IBM stores data on an atom; Server worth $1.5 million wrecked by forklift

Data Center News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Emerson Network Power Reduce Data Center Energy Use by Up to 40% Rising data center energy costs have caught the attention of CFO's and data center managers alike. Join Emerson Network Power on Sept. 5 to learn how capacity management, virtualization, and digital controls can work together to slash energy consumption by as much as 40 percent without affecting availability. Register today! Network World's Data Center News Alert, 09/04/07 IBM stores data on an atom, 08/31/07: IBM Corp. has demonstrated how to perform certain computer functions on single atoms and molecules, a discovery that could someday lead to processors the size of a speck of dust, the company said Thursday. Server worth $1.5 million wrecked by forklift, 08/28/07: An angry legal battle has broken out after an IBM server worth $1.5 million was wrecked falling off a fork-lift truck being used to move it. Oracle to buy network intelligence company Netsure, 09/03/07: Oracle Corp. has agreed to acquire Netsure Telecom Ltd., a provider of network intelligence and network data integrity software. Network World Storage Buyer's Guide If you're in the market for anything from a tape library to an on-line backup service to a complete, drop-it-in-place SAN Solution, check out this Buyer's Guide with close to 200 products divided among specific, storage market segments. Click here to research products now! Mtron unveils faster flash-based disk drives, 08/30/07: South Korea's Mtron Co. Ltd. is adding to its line-up of already speedy solid-state disk drives with new models that offer faster reading and writing of data. Adding to the lineup, 08/30/07: Expand Networks this week announced four new products in its portfolio of application acceleration wares. The Accelerator 4830 and 4930 are targeted for small ... FTC seeks more data on Intel flash spinoff, 08/30/07: U.S. government antitrust regulators have asked Intel Corp. and STMicroelectronics NV to provide more information about their plan to spin off their flash memory unit into a new company, the vendors said Thursday. Storage costs fall, demand grows, 08/30/07: Hard drive storage prices have fallen by a third on a price per megabyte basis since 2006, new analysis confirms. Sun seeks developer help to make Solaris ubiquitous, 08/30/07: Sun Microsystems Inc. has ambitious plans for the commercial and open-source versions of its Solaris operating system, hoping to achieve for Solaris the kind of ubiquity already enjoyed by Java. To come close to reaching that goal, Sun needs to reach ... Aptare expands into capacity management, 08/30/07: Aptare last week introduced a new version of its StorageConsole software, which contains for the first time a capacity management component. Microsoft sneaks Longhorn delay news in with SP1 details, 08/30/07: When Microsoft Corp. unveiled the long-awaited details of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 on Wednesday, the company also quietly pushed back the release date for another highly anticipated product, Windows Server 2008. IBM bolsters blade family with Cell upgrade, 08/30/07: IBM announced an upgraded version of its blade server based on the Cell processor on Wednesday, adding memory and data throughput for better performance on such high-end applications as graphics and finance. Windows Server 2008 delayed again, 08/29/07: Microsoft Windows Server is delayed again, leading to concern over products built on it, such as the Centro server bundle and the Cougar Small Business Server. Microsoft blames human error for WGA glitch, 08/29/07: Microsoft Corp. blamed human error for a problem that identified legitimate Windows users as pirates last week. US agencies: More application testing needed, 08/29/07: Two U.S. government agencies are embracing performance-engineering processes and application testing throughout the development cycle as a way to avoid costly fixes after deployment, officials there said Wednesday. IBM expands into the SMB storage space, 08/28/07: IBM this week is expanding its small and midsize business (SMB) storage with the addition of an affordable storage array that connects to the network via iSCSI. Gear6 offers huge RAM cache for network, 08/28/07: U.S. supplier Gear6 has announced network-attached storage (NAS) boxes featuring a transparent RAM cache.

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