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Linux vs Unix Hot Patching – Have We Reached The Tipping Point?

Forrester IT

The Background - Linux as a Fast Follower and the Need for Hot Patching. As Linux grew, so did supporting hardware, particularly the capabilities of the ubiquitous x86 CPU upon which the vast majority of Linux runs today. data center. i] Read more Categories: AIX. Open POWER. enterprise infrastructure.

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Intel to launch Sapphire Rapids on January 10, more details on paid software-based Xeon upgrades emerge

TechSpot

Intel will hold a launch event for its next-generation Xeon data center CPUs on January 10. Around the same time as Intel's confirmation this week, a Linux kernel update has shed some light on a planned system for à la carte processor hardware features.

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Vendors Take Facebook Data Center Switches to Market

Data Center Knowledge

String of hardware and software products seek to commercialize Facebook's open source networking tech Read More.

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Modernizing the mainframe for the digital era

CIO Business Intelligence

billion institution serving the mid-Atlantic region and headquartered in Buffalo, NY, maintains two data centers, one in Buffalo and the other in Millsboro, Del. IBM LinuxONE III systems run only Linux at prices starting at $135,000. The program enables customers to pay only for what they use of Z system hardware and software.

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

CIO Business Intelligence

The standards, for instance, enable CIOs to determine scope 1, scope 2 and scope 3 emissions levels and report exactly how much energy their data centers are using and how much power their cloud workloads are consuming, Koushik says. Think globally, act locally Koushik is putting all this into practice at Rackspace, too.

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Cisco amps-up Tetration platform with better security, reduced footprint, AWS cloud option

Network World

Cisco has rolled out a second release of its Tetration Analytics package with features such as a smaller footprint and a cloud service that will go a long way toward making the system alluring to more data center customers. It can monitor server behavior patterns and group servers more efficiently.

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HP to Ship Commodity Switches With Cumulus Linux OS

Data Center Knowledge

Follows Dell, Juniper into the web-scale commodity network hardware market Read More. Hewlett-Packard Networking'

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