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What Oracle's dropping Itanium means for you
Oracle's ( NASDAQ: ORCL ) announcement last week that it would stop developing software for systems using the 64-bit Itanium processor set off a firestorm of reaction from Intel ( NASDAQ: INTC ) and
Windows Server 2008 pricing announced
IT admins: this is the moment you've all been waiting for. After years of waiting, Microsoft has gone ahead and announced the availability, pricing and version info for
Will the market ever see a successor to x86?
From time to time, it's nice to daydream about what the future of hardware might have in store for us. The future of CPUs, however, might be a bit further off than we expect. Take, for example,
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Sparc-on-Intel translator due next week
Transitive, a start-up known for its Apple Rosetta software, will soon release software that lets programs written for Sun Microsystems Sparc chips also run on Intel Xeon and Itanium chips. When using Linux, Transitive's software also lets customers run their own scripts, not just commercial-quality applications. There's no word yet on pricing but the Xeon version will launch this quarter and the Itanium version should be ready later this year, officials said. Transitive also has Silicon …
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> Solid state drives to challenge hard drives? …
Intel chief vows a serious revamp
Intel CEO Paul Otellini said his company must make some dramatic changes to save $1 billion and better compete against rival Advanced Micro Devices. Rather than a generic large-scale layoff, "You will see us restructure, resize and repurpose Intel for the future,'' he said. There's speculation that Intel might exit some prominent businesses entirely, such as high-end processors like Itanium and memory chips. Either move would be ugly but effective.
For more on the changes:
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C&L: AMD snags Naffziger from Intel
SAP hired Zia Yusuf as executive VP of its platform development. He replaces George Paolini who left for unspecific reasons.
Carol Wilson joined Tata Consultancy Services as an executive for the Europe, Middle East, and Asia division. She previously was CIO of SAP.
Advanced Micro Devices hired …
Intel, AMD, court organize antitrust case
Microsoft v. DOJ v. EU, NTP v. BlackBerry and plenty of other high-profile IT lawsuits hog our attention. Now it's AMD v. Intel that is just getting underway, with the former accusing the latter of antitrust violations. This probably won't be as exciting as the current Apple v. Apple or eBay v. MercExchange , but it might be the first big …
HP, EMC, others hint at next moves
Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd and EMC CEO Joe Tucci both spoke of the future at last week's Goldman Sachs Technology Investment Symposium. Hurd, a rookie to the event, said HP will continue buying up-and-coming companies and that spinoffs of current businesses are still unlikely. Tucci, the veteran, said data center management will be dramatically better two years from now.
For more on the big iron:
- see this Network World …
