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Lenovo to acquire IBM’s x86 server business

Published in Management Storage + Servers

Lenovo and IBM have entered into a definitive agreement in which Lenovo plans to acquire IBM’s x86 server business. This includes System x, BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches, x86-based Flex integrated systems, NeXtScale and iDataPlex servers and associated software, blade networking and maintenance operations. The purchase price is approximately US$2.3 billion, approximately two billion of which will be paid in cash and the balance in Lenovo stock.

Published in Cloud + MS Colocation/Hosting Data Analytics DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Infrastructure Platform Security Software Storage + Servers Storage Technology

Data centre operator and cloud computing specialist, AIMES Grid Services, is helping to put Liverpool at the forefront of digital innovation within the transport sector with a trio of collaborative R&D projects which have won the backing of the Technology Strategy Board – the UK’s innovation agency – and several high profile partners.

Published in Carriers + Service Providers Management Networks + Telecoms Storage + Servers Wireless

Dr. Serge Manning as wireless and mobile working group chair.

Published in Carriers + Service Providers Management Networks + Telecoms Storage + Servers

Faced with the prospect of increased competition with the rollout of the country's National Broadband Network (NBN), Australian fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) and wholesale service provider, OptiComm Co Pty Ltd, has future-proofed its core network with the deployment of advanced Brocade® NetIron® MLX®, CER and CES routers.

Published in Carriers + Service Providers Management Networks + Telecoms Storage + Servers

Demonstrating the power of high-speed networks for research and education.

Published in Management Networks + Telecoms Storage + Servers Wireless

Sudbury Primary School has deployed Xirrus Access Points (APs) and Arrays to deliver a Wi-Fi network for its 930+ pupils and 100+ staff.

V-TAB replaces VMware with Scale Computing

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'Data centre ready' SSDs

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Infinidat wins “Best of Show” Award at FMS

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Fighting supermarket food waste

Sustainability-focused digital solution designed to reduce food waste by at least 25% and improve...

Immersed computing helps on biodiversity project

The German manufacturer for IT-solutions based on open standards, Boston Server & Storage...

Commvault appoints Chief Partner Officer

Commvault says that data protection industry veteran Alan Atkinson has joined the company as Chief...

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