Hardware/Infrastructure
- WoW: Microsoft, Cisco Continue to Cozy Up
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10/6/2008
The ongoing relationship between Cisco Systems and Microsoft has become even closer, according to recent news that the Windows Server on WAAS (WoW)-- an appliance that merges Cisco's Wide Area Applications Services with Microsoft Windows Server 2008--is available to order.
- China's Southeast University Upgrades Wireless LANs Across 6 Campuses
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10/1/2008
Southeast University in Nanjing, China has deployed Aruba Networks WiFi networks across its six campuses. The university, with 26,000 students and 5,600 faculty members, wanted to upgrade wireless service for its many libraries and teaching facilities, but its legacy network was unable to cope with the traffic presented by the fast-growing number of users.
- Purdue Team Driving SiCortex Low-power Supercomputer in 2008 Cluster Challenge
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9/25/2008
A team of student engineers at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN will be using technology from SiCortex, a Massachusetts company that makes lower-power supercomputers, for its cluster computing entry in an upcoming competition. The Boilermaker Cluster Challenge team will be entering its design at SC08, a supercomputer conference put on in November by IEEE Computer Society and the Association for Computing Machinery.
- U Arizona To Optimize Wireless Networks on Campus
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9/24/2008
The University of Arizona in Tucson said it has begun using wireless LAN tools from AirMagnet, including Survey and Planner, to help optimize and plan wireless networks throughout the campus. The campus includes approximately 115 core buildings and more than 35,000 students. Of those 115 buildings, 70 are currently wireless enabled, encompassing more than 7.5 million square feet. It has 5,000 wireless access points.
- King Abdullah U and IBM Join To Build Middle East's Most Powerful Supercomputer
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9/24/2008
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and IBM have announced a joint project to build and conduct research on one of the most complex, high-performance computing (HPC) systems in the world. The new system, named Shaheen, will serve the university's scientific researchers across multiple disciplines, advance new innovations in computational sciences, and contribute to the further development of a knowledge-based society in Saudi Arabia.
- HP Debuts Hardware, Software To Support VMware Environments
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9/19/2008
At this year's VMworld, HP announced a series of new offerings designed to help organizations simplify the implementation and management of VMware-based virtual environments.
- Cray Unveils CX1 Supercomputer for Office Use
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9/18/2008
Cray Inc., in conjunction with Intel and Microsoft, this week unveiled a relatively low-cost supercomputer that works in office environments. The Cray CX1 high-performance computing (HPC) machine features the use of Intel processors for the first time and comes with Windows HPC Server 2008 preinstalled. It also works with Red Hat Linux Version 5.
- VMware Fusion 2 Expands Hardware Support, Improves Networking
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9/16/2008
VMware has released VMware Fusion 2.0, a major update to the desktop virtualization solution for Mac OS X that has been in public beta since back in July. The new version, a free upgrade for users of VMware Fusion 1.x, focuses on expanded support for Mac hardware configurations, including additional graphics capabilities, as well as networking, security, storage, and application sharing improvements.
- Intel Rolls Out 65W, 6-core Xeon 7400 Processors
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9/15/2008
Intel this week began rolling out its new line of Xeon processors targeted toward server markets. The new Xeon 7400 series features four- and six-core configurations designed to be used in systems with at least four processors and is targeted largely toward data centers and, in particular, virtualization applications.
- VMworld Preview: VMware's Vision of Virtualization as the OS
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9/15/2008
The annual VMworld user conference gets underway today in Las Vegas, with the event's host betting big on a new strategy that redefines its market-leading virtualization management products. VMware is set to unveil plans to expand its flagship virtualization platform into something resembling an operating system, a new cloud computing initiative and the company's path toward a "universal client vision."
- Northern Michigan U Issues 6,000 Laptops to Students
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9/15/2008
Northern Michigan University has deployed 6,000 Lenovo ThinkPad R61 notebooks to its full-time students to provide access to 724 Web-based classes this fall. This is the 10th year that NMU has issued ThinkPads to its student body.
- SGI Powers Bioinformatics Research at U South Carolina
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9/11/2008
The University of South Carolina has upgraded its server and storage technologies to support research in bioinformatics and processing of medical images. The university adopted server and storage solutions for SGI, including the company's SGI Altix 4700 system and InfiniteStorage 4000.
- Small Georgia College Rolls Out 802.11n Network
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9/10/2008
Cost is an issue with any wireless network project, and, for the smallest schools, it can be an overriding factor. But 700-student Emmanuel College, located deep in Georgia, brought the cost of a new 802.11n network under control by initially focusing on strategic areas such as its residence halls. It's also saving money by eliminating the high cost of continual IT staff repairs to the previous wireless system.
- Feeling Data Squeeze, Liberty U Installs New NetApp SANs
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9/9/2008
Liberty University has installed a storage area network (SAN) from Network Appliance (NetApp) to accommodate an increase in enrollment and a greater reliance on digital information. The school has 11,300 resident students and 39,000 distance learners.
- Borrego To Install 1.2 Megawatt Solar System for UCSD
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9/9/2008
Borrego Solar Systems announced last week that it has been selected by the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to install a 1.2 megawatt solar electric system. The grid-connected system will provide approximately 2.4 million kilowatt hours of energy per year, contributing to the university’s overall sustainable energy goals.
- UCSD Plants Solar Trees on Parking Structures
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9/8/2008
University of California, San Diego is taking a novel approach to generating sustainable energy on its campus by transforming its parking garages into solar power plants. With the help of Envision Solar, the university is "planting" Solar Trees on the roofs of two of its parking structures to generate electricity for the campus and provide infrastructure for supporting electric vehicles.
- Coppin, Rush, CSU Fullerton Deploy Gigabit Wireless
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9/8/2008
Coppin State University in Baltimore, MD, Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, and California State University in Fullerton, have adopted BridgeWave Communications' gigabit wireless links to provide network connectivity on their campuses.
- Rarity for China Schools: Nanjing University Deploys Campus-wide Wireless LAN
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9/5/2008
Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications in China has deployed a campus-wide wireless LAN (WLAN) from Motorola. The WLAN will enable multimedia Internet-based teaching, automatic academic office management, Internet access, long-distance teaching, and other services. Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications is one of the few universities in China to provide complete wireless LAN coverage to every building in addition to the campus' outdoor spaces.
- Fixed-Mobile Convergence: Dartmouth Beefs Up Cell Coverage, Cuts Costs
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9/4/2008
Problems with cell phone coverage aren't uncommon on college campuses. There are two main reasons: The beefy structure of historic buildings can block cellular reception within walls, and, on more remote campuses outside cities, signal coverage can be light.
- U Memphis Plugs into XO Metro Fiber Network for Gigabit Internet
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9/2/2008
The University of Memphis will be tapping into XO Communications' 500-route mile metro fiber network across the Memphis area for high-capacity Internet services. The XO data network provides data transfer rates up to a gigabit per second.
- TurningPoint Launches Web-based Response Service for Smartphones and Laptops
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9/2/2008
TurningPoint, which sells classroom response systems, has launched a Web-based service that works on AT&T-powered wireless smartphones, including the iPhone, BlackBerry, and laptops.
- Xen Hypervisor Gets an Update
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9/2/2008
The open source hypervisor Xen has a new version, 3.3, that includes a number of upgrades and enhancements that make it more enterprise-worthy and start to move it beyond the datacenter.
- Saint Joseph Builds Out Wireless Network in Multi-year Upgrade
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8/28/2008
Saint Joseph's University has begun deploying a Meru Networks wireless local area network across its Philadelphia campus as part of a multi-year effort to bring wireless coverage to every building on campus.
- Ferrum College Enrolls Juniper Networks To Extend 10 Gigabit Ethernet
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8/27/2008
Ferrum College in southwestern Virginia has chosen to replace its campus-wide legacy Cisco network infrastructure with Juniper Network switching, network access control (NAC), and firewall/virtual private network (VPN) solutions. The college chose the new equipment after deciding to extend 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) throughput across the network in support of advanced voice over IP (VoIP) by fall 2009.
- Microsoft Changes Virtualization Licensing Rules
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8/20/2008
Microsoft has made substantial changes to its virtualization licensing program, changes that will lower the cost of using virtualization for many customers.
