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Fewer Deaf Ears: HP's Noise Ratings for Office Servers

Posted by Lamont Wood 02:41 PM ET | Jul 28, 2008

In a small office, there's no escaping a server's noise. In the previous noise-related posting we looked at entry-level servers from Fujitsu and Dell that should not drown out conversation, with decibels outputs of 32 and 38 decibels, respectively. This time we'll look at Hewlett-Packard servers.

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DNS Woes: How Worried Should You Be? Pretty Dang Worried!

Posted by Keith Ferrell 12:21 PM ET | Jul 25, 2008

Yesterday's news that the first DNS attack strategies are circulating was no surprise: once a vulnerability -- large, small or in-between -- is discovered, the exploit code follows like rats nipping at the heels of the Pied Piper. The question is, how worried should you be about this particular vulnerability? Pretty worried, is my take.

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DNS Flaw Attacks Coming: Patch Now!!!

Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:28 AM ET | Jul 24, 2008

The first attackware strategies based on the widespread DNS flaw announced earlier this month have been spotted. If you haven't patched yet, do it now, before it's too late. (Some say it's already too late.)

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Server Noise Issue Is Falling On Deaf Ears

Posted by Lamont Wood 06:10 PM ET | Jul 23, 2008

True, typically nobody sits in front of a server—but that doesn't mean that server ergonomics can be ignored, especially fan noise. In a small office, there is no escaping that noise. But there is little evidence that the vendors take the issue seriously.

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Recent Outage Shows Drawbacks of Cloud Reliance

Posted by Lamont Wood 12:45 PM ET | Jul 22, 2008

A premiere example of cloud service—Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3)—was down for eight hours on Sunday, providing another example of why that the cloud cannot do away with the need for servers inside the firewall.

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Latest Figures Show That Web Server Security Is Indispensable

Posted by Lamont Wood 10:52 AM ET | Jul 16, 2008

Do you worry about serve security? If your Web server acquired an infection that turned the machines of visitors into remotely controlled zombies, would you be embarrassed? If you answered yes to both questions you are, sadly, ahead of the pack.

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Latest Figures Confirm That Server Virtualization Is the Wave of the Future

Posted by Lamont Wood 11:42 AM ET | Jul 14, 2008

Figures from Europe and around the world show that the bulk of IT managers have begun to grapple with server virtualization. Results, meanwhile, can be dramatic.

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Good News: The EPA Has Decided Against Regulating Data Centers

Posted by Lamont Wood 09:39 AM ET | Jul 10, 2008

According to a recently published interview, an official with the Environmental Protection Agency says the EPA will proceed with its plan to extend the Energy Star program to enterprise servers, but it is otherwise not likely to regulate data centers.

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The Cloud Does Not Spell The End Of The Server

Posted by Lamont Wood 11:54 AM ET | Jul 8, 2008

Offering cheap, accessible hosting, the cloud would seem to make servers superfluous. On closer inspection, it does no such thing.

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For Servers, The Future is Solid State Drives

Posted by Lamont Wood 09:23 AM ET | Jul 3, 2008

Judging from recent vendor announcements, the future of server storage is clearly solid-state drives. But don't expect mechanical drives to simply go away.

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Encrypt Personal Data Or Suffer The Consequences

Posted by Lamont Wood 08:55 AM ET | Jul 2, 2008

What's on your server? Whatever it is, in this day and age, if your data concerns the public, it better be encrypted on your server.

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Server Costs Continue Falling

Posted by Lamont Wood 08:25 AM ET | Jun 26, 2008

If you were hoping that server prices would continue declining during the current economic turmoil, here's the answer to your prayers: the latest market research shows that prices continued downward during the first quarter of 2008. However, the price slide did boost server unit sales.

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Server How-To Center -- A New Service Of bMighty.com

Posted by Fredric Paul 08:05 AM ET | Jun 26, 2008

The new bMighty Server How-To Center is the place to go for practical, hands-on information about how to choose, install and maintain your company's servers.

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