QLogic 8Gb Products Receive Tolly 'First and Foremost' and 'Up to Spec'

By ADMINISTRATOR on June 24, 2008 (10:41:31 AM) America/Los_Angeles

The Tolly Group Recognizes QLogic and HP StorageWorks 8Gb Simple SAN Connection Kit for Performance and Ease of Installation: QLogic today announced that The Tolly Group, a leading global provider of third-party validation services for IT vendors, awarded its “First and Foremost” and “Up to Spec” certifications to HP StorageWorks 81Q 8Gb PCI-e Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs) and HP StorageWorks 8/20q Fibre Channel switches as part of the HP StorageWorks 8Gb Simple SAN Connection Kit. The HBAs and switches included in the kit are based on QLogic technology. Testing concluded that the HP StorageWorks 8Gb Simple SAN Connection Kit simplifies the variables used to configure a storage area network, during installation, by one-third of a typical SAN installation.

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IBM opens Africa's first cloud computing center in Jo'berg

By ADMINISTRATOR on June 24, 2008 (10:40:41 AM) America/Los_Angeles

IBM today announced the opening of new "cloud computing" centers in South Africa and China. Cloud computing enables the delivery of personal and business services from remote, centralized servers (the "cloud") that share computing resources and bandwidth -- to any device, anywhere.

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NEC Express5800 SigmaBlade Servers Offer Easy Consolidation, System Management

By ADMINISTRATOR on June 24, 2008 (10:39:43 AM) America/Los_Angeles

NEC Corporation of America today introduced new blade servers to the market. The NEC Express5800 SigmaBlade servers round out NEC’s already extensive line of servers to position NEC’s server family as one of the most comprehensive available. Express5800 SigmaBlades are powerful, high-performance servers that enable data center space consolidation and easy management, and improve total cost of ownership (TCO) over traditional rack-mounted servers. Designed for the enterprise, NEC Express5800 SigmaBlade servers are based on Intel Xeon processors.

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Richard Karp wins 2008 Kyoto Prize

By ADMINISTRATOR on June 24, 2008 (10:38:45 AM) America/Los_Angeles

Richard Karp, a professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, has been named a laureate of the 2008 Kyoto Prize, Japan's equivalent of the Nobel Prize, in recognition of his lifetime achievements in the field of computer theory

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