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Server shipments: Revenue for IBM, Dell up, HP down, Oracle flat

Stamford (ip-192.com): Worldwide server shipments in the third quarter of 2011 grew 7.2 percent, compared to the same period in 2010, while revenue increased 5.2 percent year-on-year. “The third quarter of 2011 produced growth on a global level but there was some significant variation in growth by region,” said Jeffrey Hewitt, research vice president at [...]

IPv6: Worldwide test for Internet Protocol

Atlanta (ip-192.com): In a global experiment, engineers and content providers will test the viability of IPv6 on Wednesday, June 8, 2011. The new Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) will go live for one day on the public internet. “We're going to turn it on everywhere, at least for 24 hours, and see what happens - [...]

Server shipments up 8.5 percent

Stamford (ip-192.com): In the first quarter of 2011, worldwide server shipments grew 8.5 percent year-on-year, while revenue increased 17.3 percent, according to Gartner, Inc. From the regional standpoint, Eastern Europe grew the most significantly in shipments with a 21.1 percent increase. Eastern Europe also posted the highest vendor revenue growth at 36.0 percent for the [...]

Red Hat: Tool adds third party repo support

Raleigh (ip-192.com): Network Satellite 5.4, the latest version of Red Hat's on-premises systems management solution that provides software updates, configuration management, provisioning and monitoring across both physical and virtual Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers, has been released by the Linux vendor. RHN Satellite 5.4 delivers compliance improvements, and greater flexibility in content and subscription management, [...]