IBM plans to announce two new top-end Unix servers Friday, sources familiar with its plans said, opening major new challenges to Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard. The new servers are the biggest ...

To further strengthen its grip in the $13 billion Unix market, IBM (News - Alert) has launched a new Power7 based Unix server with unprecedented energy efficiency. Aimed at firms running large scale ...

IBM has strengthened its hand in the Unix business with new systems based on its Power7 processors, including a server for large enterprises that scales to 256 cores. The Power 795 is IBM’s biggest ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

If IBM actually were to buy Sun Microsystems Inc., the world’s largest maker of Unix servers would take over the No. 2 vendor. Unix servers may not be getting as much attention as Sun’s Java and MySQL ...