IBM claims the new servers will improve database performance by a factor of 30 over current systems, while greatly improving performance per watt and virtual server density. Illuminata analyst Gordon Haff said IBM's use of memory will be interesting to customers with virtualization deployments."Memory is a big deal with virtualization, because one of the things we're seeing with virtual servers is you tend to run out of memory before you run out of CPU," Haff says. 
Share:  <span class="company">IBM</span> claims the new servers will improve database performance by a factor of 30 over current systems, while greatly improving performance per watt and virtual server density.<span class="sent"> Illuminata analyst <span class="analyst">Gordon Haff</span> said <span class="company">IBM</span>'s use of memory will be interesting to customers with virtualization deployments."Memory is a big deal with virtualization, because one of the things we're seeing with virtual servers is you tend to run out of memory before you run out of CPU," Haff says.</span>...<span class="company">IBM</span> claims the new servers will improve database performance by a factor of 30 over current systems, while greatly improving performance per watt and virtual server density.<span class="sent"> Illuminata analyst <span class="analyst">Gordon Haff</span> said <span class="company">IBM</span>'s use of memory will be interesting to customers with virtualization deployments."Memory is a big deal with virtualization, because one of the things we're seeing with virtual servers is you tend to run out of memory before you run out of CPU," Haff says.</span> Tweet this 

"There's still a lot of money in big Unix systems, and even in smaller Unix systems," Gordon Haff, an analyst with Illuminata, said in an interview "Microsoft will argue that you can do almost anything in Windows that you want to do But a lot of IT administrators would probably argue that" The vendors agree 
Share:  <span class="sent">"There's still a lot of money in big Unix systems, and even in smaller Unix systems," <span class="analyst">Gordon Haff</span>, an analyst with Illuminata, said in an interview</span> "<span class="company">Microsoft</span> will argue that you can do almost anything in Windows that you want to do But a lot of IT administrators would probably argue that" The vendors agree Tweet this 

As the market turned toward cheaper x86 servers and free software, Sun tried to keep up but was never able to regain its footing, said Gordon Haff, an analyst with Illuminata, a market research firm "A challenge that many companies have had when you're doing so well selling old stuff (such as expensive Sparc servers) is it makes it hard to go into Solaris (operating system) and x86, which Sun did eventually," Haff said The company's fortune took a further hit during the great recession and suffered through the long regulatory review process, which concluded with approval from the European Union last month Cook said Sun's spirit will live on among former employees 
Share:  <span class="sent">As the market turned toward cheaper x86 servers and free software, <span class="company">Sun</span> tried to keep up but was never able to regain its footing, said <span class="analyst">Gordon Haff</span>, an analyst with Illuminata, a market research firm</span> "A challenge that many companies have had when you're doing so well selling old stuff (such as expensive Sparc servers) is it makes it hard to go into Solaris (operating system) and x86, which <span class="company">Sun</span> did eventually," Haff said The company's fortune took a further hit during the great recession and suffered through the long regulatory review process, which concluded with approval from the European Union last month Cook said <span class="company">Sun</span>'s spirit will live on among former employees Tweet this 

As the market turned toward cheaper x86 servers and free software, Sun tried to keep up but was never able to regain its footing, said Gordon Haff, an analyst with Illuminata, a market research firm "A challenge that many companies have had when you're doing so well selling old stuff (such as expensive Sparc servers) is it makes it hard to go into Solaris (operating system) and x86, which Sun did eventually," Haff said The company's fortune took a further hit during the great recession and suffered through the long regulatory review process, which concluded with approval from the European Union last month Cook said Sun's spirit will live on among former employees 
Share:  <span class="sent">As the market turned toward cheaper x86 servers and free software, <span class="company">Sun</span> tried to keep up but was never able to regain its footing, said <span class="analyst">Gordon Haff</span>, an analyst with Illuminata, a market research firm</span> "A challenge that many companies have had when you're doing so well selling old stuff (such as expensive Sparc servers) is it makes it hard to go into Solaris (operating system) and x86, which <span class="company">Sun</span> did eventually," Haff said The company's fortune took a further hit during the great recession and suffered through the long regulatory review process, which concluded with approval from the European Union last month Cook said <span class="company">Sun</span>'s spirit will live on among former employees Tweet this 

For its first run, iPad users will be able to use the Microsoft Office compatible iWork While this will work just fine for many consumers, enterprise users will need more than this, Redman said In addition to all of this missing functionality, Redman argued that this new tablet craze might present the risk of device overload for some enterprises "Enterprise users also have already been outfitted with a smart phone and notebook, the iPad isn't competitive with either," he said "The iPad may eventually evolve to become an interesting in home multimedia device, but today is stuck in between the computing world of PCs/notebooks and the mobile handheld world of smart phones and PDAs"   Gordon Haff, a principal analyst with Nashua, NHbased Illuminata Inc , lumped the iPad in with all of the other tablet devices set to launch over the next year 
Share:  For its first run, iPad users will be able to use the Microsoft Office compatible iWork While this will work just fine for many consumers, enterprise users will need more than this, Redman said In addition to all of this missing functionality, Redman argued that this new tablet craze might present the risk of device overload for some enterprises "Enterprise users also have already been outfitted with a smart phone and notebook, the iPad isn't competitive with either," he said<span class="sent"> "The iPad may eventually evolve to become an interesting in home multimedia device, but today is stuck in between the computing world of PCs/notebooks and the mobile handheld world of smart phones and PDAs"   Gordon Haff, a principal analyst with Nashua, NHbased Illuminata Inc , lumped the iPad in with all of the other tablet devices set to launch over the next year</span> Tweet this 

Some, such as Java, are clearly an essential component of much of what Oracle does And however much some didn't believe Oracle would get in the hardware business, the drive to integration is evident at not only Oracle but across much of the computing landscape But for much of the rest, time will tell Even if little is axed outright, some will wither over time if they don't ultimately grow in their new environment Gordon Haff is a principal IT adviser at Illuminata and has more than 20 years of IT industry experience 
Share:  Some, such as Java, are clearly an essential component of much of what <span class="company">Oracle</span> does And however much some didn't believe <span class="company">Oracle</span> would get in the hardware business, the drive to integration is evident at not only <span class="company">Oracle</span> but across much of the computing landscape But for much of the rest, time will tell<span class="sent"> Even if little is axed outright, some will wither over time if they don't ultimately grow in their new environment <span class="analyst">Gordon Haff</span> is a principal IT adviser at Illuminata and has more than 20 years of IT industry experience</span> Tweet this 

On a Chrome platform, data is primarily stashed online, though some will be stored on the PC via flash memory. That means Web access is a must and widely used programs such as Apple's iTunes or Microsoft Word in their current form won't work on Chrome PCs. "Where Chrome OS is interesting is in secondary PCs," said Gordon Haff, an analyst with Illuminata said last week. "Over time as networks get better, get ubiquitous, get faster, more and more things can be accessed through a browser." . Though it's too early to say for certain, the cheaper class of laptops might spur yet more price based competition for an industry struggling to prop up margins in many major markets. 
Share:  On a Chrome platform, data is primarily stashed online, though some will be stored on the PC via flash memory. <span class="sent"> That means Web access is a must and widely used programs such as <span class="company">Apple</span>'s iTunes or Microsoft Word in their current form won't work on Chrome PCs. "Where Chrome OS is interesting is in secondary PCs," said <span class="analyst">Gordon Haff</span>, an analyst with Illuminata said last week. </span> "Over time as networks get better, get ubiquitous, get faster, more and more things can be accessed through a browser." . Though it's too early to say for certain, the cheaper class of laptops might spur yet more price based competition for an industry struggling to prop up margins in many major markets. Tweet this 

On a Chrome platform, data is primarily stashed online, though some will be stored on the PC via flash memory. That means Web access is a must and widely used programs such as Apple's iTunes or Microsoft Word in their current form won't work on Chrome PCs. "Where Chrome OS is interesting is in secondary PCs," said Gordon Haff, an analyst with Illuminata said last week. "Over time as networks get better, get ubiquitous, get faster, more and more things can be accessed through a browser." . Though it's too early to say for certain, the cheaper class of laptops might spur yet more price based competition for an industry struggling to prop up margins in many major markets. 
Share:  On a Chrome platform, data is primarily stashed online, though some will be stored on the PC via flash memory. <span class="sent"> That means Web access is a must and widely used programs such as Apple's iTunes or <span class="company">Microsoft</span> Word in their current form won't work on Chrome PCs. "Where Chrome OS is interesting is in secondary PCs," said <span class="analyst">Gordon Haff</span>, an analyst with Illuminata said last week. </span> "Over time as networks get better, get ubiquitous, get faster, more and more things can be accessed through a browser." . Though it's too early to say for certain, the cheaper class of laptops might spur yet more price based competition for an industry struggling to prop up margins in many major markets. Tweet this 

On a Chrome platform, data is primarily stashed online, though some will be stored on the PC via flash memory. That means Web access is a must and widely used programs such as Apple's iTunes or Microsoft Word in their current form won't work on Chrome PCs. "Where Chrome OS is interesting is in secondary PCs," said Gordon Haff, an analyst with Illuminata said last week. "Over time as networks get better, get ubiquitous, get faster, more and more things can be accessed through a browser." . Though it's too early to say for certain, the cheaper class of laptops might spur yet more price based competition for an industry struggling to prop up margins in many major markets. 
Share:  On a Chrome platform, data is primarily stashed online, though some will be stored on the PC via flash memory. <span class="sent"> That means Web access is a must and widely used programs such as Apple's iTunes or <span class="company">Microsoft</span> Word in their current form won't work on Chrome PCs. "Where Chrome OS is interesting is in secondary PCs," said <span class="analyst">Gordon Haff</span>, an analyst with Illuminata said last week. </span> "Over time as networks get better, get ubiquitous, get faster, more and more things can be accessed through a browser." . Though it's too early to say for certain, the cheaper class of laptops might spur yet more price based competition for an industry struggling to prop up margins in many major markets. Tweet this 

On a Chrome platform, data is primarily stashed online, though some will be stored on the PC via flash memory. That means Web access is a must and widely used programs such as Apple's iTunes or Microsoft Word in their current form won't work on Chrome PCs. "Where Chrome OS is interesting is in secondary PCs," said Gordon Haff, an analyst with Illuminata said last week. "Over time as networks get better, get ubiquitous, get faster, more and more things can be accessed through a browser." . Though it's too early to say for certain, the cheaper class of laptops might spur yet more price based competition for an industry struggling to prop up margins in many major markets. 
Share:  On a Chrome platform, data is primarily stashed online, though some will be stored on the PC via flash memory. <span class="sent"> That means Web access is a must and widely used programs such as <span class="company">Apple</span>'s iTunes or Microsoft Word in their current form won't work on Chrome PCs. "Where Chrome OS is interesting is in secondary PCs," said <span class="analyst">Gordon Haff</span>, an analyst with Illuminata said last week. </span> "Over time as networks get better, get ubiquitous, get faster, more and more things can be accessed through a browser." . Though it's too early to say for certain, the cheaper class of laptops might spur yet more price based competition for an industry struggling to prop up margins in many major markets. Tweet this