Dell enhances its Edge products and offers more extreme environments
Dell is stepping up its push to be among the top players at the Edge of corporate networks. The company aims to achieve this using a set of new servers and specially built platforms designed to function in the most remote and extreme environments.
Edge computing comprises a distributed architect...
Use of serverless computing tripled over the past year
The latest study by Datadog reveals the upward trend for using serverless computing technologies, based on data collected from thousands of companies and their supplier's customer database.
The report focused on how these companies deploy serverless technologies in their functions and use them i...
Intel is losing ground in servers due to AMD, ARM and others
According to analyst firm IDC, the global server market stalled in 2020's Q3. Revenue rose 2.2% year-on-year to hit the $22.565 billion mark, but shipments shrank by 5,453, to 3,065,791, compared to the same time last year.
The firm says that non-x86 kit did well, with revenue growing by 10.4% t...
Atlassian stops server licensing, forcing customers to the cloud
Atlassian has announced the end of server licenses and requires customers to move to its cloud services or opt for the expensive Data Center options. The Aussie company makes software development and collaboration tools that include Jira for project and issue tracking.
They are also behind Confl...
HPE launches a secure supply chain for industry-grade servers
HPE (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise) launched a reliable supply chain initiative last week to address the growth in demand for domestically manufactured and trustworthy servers. The company announced that it shipped its first ProLiant DL380T servers.
The servers were made in a secure facility and in...
ARM splits its server chip designs, boosts performance
Neoverse V1 and N2 platforms deliver up to 50% more performance over the previous model. These new chip designs should boost the datacenter business. .
ARM has announced two new chip designs for the server market that will offer semiconductor makers an impressive jump in performance.
The n...
An Advanced Botnet (FritzFrog) Has Infected Servers Across The World
Researchers from the security firm Guardicore Labs have found what is believed to be a previously undiscovered botnet with advanced features. They say it is targeting millions of servers globally. The botnet uses original proprietary software.
The purpose of the botnet is to infect servers and t...
‘Nvidia wants to deliver a complete data center portfolio’
Nvidia will be focusing more on the data center solutions and wants to deliver a complete portfolio for that market. This was revealed in a recent interview with Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang in the Financial Times.
The interview in the business newspaper shows that Nvidia wants to become the leadin...
‘Shortage of Xeon server CPUs will continue throughout 2020’
Companies planning to upgrade their servers to new Cascade Lake-CPUs from Intel are likely to have to draw a line under those plans for 2020. Indeed, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) expects the shortage of such Xeon server CPUs to continue throughout this year.
Until at least April 2020, accord...
New ransomware targets servers
An unusual type of ransomware has been discovered that focuses specifically on servers. Analysts from Intezer and IBM X-Force have discovered the new ransomware and named it PureLocker.
The name is based on the programming language used, namely the PureBasic language. According to ZDNet, it is u...
HPE processes second-generation AMD Epyc chips into new PrioLant servers
HPE has announced two new ProLiant DL servers using the new second generation Epyc processors from AMD. According to HPE, the servers deliver 37 world records in terms of performance against the benchmark results.
The new servers - the HPE ProLiant DL325 and ProLiant DL385 - broke previous records f...
New PAC D5005 from Intel is programmable accelerator card for servers
Intel has introduced the PAC D5005. This is a new accelerator card that allows servers in data centers to run workloads such as analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) software simultaneously.
An accelerator card can be placed in a server to supplement the built-in processor. However, the D500...