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RISC-V, the Linux of the chip world, is starting to produce technological breakthroughs
RISC-V, the open standard for chip instructions, is leading to some impressive technical innovation, one of its creators says.
Four years after the Dyn DDoS attack, critical DNS dependencies have only gone up
If Cloudflare, AWS, or GoDaddy go down, around 40% of the Alexa Top 100,000 websites will also go down with DNS resolution problems.
Amazon: Here's what caused the major AWS outage last week
AWS explains how adding a small amount of capacity to Kinesis servers knocked out dozens of services for hours.
Dell Technologies' Q3 shines as remote work, learning stokes PC demand
Chromebook revenue was up triple digits as Dell's PC unit shined. The infrastructure group held its own as Dell looks toward AI workloads, hybrid cloud and edge computing.
2FA bypass discovered in web hosting software cPanel
More than 70 million sites are managed via cPanel software, according to the company.
As AI pops up in more and more scientific computing, a new time test measures how fast a neural net can be trained
The tests reflect an increasing use of deep learning in scientific computing on the world’s biggest computers.
Ransomware attack forces web hosting provider Managed.com to take servers offline
Ransomware attack on Managed.com appears to have taken place on Monday, November 16.
More than 245,000 Windows systems still remain vulnerable to BlueKeep RDP bug
Millions of computers and servers across the globe remain unpatched for some of today's most dangerous bugs.
Dell Technologies launches HPC systems aimed at more industries, use cases
Thierry Pellegrino, vice president of data-centric workloads and solutions at Dell Technologies, said the company's goal is to democratize HPC.
Ubuntu clouds on the Raspberry Pi
Ubuntu 20.10 on Raspberry Pi now comes with the full Linux desktop and, believe it or not, support for clouds.
Windows 10 Update: Microsoft kicks off its 20H2 feature rollout
Starting October 20, Microsoft is making the newest Windows 10 feature update available to mainstream users (not just Insider testers) who manually download it from a variety of channels.
Google says it mitigated a 2.54 Tbps DDoS attack in 2017, largest known to date
Google discloses previously unknown DDoS attack.
3rd-Gen Intel Xeon 'Ice Lake' Scalable Platform built to handle confidential computing
As the battle between Intel and AMD intensifies in the server space, Intel is positioning 'Ice Lake' Xeon chips as the right choice where the confidentiality and integrity of data is the priority.
How system disaggregation would reorganize IT, and how Arm may benefit
Network fabric is now fast enough that some components of a server’s motherboard can run separately. But would such a separation be of value to anyone besides the makers of alternative processors?
Proud Boys websites kicked off web host, Google Cloud
Following years of lobbying efforts, Google intervenes with one of its customers to have Proud Boys websites moved off its platform.
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.
Guide: The benefits of serverless computing
Serverless architecture is a style of programming for cloud platforms that's changing the way applications are built, deployed, and - ultimately - consumed.
HPE CEO Antonio Neri on growth, as-a-service, edge, and returning to offices
In a wide-ranging chat, HPE CEO Antonio Neri talks with ZDNet's Larry Dignan about what the IT demand picture looks like since the company reported earnings in May 2020 and the company's Discover virtual conference. Read more: https://zd.net/3fiXrnc
Some of Europe's top supercomputers hijacked to mine cryptocurrency
Confirmed infections have been reported in the UK, Germany, and Switzerland. Another suspected infection was reported in Spain.
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.
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.
