IBM to offer per-chassis pricing for Linux

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IBM to offer per-chassis pricing for Linux, 10/12/05

In an effort to streamline the management of operating system
licenses on blade servers, IBM and Novell this month will begin
offering SuSE Linux 9 on a per-chassis subscription basis.

<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101205-ibm-linux.html?nl>

IBM offers up best practices for software development, 10/12/05

Focusing on best practices in software development, IBM
Wednesday will propose donating a portion of the Rational
Unified Process to the open source Eclipse Foundation.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101205-ibm-rup.html?nl>

IBM to roll out new virtualization offerings, 10/10/05

IBM is set to release new capabilities in storage and systems
management software that the company said Monday will improve
performance and also speed data backup and recovery in complex
IT environments.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlibmnewsalert8628>

IBM expands midmarket software line, 10/10/05

IBM Monday announced it has added to its Express line of
software for midsized businesses with 22 new products in areas
including security, supply chain management and backup and
recovery.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlibmnewsalert8629>

3 steps to SOA nirvana, 10/10/05

Primer on the three core concepts behind service-oriented
architectures.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlibmnewsalert8630>

A whole new look for x86 systems, 10/10/05

With features such as 64-bit support, enhanced virtualization
capabilities and dual-core designs available from Intel and AMD,
systems vendors are rolling out more-advanced x86-based servers.

<http://www.networkworld.com/nlibmnewsalert8631>

IBM, start-up become grid partners, 10/10/05

IBM announced last week at the GridWorld show in Boston that it
has licensed commercial releases of Globus middleware from
Univa, a start-up focusing on open source grid software.

<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101005-ibm-univa.html?nl>

First Power5+ servers released, 10/10/05

Machines are aimed at small to midsize businesses and include
several products, notably a quadcore server, together with
virtualization and systems management software.

<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101005-ibm-server.html?nl>

Google's partnership with Sun draws skeptical analysis, 10/10/05

Google may be a media darling flush with cash, but any attempt
on its part to muscle into productivity and collaborative
applications will find the company in an underdog role it might
not be ready to handle, according to IT professionals and other
...

<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101005-google-sun.html?nl>

Weblog: Split personality, 10/10/05

AMD introduced its dual-core Opteron processor in April, putting
the pressure once again on Intel to bring its Xeons up to speed.
Intel had planned to roll out its dual-core Xeon in early 2006,
but with dual-core Opteron-based servers already in the ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/datacenter/010119.html?nl>

IBM to unwrap first dual-core Xeon 'Paxville' servers, 10/06/05

IBM is due to unveil its first two 64-bit servers based on
Intel's dual-core Xeon chip, formerly codenamed Paxville DP,
when the chip giant launches the processor Monday. Under a
promotional deal to last through year-end, Big Blue will sell
one of the ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlibmnewsalert8632>

IBM, Mercury team up on Cell-based blade server, 10/06/05

IBM and Mercury Computer Systems Thursday announed they plan to
ship a blade server using the multicore Cell processor designed
exclusively for IBM's BladeCenter rack system.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlibmnewsalert8633>

Layer 8: IBM eyes older IT pros, 10/05/05

IBM says it's launching a new consulting service to "help more
companies and institutions retain and manage their older IT
workers." Big Blue notes that a large segment of the...
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/010095.html?nl>

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