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Monday, December 19, 2011
If you're tempted to think of Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) as just another blade server — don't. In fact, if you just want a bunch of blades for your computer room, don't call Cisco — Dell, HP, and IBM all offer simpler and more cost-effective options.
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Monday, December 5, 2011
I was fairly positive in my review of the 2010 version of Apple's smallest server, and fortunately, I can say that it's very easy to be happy with the 2011 Mac mini with Lion Server.
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
New 16-core AMD Opteron 6200-series CPUs in the Dell R715 bring huge bang for the buck to wide virtualization workloads, but not until your OS supports it
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Synology finally hits the midrange sweet spot in price, performance, and capacity with the 10-drive, rack-mount RS3411RPxs
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
The Dell PowerEdge R815 and its four 12-core AMD Opteron CPUs want to run many, many virtual machines, at a much lower cost than Intel multicore
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Thursday, June 24, 2010
A little over a year ago, many people talked about Apple's diminutive Mac mini in the past tense: As of the beginning of March 2009, it had been 19 long months since the previous update to Apple's most compact computer, and that update itself came after 11 months of waiting. Two updates in two and a half years? It was easy to believe that the Mac mini had become just as much of a "hobby" as the Apple TV.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Apple has announced a major update to the Mac mini line, and we were lucky enough to get our hands on one. Here are our first impressions after a few hours of use.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
The specs for the Supermicro SuperBlade chassis and blades are nowhere near those of the Dell, HP, or IBM blade systems we tested, but then again, neither is the price. The SuperBlade is an incredibly affordable way into blade servers, and though it won't draw many oohs and aahs, it will provide a solid platform for just about any small to medium-size IT endeavor.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
In our January 2007 blade server shoot-out, Dell was the dark horse candidate that posted impressive performance numbers, but fell short on features compared to the other solutions. In the intervening few years, Dell has clearly taken the time to polish up its solution. The Dell PowerEdge M1000e is far more attractive and functional than its predecessors.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
One look at the HP BladeSystem c7000 blade chassis and you understand why HP sells a lot of blades. The unit is aesthetically pleasing, extremely solid, and well appointed, with an LCD panel for chassis monitoring and control, eight half-width I/O slots in the back, six 2400-watt power supplies, and 10 fans. As with the Dell, all of this is tightly power controlled, as the chassis can dynamically turn power supplies on and off to best meet the electrical load, while reducing energy consumption during lighter loads.
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A shootout between this spring's BYOD favourite the Samsung Galaxy S4 Android phone and the best BlackBerry yet, the BlackBerry Z10. read more...
Dell XPS 12 convertible Ultrabook, is supposed to be a laptop/tablet hybrid, but it's clutching at straws when claiming to be a tablet. Think of this more as a decent laptop, that can sort of be used as a tablet. read more...
A 10.1in tablet running Windows 8 and aimed at business users the ElitePad is smart and stylish. Here's our HP ElitePad 900 review. read more...
Cool styling combined with power make the 2Big NAS a great, SME-friendly choice for network storage. read more...
It’s a record-breaker! And that’s official. read more...
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