Eric Bangeman

The power of Sun in a big Blackbox

Sun's Project Blackbox will be commercially deployed starting this summer. Ars takes a guide tour of one of Sun's data centers inside a shipping container.

April 03, 2007 - 11:35PM CT - by Jeremy Reimer

Sun unveils Project Blackbox

On Tuesday, Sun unveiled a project that they've been hinting at in blog posts for some time: a portable datacenter-in-a-box called Project Blackbox.

October 18, 2006 - 11:59AM CT - by Jon Stokes

Intel to certify VMware servers

Intel announced today that they are initiating a server certification program that includes the popular virtual machine software VMware. We'll look at what this might mean for the industry.

October 02, 2006 - 12:38PM CT - by Jeremy Reimer