The Register, Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
Non-x86 Servers Now Nearly Half the Market, IDC Says
Non-x86 server revenue surged 107% year-over-year to claim 47.9% of the market, driven by AI infrastructure demand.
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DataCenterKnowledge, September 15,2025
What Is Rack-Scale Computing, And Why Is It Relevant Again?
As AI transforms computing demands, rack-scale architecture emerges as the solution - treating entire racks as unified computing platforms rather than collections of servers.
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The Next Platform, Monday, April 7th, 2025
A Deep Dive Into Datacenter And Server Spending Forecasts
Spending on AI systems in 2024 just utterly blew by the expectations of the major market researchers and those who dabble in metrics like we do.
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The Register, Friday, March 21st, 2025
Non-X86 Servers Boom Even Faster Than The Rest Of The AI-Infused And GPU-Hungry Market
Analyst finds 91 percent revenue growth with white box makers leading the way
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The Register, Friday, March 21st, 2025
We Heard You Like HBM - NVIDIA's Blackwell Ultra GPUs Will Have 288 Gb Of It
NVIDIA's Blackwell GPU architecture is barely out of the cradle - and the graphics chip giant is already looking to extend its lead over rival AMD with an Ultra-themed refresh of the technology.
more → ITPro, Thursday, March 20th, 2025
Server Sales Are Skyrocketing - And Growth Shows No Sign Of Slowing Down
GPU-embedded servers saw a 200% rise in revenue in the fourth quarter
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IT's FOSS, Saturday, October 26th, 2024
Raspberry Pi 4 Vs Pi 5: What's The Difference?
The good-old Raspberry Pi 4 or the newer Raspberry Pi 5? Let's know the differences to decide better.
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SearchDataCenter, Thursday, October 10th, 2024
What Is MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage)?
MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage) is an OS from IBM that continues to run on many of IBM's mainframe and large servers. MVS is said to be the OS that keeps the world going. The same could be said of its successor systems, OS/390 and z/OS.
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SiliconANGLE , Thursday, July 18th, 2024
Gartner Revises Server Spending Forecast Sharply Upward As Generative AI Effect Kicks In
Gartner Inc.'s latest worldwide information technology spending forecast predicts a 24.1% jump in spending on data center systems, more than double the 10% growth expected just three months ago and six times the actual growth of 4% last year - thanks to generative artificial intelligence.
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The Next Platform, Thursday, June 27th, 2024
The Time Has Come To Upgrade Aging Server Fleets By TPM
There has always been a tension in the datacenter between ever-advancing technology and the practical economic gravity of the company balance sheet.
more → The Next Platform, Tuesday, June 11th, 2024
Software And Services For Profits, AI Hardware Is Only Table Stakes
A pattern seems to be emerging across the original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, who have been largely waiting on the sidelines to get into the generative AI riches story.
more → Search Windows Server, Thursday, June 6th, 2024
Find And Fix Server Problems With Best Practices Analyzer
Admins need all the help they can get, and this Microsoft utility shows IT how to correct security issues and optimize performance in key infrastructure workloads.
more → Analytics Insight, Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
Micro Data Center Market To Reach US$19 Billion By 2028
Future of Micro Data Center market: Factors behind the surge, trends and market restraints
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The Next Platform, Wednesday, April 17th, 2024
What Happens When Hyperscalers And Clouds Buy Most Servers And Storage?
We have a long-standing joke that dates from the early 2000s, when the hyperscalers - there were not yet cloud builders as we now know them - started having hundreds of millions of users and millions of servers and storage arrays to run applications for them at the same time there was the beginnings of consolidation among the OEMs who created the servers and storage used by nearly all enterprises, including dot-com startups.
more → Search IT Operations, Friday, March 15th, 2024
Server Consolidation Benefits, Types And Considerations
Server consolidation enables admins to boost server utilization and decrease power consumption, which can also reduce costs and improve performance.
more → DataCenter Knowledge, Monday, March 11th, 2024
Bare-Metal vs. Dedicated Servers: Different Names For The Same Thing?
Unlock the mystery behind bare-metal vs. dedicated servers. Are they truly different, or is it just marketing spin? Dive in as we try to uncover the truth.
more → Search Data Center, Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
Server Hardware Guide: Architecture, Products And Management
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.
more → SearchDataCenter, Tuesday, December 19,2023
A Rundown Of Server Hardware Vendors And The Server Options
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.
more → StorageNewsletter.com, Friday, December 15,2023
Voice Of The Customer For Full-Stack HCI Software
Full-stack HCI software enables virtualized computing, storage and networking from a single-server hardware instantiation. Infrastructure and operations leaders can learn from ratings and reviews by their peers shared on Gartner Peer Insights.
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DataCenter Knowledge, Wednesday, December 13,2023
Server Market Will Be Worth Nearly $196Bn In 2027 - Omdia
Omdia cloud and data center analysts Vladimir Galabov, Manoj Sukumaran, and Aaron Lewis review key movements in the server market and what lies ahead for the sector.
more → SearchDataCenter, Tuesday, December 12,2023
Rack vs. Blade Server: What's The Difference?
Components in a physical data center are held in rack servers or blade servers. Learn the differences, what type of environment you need and which server uses work best.
more → SearchDataCenter, Thursday, December 7,2023
5 Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Trends For 2024
Hyper-converged infrastructure is rapidly changing. Read what HCI has to offer and what projected growth it may have within the next couple years.
more → ServerWatch, Tuesday, November 14,2023
Virtual Servers Vs. Physical Servers: Comparison And Use Cases
The terms 'virtual server' and 'physical server' do not refer to a state of tangible or intangible existence but rather to the way the machines are structured.
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ServerWatch, Tuesday, October 31,2023
What Is A Failover Cluster? Types And Examples
A failover cluster is essentially a redundant, performance-optimized backup system for digital architectures. When a group of two or more independent servers is designed to work together with the purpose of providing a robust backup structure; better balancing workloads; ensuring integrity and reliability of applications, systems, or services; and providing scalability and availability, it is considered a failover cluster.
more → ServerWatch, Monday, October 30,2023
What Is Green It? Definition And Benefits
Green IT, also referred to as Green Computing or Sustainable IT, refers to the study and practice of designing, manufacturing, using, and disposing of computers, servers, and associated devices and subsystems efficiently and effectively, with minimal or no impact on the environment.
more → The Nex Platform, Monday, October 23,2023
How Long Before AI Servers Take Over The Market?
When hyperscalers and cloud builders think about their infrastructure, they talk about megawatts and they think about the mix of serving and storage and the total capacity that is delivered in a megawatt of power. And of course they also think in terms of budgets because money is, in fact, what makes the world go around.
more → SearchStorage, Wednesday, August 23,2023
Top 5 Enterprise HCI Providers
To set context on why IT organizations should adopt hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) into their operating environment, it is helpful to survey the current challenges with managing IT infrastructure for medium to large enterprises. While these challenges also concern small organizations, large enterprises experience many of these issues at a larger scale because of their many users, applications, and locations.
more → The Next Platform, Tuesday, August 15,2023
Crafting A DGX-Alike AI Server Out Of AMD GPUs And PCI Switches
Not everybody can afford an Nvidia DGX AI server loaded up with the latest 'Hopper' H100 GPU accelerators or even one of its many clones available from the OEMs and ODMs of the world. And even if they can afford this Escalade of AI processing, that does not mean for a second that they can get their hands on the H100 or even 'Ampere' A100 GPUs that are part and parcel of this system given the heavy demand for these compute engines.
more → The Register, Tuesday, August 8,2023
Amazon Has More Than Half Of All Arm Server CPUs In The World
Amazon is the most successful manufacturer of Arm server chips, accounting for just over half of Arm-based server CPUs currently deployed, while some chipmakers are also now betting on Arm-based Windows PCs.
more → IT Operations, Tuesday, July 11,2023
Server Hardware Degradation
Server hardware degradation is the gradual breakdown of the physical parts of a server.
more → Networkworld, Wednesday, July 5,2023
5 Ways To Boost Server Efficiency
Right-sizing workloads, upgrading to current generation servers, and managing power consumption can help enterprises reach their data center sustainability goals.
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Google Cloud News, Thursday, June 1,2023
Can HCI Deliver?
Can HCI deliver an architecture that enables IT professionals to overcome the four most significant challenges facing mid-sized data centers?
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Search Networking, Thursday, June 1,2023
BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)
BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) is the protocol that enables the global routing system of the internet. It manages how packets get routed from network to network by exchanging routing and reachability information among edge routers.
more → HPCwire, Wednesday, May 24,2023
Scaling Innovation Through Collaboration: A Preview of the 2023 OCP Global Summit
In this recent blog entry, Kali Burdette, OCP's Director of Global Events, unveils the enriched collaborative vision for the 2023 OCP Global Summit. The event, happening in San Jose from October 17th-19th, will spotlight the OCP's evolution in open-source hardware, promising insights into disruptive technologies such as AI, ML, optical networking, and quantum computing.
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ServerWatch, Friday, May 12,2023
7 Best Rack Servers Of 2023
Rack servers are crucial for companies that need a robust computing infrastructure to support their operations. With the technology constantly improving, many rack servers are on the market, each with special characteristics and abilities.
more → Data Center Knowledge, Wednesday, April 26,2023
Bare-Metal Cloud Servers Vs. Bare Metal In A Private Data Center
Choosing bare-metal servers in a public cloud over in a data center depends on whether you prioritize convenience and flexibility over control, performance, and cost optimization.
more → DCIG, April, 6th 2023
Three Insights Into The Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) Marketplace
DCIG recently completed its previously announced research into the Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) marketplace.
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Search Data Center, February 22nd, 2023
A Primer On Hyperscale Data Centers
Hyperscale data centers can hold thousands of servers and process much more data than an enterprise facility. However, they can be difficult to build and maintain.
more → TheNextPlatform, February 21st, 2023
The Long Patience Of Lenovo Starts Paying Off In The Datacenter
It took a long, long time to convert the old IBM PC business acquired in 2004 into the dominant supplier of client devices in the world, but Lenovo is nothing but not patient and bypassed HP Inc in 2013 and has had the largest share of the market since that time.
more → StorageNewsletter.com, February 6th, 2023
HCI: Edge Deployments
This report was published on December 21, 2022 by GigaOm and written Alastair Cooke, an independent industry analyst who has been writing about the challenges and changes in the IT industry for over 10 years.
more → Blocks&Files, February 6th, 2023
HCI is More Than a Blip on GigaOm's Radar
GigaOm's latest HCI report for enterprises shows Nutanix ahead of VMware, Cisco falling behind and two new challengers. The analyst house has also posted new SMB and Edge HCI Radar reports.
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Storage Switzerland, January 18th, 2023
Scale-Out HCI is not Enough
Scale-out is the primary focus of most hyperconverged infrastructures (HCI), but scale-out HCI is not enough to deliver a more cost-effective and easier-to-operate data center.
more → The Next Platform, January 4th, 2023
The Interesting Years Ahead For Servers by TPM
By every measure we can get our hands on, 2022 was a bumper year for server shipments and server spending, which is good indicator for the appetite for new kinds of applications and the expansion of existing applications in the world at large.
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