Chris Preimesberger

SAN FRANCISCO—Rackable Systems, which makes high-density storage servers with basic software features for large-scale data centers, Aug. 7 launched a new generation of high-performance clustered storage appliances. Rackables new Eco-Logical storage products feature high-efficiency, low-power consumption and intelligent design intended to improve price performance per watt, in even very complex computing environments, Geoffrey Noer, Rackables […]

SAN FRANCISCO—IBM on Aug. 6 provided a sneak preview of a key new feature for its new System p data center servers, which are powered by Big Blues next-generation Power6 dual-core, four-thread processors—a chip that a company spokesperson unabashedly called “the fastest in the world.” The new features are becoming available this week. In a […]

EPA Wants Tax Breaks for IT Energy Efficiency”> The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys Energy Star program has submitted a report to Congress calling for tax incentives to promote IT energy conservation. The report predicts that energy consumption by servers and data centers will double by 2011 and calls on the federal government to lead by […]

STANFORD, Calif.—Panelists in a discussion on green data centers here Aug. 1 at the fourth Always On Stanford Summit were asked whether they thought the future might bring data centers that no longer need cooling equipment, thus cutting back substantially on power draw. Somewhat surprisingly, the answer—across the board—was “yes.” Now theres a concept: data […]

MONTEREY, Calif.—The U.S. federal government and the 3.3 million people who work as private-industry contractors to provide goods and services for it now have a centralized, secure, Web-based system for identifying and credentialing outsourced workers around the world. This system, in the works for about five years and tested by the Department of Defense for […]

Cisco Systems President and CEO John Chambers apparently was speaking ahead of himself last week when he told journalists and analysts at a press briefing in Anaheim that Linksys—well-known for making Wi-Fi hardware for home offices and small businesses—would eventually be folded into the overall Cisco brand. Chambers clear implication was that the familiar and […]

Enterprise storage vendor Isilon Systems on July 23 launched two new very-high-density cluster storage systems that the company claims achieve scalability levels 100 times those of traditional SAN and NAS systems. Isilons IQ 9000 and EX 9000 products, combined with the latest version of the Seattle-based companys OneFS operating system (Version 4.7), feature high-performance data […]

The largest branded seafood company in North America had been fishing only in familiar IT waters until this spring, when it upgraded its outdated, tape-dominated data storage system by beta testing a new disk-to-disk virtual tape library appliance, something it had never considered using before. Now the companys CIO wishes he would have looked at […]

Data compliance software maker Clearwell Systems and IT infrastructure giant Cisco Systems announced July 23 that they have partnered to develop a set of new e-discovery tools that incorporate next-generation technologies—collectively known as “E-Discovery 2.0.” The technologies are designed to manage quickly growing litigation case volumes and accelerate early case analysis. Clearwells Intelligence Platform 2.0 […]

Disk drive and storage appliance maker Western Digital joined a growing number of IT hardware manufacturers this week by launching a set of new environmentally friendly products—in this case, a new line of low-power desktop, enterprise and external hard drives. The GreenPower hard drives, introduced July 23, will ship in capacities from 320GB to 1TB, […]