The core team consists of:
--Colin Butcher CEng FBCS, who has built a world-wide reputation as one of the leading systems architects for mission-critical systems.
--Steve Jones, ex-HP Client Principal for the provision of consulting services into Government, Public Sector and Defence.
--Derek Webb MBE, specialises in delivering programme management and leadership.
--Gareth Davies, ex-HP Industry Consultant. Gareth specialises in the design ...

Data centers are relying on cheaper chips, thanks to virtualization.

BURLINGAME, Calif. -- It's easy to find an anecdote about a company ditching a big server and buying lots of small servers. Or one about a company replacing lots of little servers with one big one. Call a vendor, and it will find you any tale you want.

But these shifts don't tell the whole story: While the overall market for server computers is recovering, the market for expensive servers running expensive pr ...

Oracle Database 11g Release 2 version 11.2.0.1 is now certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (12.0, 12.1) on the HP-UX Itanium platform. The operating system version on this platform covered by this certification is HP-UX 11.31. This announcement includes:

• Oracle Database 11gR2 version 11.2.0.1
• Oracle Database 11gR2 version 11.2.0.1 Real Application Clusters (RAC)
• Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) Column Encryption
• Advanced Security Option (AS ...

• Intel Itanium 9300 processor launched in Egypt 02/28/2010

  Intel Corporation today introduced the Itanium processor 9300 series, previously codenamed 'Tukwila,' which delivers more than double the performance of its predecessor, boosts scalability and adds reliability features to the Itanium platform that is already running mission-critical applications for 80% of the Global 100 corporations.

  "The server market in Egypt makes up to 20-25% of our business and we expect to see 20% year on year growth. Servers deliver energy and operationa ...

• Itanium revs up HP-UX sites awaiting refresh 02/16/2010

  The HP Integrity systems might have waited an extra year to get to Tukwila, but the freshest Itanium processor is stirring up customer interest and demand. An expert from an HP reseller's tech staff told us that news of the speed boosts has got some large-scale HP-UX customers eager for these latest rx-family units to ship. It couldn't happen too soon for this server line that is the preferred target for 3000 sites migrating to Unix.

  HP hasn't said much in specific about Tukwila-based ...

• Itanium Solutions Alliance Innovation Awards Opens for Nominations 02/15/2010

  Awards program enters fourth year of honoring achievements in mission-critical computing and humanitarian endeavors using the Itanium(R) architecture

  PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The Itanium Solutions Alliance has announced the call for entries for the 2010 Itanium Solutions Alliance Innovation Awards. The fourth annual awards program once again recognizes inspiring and impactful work across enterprise and research organizations in which Intel® Itanium-based servers pla ...

• HP Integrity Servers 02/14/2010

  HP Integrity series servers will now allow its users all the advantages offered by the November four-core Intel processor, said HP workers. The innovations brought by the inclusion of Intel Itanium processor in 9300 verified server solutions for advanced and business-critical applications, enterprises are able to improve its business efficiency and maximize the planned investment in its technology infrastructure.

  Intel Itanium Processor 9300 offers significantly improved performance a ...

• Why Itanium Still Matters 02/12/2010

  It's been a long time coming, but earlier this week, Intel finally launched "Tukwila," the latest iteration in its Itanium family of high-end microprocessors.

  Coming on the same day as IBM introduced both its Power7 chip and the first of an associated line of servers, Tukwila didn't garner as much attention as it might have otherwise. It's also true that today's Itanium is something of a specialty product. But that doesn't make it irrelevant.

  Tukwila will be the firs ...

• SGI Announces Cloud Computing Platform for High Performance Computing Applications 02/11/2010

  Until now, cloud solutions have been primarily focused on running important business applications like CRM, ERP, email and other database programs. SGI has announced the world’s first large-scale, on-demand cloud computing service specifically dedicated to technical High Performance Computing (HPC) applications, codenamed Cyclone. Cyclone initially supports a number of leading applications partners and five technical domains, including computational fluid dynamics, finite element analys ...

• SGI spins up Cyclone HPC cloud 02/11/2010

  Try it, then rent it or buy it. That's the new mantra from supercomputer maker Silicon Graphics this morning as it launches its own supercomputing on demand offering, dubbed Cyclone.

  If cloud computing means virtualized server instances, then technically speaking - as if SGI could speak any other way - the Cyclone service is not a cloud. But if cloud means buying server and storage capacity on demand to run preloaded applications or homegrown ones and only paying for what you use - wh ...