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The future of SPARC/Solaris is cloudy -- in multiple ways

By Robert Sheldon 16 Jul 2018

Cutbacks by Oracle have put the future of SPARC and Solaris in doubt, but the vendor says it's still committed to the technologies as part of its enterprise cloud strategy. Read More

QEMU 5.0 continues a legacy of emulation

By Paul Ferrill 07 Oct 2020

Admins looking for an alternative tool for emulating hardware should consider QEMU, which supports x86, PowerPC, ARM and SPARC architectures. Read More

Oracle pushes Sparc Supercluster and Sparc Exalogic server hardware

By Mark Fontecchio 03 Dec 2010

Oracle rolled out a refresh of its Sparc-based servers, including a new Sparc-based Exalogic Elastic Cloud middleware server. Read More

A rundown of server hardware vendors and the server options

By Brien Posey, Robert Sheldon 19 Dec 2023

Discover and compare the leading vendors in server hardware with these in-depth overviews of the blade, rack and mainframe computers available to see which may be best for you. Read More

SPARC/Solaris vs. Intel/Linux

By Kenneth Milberg 17 Jul 2007

A Unix-Linux migration expert describes the differences between Solaris on SPARC as compared to. Linux on Intel. Read More

Oracle continues hardware push with Sparc-based Sun Netra servers

By Mark Fontecchio 18 May 2010

Oracle has announced a new blade chassis and server for its Sun Netra server line. The one blade server is Sparc-based, which seems to jibe with Oracle pushing Sparc and de-emphasizing x86. Read More

Server hardware guide: Architecture, products and management

By John Moore 16 Jan 2024

Today's server platforms offer a host of options for SMBs and enterprise IT buyers; it's important to learn the essentials before making any purchasing decisions. Read More

Oracle updates Solaris, but is its server strategy sound?

By Cliff Saran 30 Apr 2014

Oracle has released a beta versdion of Solaris 11.2. But does Solaris and the Sparc server platform have a future? Read More

Every change between JDK 11 and the Java 17 LTS release

By Cameron McKenzie 14 Sep 2021

Wondering what's included in the new Java 17 LTS release? Here's a list of all the changes made to the JDK between the Java 11 and Java 17 LTS releases. Read More

OpenUK widens open path to carbon-neutral future

By Adrian Bridgwater 25 Nov 2021

Computer Weekly recently reported on open source championing not-for-profit OpenUK puts forward plan to reduce the environmental impact of datacentres, with an emphasis on encouraging site and ... Read More