Data centres > Servers

Making the move to hyperconvergence

17 August, 2016 by Alan Hyde, Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Group, HPE South Pacific

Hyper-converged appliances bring faster deployment, simpler operation and lower operating costs. What's not to like? But while it's good for some, it's not for everybody.


DCX3000 Digital Matrix KVM Switch

02 June, 2016

The small-sized DCX3000 Digital KVM Matrix Switch is suitable for use in KVM switching applications for control rooms or workgroups where multiple users need to access shared PC or server resources.


Fujitsu PRIMERGY servers

14 April, 2016

Fujitsu has announced an update to its PRIMERGY dual-socket server line-up from tower servers to nodes for high-performance computing clusters. In line with the update, the company has also released the PRIMERGY RX2510 M2 designed for service providers and hosters.


Synology DiskStation DS216+ NAS server

03 February, 2016

Synology has launched the DiskStation DS216+, a high-performance 2-bay NAS server that offers an efficient and secure storage solution to protect and share data for home and small offices.


Dell 13th generation PowerEdge rack and tower servers

16 November, 2015

Dell has added four entry-level rack and tower servers to its 13th generation PowerEdge portfolio, allowing small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to prepare for future growth, adapt to changing application demands and attain greater operational efficiency.


Dell PowerEdge C6320 rack server

15 July, 2015

Dell has added the PowerEdge C6320 rack server to its 13th-generation Dell PowerEdge server portfolio.


Dell PowerEdge R930 server

29 May, 2015

The Dell PowerEdge R930 is intended for demanding enterprise applications such as in-memory databases, customer relationship management and enterprise resource planning.


Australian DC spend set to hit $2.5bn in 2015

20 May, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Australian organisations are increasing their spending on data centres, but the absolute number of facilities in use is decreasing.


Dell PowerEdge C4130 HPC-focused rack server

15 December, 2014

Dell has released the PowerEdge C4130, a GPU-dense and flexible HPC-focused rack server purpose built to accelerate the most demanding HPC workloads.


IBM invests $3.2bn to prepare for post-silicon era

16 July, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

IBM will spend $3.2bn to research sub-7-nanometre transistors, post-silicon chips, cognitive and quantum computing and other ways to keep Moore's Law going while transforming how computers are designed.


Incumbent server vendors on the way out

06 March, 2014 by Andrew Collins

The traditional server OEMs are losing their grasp on the market, with at least one likely to partially exit the market by 2017, according to a recent Gartner report.


Creating order from chaos in data centres and server rooms

13 February, 2014

This paper outlines several innovative approaches for dealing with the common chaos in data centres and for eliminating the root causes of disorder. Download now.


Oracle’s new SPARC servers light fire under IBM

27 March, 2013 by Anthony Caruana

Oracle’s founder and CEO Larry Ellison today announced two new processor families and server ranges that, according to independent benchmarks, deliver markedly better bang for buck than IBM.


Yarra Valley Water simplifies IT with Oracle Exadata, Exalogic

11 March, 2013 by Andrew Collins

Yarra Valley Water (YVW) has replaced a series of Sun servers with a ‘black box’ approach involving Oracle’s Exadata and Exalogic. The new system can spin up environments in hours rather than weeks and provides easier management, allowing staff to focus on other projects.


Auckland University outfits data centre with bespoke cabling solutions

15 January, 2013 by Andrew Collins

Auckland University has implemented several cable management products and techniques in its new data centre, allowing for more efficient use of rack space and giving the university a means to audit its fibre cables.


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