Servers
HPE slashes Windows Server 2019 licence costs – if you buy direct for new AMD-powered servers
Two cores for the price of one, under eleven-month ‘pilot’ scheme
05 Aug 04:03 |
Servers
Servers
This investor blew nearly $300,000 on Intel shares the day before 7nm disaster reveal. Yup, she's suing
Chipzilla faces potential class-action headache after stock price plunge
29 Jul 19:30 | 40
Servers
AMD is now following More's Law: More chips, more money, more pressure on Intel, more competition in the x86 space
Chipzooky's fortunes are Ryzen Epyc-ly
29 Jul 01:09 | 35
Servers
When those new servers you ordered aren't delivered, you probably won't order any more servers - and that's why India's market has shriveled
Except for IBM’s non-x86 boxes which have posted modest growth
22 Jul 04:01 |
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Oh sure, we'll just make a tiny little change in every source file without letting anyone know. What could go wrong?
Up from the depths / Thirty stories high / Breathing fire / Its head in the sky / IT'S EMAIL!
17 Jul 07:15 | 103
Servers
Hot, synchronous DRAM: Next-gen memory tech spec DDR5 lands
Power-sipping, phat bandwidth and dope density
16 Jul 20:12 | 18
Who, Me?
Finally, a wafer-thin server... Only a tiny little thin one. Oh all right. Just the one...
The UPS gets its revenge in a tale of fire, fury and farming
29 Jun 06:15 | 143
Servers
Ampere smacks the ball over the net, back at Marvell: Our Altra Max cloud processor will have 128 Arm cores
That's 32 more than you... when it ships... next year
23 Jun 13:00 | 8
Servers
Ancient Arm server outfit Kaleao resprouts as Bamboo with CPU offload plan and electricity-saving power play
PANDA architecture said to be ideal microservices-muncher
23 Jun 10:01 | 2
Servers
Latest Xeons land in new Huawei server despite looming US ban
Although Huawei’s details are rather thin on this one
19 Jun 03:13 | 3
Servers
Windows Server to require TPM2.0 and Secure boot by default in future release
Jan 1, 2021 deadline for server-makers to get with the program
15 Jun 07:54 | 27
Who, Me?
'We're changing shift, and no one can log on!' It was at this moment our hero knew server-lugging chap had screwed up
Where's the DHCP box? It's behind y... oh heck
11 May 07:15 | 75
Servers
Server sales went through the roof in the first three months of 2020. Enjoy it while it lasts, Dell, HPE, and pals
Enterprise demand set to soften, offset tier-two cloud, telco sales
07 May 07:01 | 1
Who, Me?
Dumpster diving to revive a crashing NetWare server? It was acceptable in the '90s
Broken pencil + ball of stolen Blu Tack = IT joy
27 Apr 07:15 | 107
Who, Me?
Getting a pizza the action, AS/400 style
It looks like you need some pepperoni and cheese. Do you want some help with that?
20 Apr 07:15 | 190
Servers
AMD takes another crack at Intel's server stronghold with more Epyc silicon
All 'the working from home and virtual desktops' might make you think about data center rebuilds, hmm?
14 Apr 13:00 | 12
Exclusive - updated
Welcome to the telco, we've got fun and games: BT inks 5-year deal to outsource mainframe management to IBM
You lot can keep the blinkenlights flashing but you'll have to be TUPEd from BT...
01 Apr 15:00 | 35
Servers
Gods of cloud smiled on Chinese server makers in Q4, as mainframe punters chucked a big bone at IBM
Oh to be at the mercy of tech buyers at AWS, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Tencent, Alibaba... we could go on
19 Mar 10:45 | 3
Servers
Ampere's server chip has 80 Arm CPU cores? Yeah, well, our ThunderX3 will have 96 with 384 threads, says Marvell
Plus: Intel ditches forthcoming Cooper Lake single, dual-socket 14nm Xeons from its roadmap
18 Mar 08:04 |
On Call
Not exactly the kind of housekeeping you want when it means the hotel's server uptime is scrubbed clean
A Hoover-dunnit for your Friday morning
13 Mar 08:06 | 176
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Security
Days after President Trump suggests pausing election over security, US House passes $500m for states to shore up election security
Chances of it getting enacted in time for November – slim to almost nil
Security
Leaky AWS S3 buckets are so common, they're being found by the thousands now – with lots of buried secrets
When will this madness end?
Cloud
University of Cambridge to decommission its homegrown email service Hermes in favour of Microsoft Exchange Online
Institute says the knowledge needed to run it is fading, but the move wasn't without opposition
Business
Struggling company pleads with landlords to slash rents as COVID-19 batters UK high street. The firm's name? Apple
Yes, the one with a $193.8bn cash pile
Software
Wrap it before you tap it? No, say Linux developers: 'GPL condom' for Nvidia driver is laughed out of the kernel
Facebook's man told: 'OK, now you are just trolling us'
Science
Virgin Galactic pals up with Rolls-Royce to work on Mach 3 Concorde-style private jet that can carry up to 19 people
Same height, bit faster, same wing layout as iconic 1960s airliner
Security
'We stopped ransomware' boasts Blackbaud CEO. And by 'stopped' he means 'got insurance to pay off crooks'
CRM biz doesn't 'anticipate any kind of material financial impact' but can't say same for those whose data was nicked
HPC
Assimilation completed! HPE says it has finished the merger with Cray and unveils combo supercomputing lineup
All aboard the exascale express
Science
Aviation regulator outlines fixes that will get the 737 MAX flying again
Software upgrade to deliver less lethally-stubborn automation
Software
Apple's big trouble in not-so-little China – culls 30,000 apps from its Middle Kingdom App Store in legal crackdown
Game developers face local license law that could 'devastate' iOS revenues
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Servers
Is that a typo? Oh, it's not a typo. Ampere really is touting an 80-core 64-bit 7nm Arm server processor dubbed Altra
Meanwhile, Marvell offers a 36-core chip, Xilinx whips out an FPGA-based SmartNIC
03 Mar 14:00 | 20
Servers
Chipzilla or Chipzooky? If Intel's server CPU sales keep on shrinking, El Reg will have to update the branding
Still a monopoly in Western Euro channel, but it's smaller: shortages and AMD ROME burning Intel market share
02 Mar 13:45 | 13
Who, Me?
C'mon SPARCky, it's just an admin utility update. What could possibly go wrong?
Now, where was I? [tappity tap] ... BALLS!
17 Feb 08:05 | 174
Servers
Coronavirus to decimate server supply chain, analysts claim: Sales to fall 10% as factories stay shut
And it turns out there was an upside to the US-China trade war
11 Feb 08:04 | 13
Who, Me?
Who needs the A-Team or MacGyver when there's a techie with an SCSI cable?
When two become one in the server room
10 Feb 08:15 | 164
Exclusive
Intel server chip shortages continue to bite: HPE warns of Xeon processor supply drought for the whole of 2020
Traditional IT titans take backseat behind cloud giants
20 Jan 09:17 | 43
Y2K
The Register disappears up its own fundament with a Y2K prank to make a BOFH's grinchy heart swell with pride
The circle is now complete. When I met you I was but the learner. Now, I am the master.
31 Dec 19:30 | 34
On Call
El Reg presents: Your one-step guide on where not to store electronic mail
But my emails!
26 Dec 10:04 | 146
Servers
Apple sues iPhone CPU design ace after he quits to run data-center chip upstart Nuvia
CEO accused of breaching contract with Cupertino, fires back in court
09 Dec 23:16 | 95
Servers
Here's a bit of Intel for you: Neri a day goes by that HPE doesn't feel CPU shortage pinch
Not just server pain, PC industry feeling it too, says CEO
09 Dec 09:10 | 22
Servers
Cloud vendors burp after last year's server sales feast, couldn't possibly eat any more
Not even a wafer-thin blade?
06 Dec 18:15 |
Servers
Ohhh, you're so rugged! Microsoft swoons at new Lenovo box pushing Azure to the edge
Fix it to a wall, stick it on a shelf
06 Dec 15:16 | 5
On Call
IT protip: Never try to be too helpful lest someone puts your contact details next to unruly boxen
In which our hero becomes an accidental expert
01 Nov 08:05 | 144
Servers
AMD isn't playing around: Bad console quarter a drag on chip slinger's finances
Strong Ryzen, Epyc performance hampered by slow sales for semi-custom
29 Oct 23:41 | 5
Servers
SPARCs fly as Oracle recharges Arm server processor designer Ampere with $40m
Ohm my God
28 Sep 00:47 | 26
Who, Me?
Justice served: There is no escape from the long server log of the law
A handover or handcuffs? Take your pick, eh?
16 Sep 07:04 | 168
Who, Me?
Handcranked HTML and JPEG japes. What could possibly go wrong?
Friends don't let friends click Publish
09 Sep 07:15 | 95
Servers
What goes up must come down, and that applies to the server market in Q2 too
Canada and EMEA see growth. As for the rest of the world...
05 Sep 16:29 | 6
Who, Me?
Divert the power to the shields. 'I'm givin' her all she's got, Captain!'
Always check the roof – you never know what might (not) be lurking there
02 Sep 07:04 | 185
