Neowin News Feed for: Servers

Dell says Nvidia Blackwell-powered servers to ship to customers as soon as next month

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:16:01 +0000

Dell is all set to ship its new AI servers featuring Nvidia's latest Blackwell chips to selected customers starting next month. Read more...

New ransomware attack hits thousands of servers worldwide

John Callaham — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 13:40:01 +0000

The ransomware attack was first reported by Italy's National Cybersecurity Agency, but it has affected many other servers in other European countries, along with the US and Canada. Read more...

Meta is upgrading its networks with PTP time sync protocol

Anushe Fawaz — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 18:52:02 +0000

Meta announced a network timing protocol for its data centers powering its technologies, Precision Time Protocol. The company claims that PTP protocol can sync time down to nanoseconds. Read more...

Samsung starts mass production of its 8th gen V-NAND memory

Paul Hill — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 18:16:01 +0000

Samsung has start mass-producing its newest 8th generation V-NAND memory. It boasts the highest bit density and large 1 TB storage. It will enable next-generation servers and be used in automotive. Read more...

Intense heatwave across UK brings down Google, Oracle cloud infrastructure

Anushe Fawaz — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 19:08:01 +0000

Google and Oracle have reported a hardware breakdown resulting in multiple service failures due to malfunctions in cooling systems in its data centres in the U.K. and Western Europe. Read more...

Quad9 DNS coverage gets a boost in Europe through i3D.net partnership

Paul Hill — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 17:24:01 +0000

Quad9 has partnered with i3D.net to bolster its DNS network in Europe. The additional server capacity will make the service more stable and boost users' safety. i3D.net becomes a sponsor too. Read more...

Gigabyte servers will be certified for use with Ubuntu Server

Paul Hill — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 23:48:01 +0000

Gigabyte has partnered with Canonical to begin certifying its servers for use with Ubuntu Server. This will ensure customers can install the Linux distribution without any problems. Read more...

Gigabyte launches new servers with new AMD EPYC 7003 processors

Paul Hill — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 21:02:01 +0000

Gigabyte has launched over 40 new server products that use AMD's newly announce EPYC 7003 Series processors. The firm said the CPU excels at high-performance computing a data analytics. Read more...

AMD unveils its third-gen EPYC server CPUs with Zen 3 cores

João Carrasqueira — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 17:00:01 +0000

As promised, AMD today took the wraps off its third-generation EPYC CPUs for servers. Among them, the new EPYC 7763 promises to be the world's fastest server CPU, with 64 cores and 128 threads. Read more...

AMD adds three new EPYC processors to the lineup, promising higher performance per core

João Carrasqueira — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 19:16:01 +0000

AMD has introduced a handful of new processors aimed at the server market with up to 24 cores and 48 threads, promising the highest performance per core of any server CPU on the market. Read more...

AMD adds EPYC 7662 & 7532 to its processor portfolio

Paul Hill — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:16:01 +0000

AMD has launched two new EPYC processors; the AMD EPYC 7662 and the AMD EPYC 7532. They're available in Dell and Supermicro servers with HPE and Lenovo launching products in the coming months. Read more...

Huawei releases new Kunpeng 920 CPU and TaiShan servers

Boyd Chan — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 02:18:01 +0000

Today, Huawei has released its new ARM-based Kunpeng 920 CPU designed for server workloads alongside a range of TaiShan servers incorporating the chip targeting storage and high-density scenarios. Read more...

Intel announces Cascade Lake and Xeon E-2100 processors

Paul Hill — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 14:46:05 +0000

Intel has announced two new Intel Xeon products; Cascade Lake for intensive workloads and the entry-level Intel Xeon E-2100 which the firm has pitched towards small- to medium-sized businesses. Read more...

Founder of Debian Linux passes away at 42

Paul Hill — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 04:20:01 +0000

Ian Murdock, the founder of the Debian project and its leader for three years, passed away on Monday night at the age of 42. Both his last employer - Docker - and Debian published obituaries. Read more...

No-IP says Microsoft was "heavy-handed" with their domain takeover

Byron Hinson — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 21:30:28 +0000

Microsoft is said to have been "heavy-handed" after taking over around 23 domains run by No-IP to tackle malware. The takeover left millions of users unable to access No-IP services. Read more...

China evaluating alternatives to IBM servers to prevent surveillance

Shreyas Gandhe — Wed, 28 May 2014 12:52:57 +0000

China is reportedly studying IBM servers and evaluating alternatives from local manufacturers to prevent surveillance of its banks from international agencies, such as United States' NSA. Read more...

Microsoft offers to store foreign customers' personal data on servers outside the U.S.

John Callaham — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 22:47:43 +0000

Microsoft's General Counsel Brad Smith has announced that the company plans to offer its foreign customers a way to store personal data on servers that are based outside the U.S. Read more...

Steve Ballmer says Microsoft runs over 1 million servers, but what is the cost?

John Callaham — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 15:55:11 +0000

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently said that Microsoft operates over one million servers, but just how much money does it take to build and run them? One person thinks he has the answer. Read more...

The Pirate Bay gets rid of servers for the cloud

John Callaham — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:29:17 +0000

The Pirate Bay has announced it has now gotten rid of its physical servers in favor of putting its data in some kind of cloud server set up, although it is rather vague in terms of details. Read more...

MegaUpload server data still safe, thanks to the courts

John Callaham — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:57:43 +0000

A judge ruled today that the all the parties involved in the MegaUpload case must work together to come up with an agreement to preserve the data on the file sharing site's servers. Read more...

The Pirate Bay wants to place some of its servers in the air

John Callaham — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:27:37 +0000

In a new blog post, the team behind the file sharing website The Pirate Bay claim that they are considering plans to place some of their servers on unmanned airborne drones. Read more...

.XXX added to root servers, nearly ready to go live

Piers Hausjell — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:30:56 +0000

Today the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) added the top level domain .xxx to the root nameservers in preparation for the full launch. A few domains are already resolving, such as SEX.xxx and XXX.xxx, with... Read more...

Facebook makes data centre and server designs open source

Piers Hausjell — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:43:30 +0000

According to Gigaom, the worlds most popular social networking site -- Facebook -- has opened up its data centres and servers by releasing a tonne of previously unknown information. During a news event earlier on... Read more...

Dell OEM - the who, what, where, when and how

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 01:35:05 +0000

This week, Neowin got a chance to visit Dell in Austin Texas for their OEM conference. We got the opportunity to meet a lot of the engineers behind the scenes of Dell and learn about... Read more...

Google is way bigger than you realize

Benjamin Rubenstein — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:44:02 +0000

Gizmodo has posted a visual representation from Intac showing the approximate number of dedicated servers that major tech companies own. When you speak in terms of numbers, it becomes hard to comprehend just how large... Read more...

GoDaddy follows Google

Austin Davies — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:29:04 +0000

With China's views on the Internet becoming ever more unpopular with western companies, another Internet giant has decided to halt its business in China, according to PC World. The world's leading domain registrar, GoDaddy, has... Read more...

HP MediaSmart Servers display demo with exclusive discount

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:45:36 +0000

One of the HP exhibits that caught my eye today wasn't one of the flashiest, didn't have a swag line a mile long, but what it did have was two very interesting pieces of equipment... Read more...

Apple announces revamped Xserve server range

Sam Symons — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:47:40 +0000

Well folks, the Apple Store has been down for a while, but has just come up in the last couple of minutes. So, what is new in the world of Apple today? Well, this time... Read more...

Google reveals their once-secret servers

Sam Symons — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:04:31 +0000

Google is relatively quiet when it comes to the way it operates, but a recent conference on Wednesday has had the company reveal the data servers they use, and how they are put together. This... Read more...

Cisco's new blade servers to compete with existing partners

Fred Derf — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:43:45 +0000

Cisco Systems is going to go in direct competition with their existing partners such as IBM and HP with the release of their new blade server line. Previously content to offer network connectivity solutions like... Read more...

Explosion at theplanet knocks out 9000 servers

Steven Parker — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:08:19 +0000

Neowins previous web servers host, ThePlanet based in Dallas Texas, suffered a major setback yesterday as an electrical fire allegedly caused an explosion, knocking out around 9000 of their customers hosted websites. Marcus Langenveld writes:... Read more...

Mystery Malware Affecting Linux/Apache Web Servers

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:16:13 +0000

Reports are beginning to surface that some Web servers running Linux and Apache are unwittingly infecting thousands of computers, exploiting vulnerabilities in QuickTime, Yahoo! Messenger, and Windows. One way to tell if your machine is... Read more...

Attack Against Linux Apache Servers Intensifying

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:09:11 +0000

A mass attack ongoing for the past month against Linux Apache Web servers has become increasingly successful because its break-in method makes use of an automated password and installation process, according to a security researcher... Read more...

Dell Intros Green Blade Servers, Targets HP, IBM

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:39:19 +0000

Dell (NSDQ:Dell) wants its piece of the fast-growing blade server market, and is introducing a new blade server line and channel training and certification to make it happen. Dell, Round Rock, Texas, on Monday unveiled... Read more...

Honeybees inspire efficient servers

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:58:05 +0000

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a honeybee dance-inspired communications system, which they claim helps Internet servers work more efficiently. The new system reduces the possibility of a web site's becoming overwhelmed... Read more...

Spammers Hit YouTube's E-Mail Servers

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:29:45 +0000

According to security firm Marshal, spammers are using YouTube's servers and the service@youtube.com address to send massive quantities of unsolicited email, which appear to derive from the video-sharing site's 'Invite Your Friends' feature. The emails... Read more...

File-sharing servers on eDonkey network shutdown

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:38:53 +0000

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has announced that seven servers part of the eDonkey file-sharing network were shut down this week in Germany after a court granted injunctions. The servers in Germany were... Read more...

Sun to offer Microsoft Windows on servers

Steven Parker — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:53:14 +0000

Longtime rivals and occasional collaborators Sun Microsystems and Microsoft announced on Wednesday that Sun will ship 64-bit servers with Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 operating system. Within 90 days, Sun will offer Windows Server 2003 on... Read more...

Intel 2-way servers to get 45nm boost in 4Q

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:14:04 +0000

The 2-way server market can expect a boost of holiday season cheer in the fourth quarter as Intel is lining up to launch 12 new processors based on its latest 45nm designs, according to sources... Read more...

Intel keep 65nm-based processors for 2-way servers

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:38:52 +0000

Intel will position its 65nm-based Dual-Core Xeon 5100 sequence (Woodcrest) and Quad-Core Xeon 5300 sequence (Clovertown) series processors as the main force in the 2-way server market in 2007, and will not begin introducing its... Read more...