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RDP and VPN use skyrocketed since coronavirus onset
RDP use is up by 41%, enterprise VPN use is up by 33%.
COVID-19 has made network servers hard to find
Supply chain shutdowns have created network servers shortages, and delivery prices have risen from hundreds to thousands of dollars.
Facebook's new project: To fix time itself
The social media giant has released a new time-keeping tool that it claims is the most precise clock out there.
Intel CPUs vulnerable to new 'Snoop' attack
Applying the the patches for the Foreshadow (L1TF) attack disclosed in 2018 also blocks Snoop attacks.
Google: This is what caused CPU throttling at our cloud data center
Google says crushed rack wheels busted a cooling system, causing CPU performance to be throttled.
Amazon announces four new projects to make its data centers greener
The e-tailer reiterated its commitment to fighting climate change with renewable energy initiatives to launch worldwide.
Multiple nation-state groups are hacking Microsoft Exchange servers
Government-backed groups are exploiting CVE-2020-0688 to take over Exchange email servers.
Let's Encrypt to revoke 3 million certificates on March 4 due to software bug
Let's Encrypt issued 3,048,289 TLS certificates without checking the CAA field for the requesting domain.
Ampere launches Altra, takes aim at AMD, Intel in cloud data centers
The Arm-based Altra is the latest entry into the hyperscale computing processor market.
Maybe data centers aren't actually so bad for the planet
Despite much concern over the energy consumption of data centers, a new study shows that companies are doing a good job at making their infrastructure greener.
Ghostcat bug impacts all Apache Tomcat versions released in the last 13 years
Ghostcat vulnerability can allow hackers to read configuration files or plant backdoors on Tomcat servers.
Dell Technologies Q4 mixed amid strong commercial PC sales, but soft server market
Dell's infrastructure unit struggled in the fourth quarter with revenue of $8.8 billion, down 11%. Storage revenue fell 3% while servers and networking revenue fell 19%.
Microsoft previews Microsoft Defender ATP for Linux
Believe it or not, Microsoft is readying its Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection for Linux servers. Yes, you read that right: Linux servers.
Save $484 on Dell's PowerEdge small business server with this promo code
The Dell PowerEdge T40 tower server is 58% off with a promo code.
Cisco critical bug: Static password in Smart Software Manager – patch now, says Cisco
Cisco urges customers using its smart licensing software to upgrade now because of a 9.8/10 severity flaw.
AI, blockchain, servers, smartphones and more: Research round-up
We summarise the charts that tell the tech story of the past month.
Windows Server vNext Technical Preview: Screenshots
The next version of Windows Server is at an early stage of development, but some of the new functionality for orchestrating virtualised compute, storage and networking resources on commodity hardware is available for early adopters to test. Here's how it's shaping up.
In pictures: Take a look inside Telefonica's Madrid datacenter
The Spanish telco's largest facility is based outside the Spanish capital. ZDNet was invited along to see inside.
Microservers: In pictures
Tower, rack and blade servers are familiar enough, but what do microservers look like? We examine examples from HP, SeaMicro and Dell.
The tech behind the Bathurst 1000
Each year, the V8 Supercars series converges on Mount Panorama for the endurance race known as the Bathurst 1000. ZDNet took a look at the tech behind the data used by the Symantec Nissan team to strategise the race.
Inside IBM's 300mm chip fab: Photos
IBM's 300mm chip fab in upstate New York turns out high-performance chips around the clock. ZDNet was invited to take a look inside, and learn about what the future holds for chip making.
Cool runnings: IBM's recipe for a happy datacentre, in pictures
How do you make your datacentre run better, and save money? At IBM's research labs and facilities in upstate New York, three ideas are uppermost on people's minds: energy efficiency, monitoring, and utilisation.
Dell PowerEdge R520 review
It's not the most powerful or scalable 2U server in Dell's PowerEdge range, but the R520 is still a quick, capable and affordable dual-socket platform that can be configured to handle a variety of both datacentre and distributed office workloads.
Windows Server 2012: RTM screenshots
Server Manager, the admin console for Microsoft's latest server OS, has a modern-style GUI, and is a one-stop shop for managing devices, tools and services.
Dell PowerEdge T620 review
The tower equivalent of the rack-mounted R720, Dell's PowerEdge T620 sports the same processor, RAM and management options plus even more flexible storage. It's a powerful and versatile platform that can cope with everything from standard file and print duties through distributed branch office applications to private cloud deployment.
Windows Server 2012 Essentials: Screenshots
Microsoft has done a lot to simplify the server experience in Windows Server 2012 Essentials, which mixes both business and consumer features.
Screenshots: Windows Server 2012 RC
As Windows Server 2012 nears the finishing line, here's an update on the look and feel of the Release Candidate.
CeBIT 2012 opens: photos
Business-technology exhibition CeBIT 2012 kicked off today, bringing together a who's who of technology players. Many exhibitors appeared to be playing it safe, with booth babes absent from view. Instead, a few took BYO to heart, and brought their own trucks, caravans and bikes.
Dell PowerEdge T320
Dell has done a lot more than simply upgrade the PowerEdge T320 to the new Xeon E5-2400 processor. Memory and storage also get a huge boost, and there's optional iDRAC 7 management and an embedded hypervisor option, making this a real SME power platform.
Fujitsu Primergy RX300 S7
A big step up from the previous S6 model, the seventh iteration of the RX300 majors on performance and capacity, and can be used to run a wide range of datacentre applications.
With China's supply chain facing difficulties, network servers are hard to find
Supply chain shutdowns have created network servers shortages, and delivery prices have risen from hundreds to thousands of dollars.
Cisco's SSM On-Prem has a 9.8/10 severity flaw, patch now
Cisco urges customers using its Smart Software Manager to upgrade.
Data center spending: Four trends you need to be aware of
Data center spending is likely to be feast or famine as enterprises pull back and hyperscale cloud providers build out infrastructure only to hit pause and digest.
Microsoft's customer support database was exposed for almost a month
Five servers storing customer support analytics were accidentally exposed online in December 2019.
Largest leak of Telnet credentials posted online
Hacker leaks passwords for more than 500,000 servers, routers, and IoT devices.
How infrastructure remade our world since 2010
Scott Fulton tells Karen Roby that people ask new and more complex questions of Siri, Alexa, and Google every day. How accurate and useful their responses are speaks to the massive fundamental changes behind the devices we use. Scott Fulton, who covered epic changes in 1990 and 2000, shines a spotlight backward on the under-appreciated platforms that made these changes possible, and the people who created them. Read more: https://zd.net/2Sg4yVJ
This new memory chip could be a game changer for machine learning
For many years, it's been hard to commercialize "MRAM" memory chips because of their unpredictability. But a startup, Spin Memory, is betting that the randomness operating in MRAM might make it an ideal chip for machine learning.
Security dream? DNS-over-HTTPS does not prevent ISPs from tracking users' web traffic
Several experts, companies, and national entities have voiced very convincing concerns about DoH and its features.
Chip startup Spin Memory wants to change the key ingredients of all chips
ZDNet's Tiernan Ray explains that a special mind of data memory called MRAM, for magnetic random access memory, has taken years to commercialize. Startup spin memory thinks the key to making it work is to take advantage of the inherent randomness in MRAM. Viewed from that perspective, the chip could actually accelerate AI applications, giving it special appeal. Read more: https://zd.net/2Vmar3i
MuleSoft strategy sets up an example for the whole industry to follow
How MuleSoft patched a critical security flaw and avoided a disaster.
Chinese hackers are scanning the internet for Fortinet and Pulse Secure VPN servers
Security researchers spot Chinese state-sponsored hackers going after high-end enterprise VPN servers.
Cloudflare drops extremist online message board 8chan after El Paso mass shooting
8chan has harbored a community of hate and three mass-shooters have now hosted manifestos on the platform.
Tor Project to fix old bug used against dark web (.onion) websites.
Tor vulnerability has been exploited for years and has been used for censorship, sabotage, and extortion of Onion sites.
Dell Technologies lays out its hybrid cloud plan with a heavy dose of VMware
Dell Technologies' crown jewel in its portfolio is VMware and the technology giant is now making it the glue that holds its portfolio of companies together.
What you need to know about serverless computing
ZDNet's Scott Fulton tells TechRepublic's Karen Roby all about the ins and outs of serverless computing. Read more: https://zd.net/2Dh8c9q
Boston Quattro 1396-T review: Twenty-four into three can go
A compact and affordable microserver that squeezes 24 server nodes into 3U of rack space, the Quattro 1396-T delivers huge gains in terms of space and energy efficiency but lacks scalability at the individual server level.
LSI Nytro MegaRAID 8120-4i review: Performance boost for servers with direct attached storage
With two high-performance memory modules onboard, this implementation of LSI's popular MegaRAID HBA uses flash to cache frequently accessed data, boosting storage performance without the upheaval or cost of switching from magnetic disk to SSD.
Dell PowerEdge VRTX review: A versatile server, storage and networking package
Take a blade server, add shared storage, PCI expansion and networking and you have the Dell PowerEdge VRTX. It's a surprisingly scalable yet affordable all-in-one system aimed at small businesses, but attracting interest well beyond its intended market.
Dell PowerEdge R520 review
It's not the most powerful or scalable 2U server in Dell's PowerEdge range, but the R520 is still a quick, capable and affordable dual-socket platform that can be configured to handle a variety of both datacentre and distributed office workloads.
Windows Server 2012: RTM review
Microsoft is looking ahead to a future of private and public clouds, where information is everything, and users can access it however they want. Is Microsoft's latest server OS up to the job?
Dell PowerEdge T620 review
The tower equivalent of the rack-mounted R720, Dell's PowerEdge T620 sports the same processor, RAM and management options plus even more flexible storage. It's a powerful and versatile platform that can cope with everything from standard file and print duties through distributed branch office applications to private cloud deployment.
Windows Server 2012 Essentials: Beta preview
Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials was disappointing, but there's a lot to like in its successor, which provides a small file-and-print server with integrated systems management and backup tools that's ideal for a small business or a home office.
Dell PowerEdge T320
Dell has done a lot more than simply upgrade the PowerEdge T320 to the new Xeon E5-2400 processor. Memory and storage also get a huge boost, and there's optional iDRAC 7 management and an embedded hypervisor option, making this a real SME power platform.
Fujitsu Primergy RX300 S7
A big step up from the previous S6 model, the seventh iteration of the RX300 majors on performance and capacity, and can be used to run a wide range of datacentre applications.
Dell PowerEdge R720
With its Xeon E5-2600 processors, extra memory, extra storage and enhanced management options, the PowerEdge R720 is a real powerhouse that hits the sweet spot when it comes to the 2P2U server market.
