more articles by Martin Banks

Multi-threaded apps will boost Google

Google's recent acquisition of PeakStream gives the search engine giant the technology to offer SaaS on an unprecedented scale. 09 Jul 2007

Martin Banks

IBM boxes clever for smaller businesses

The vendor’s pre-packaged blades should make it easier for small firms to beef up their IT infrastructures 11 Jun 2007

Martin Banks

Give in and hand over the datacentre

Should hard-pressed IT staff finally admit defeat and outsource datacentre management? 30 May 2007

Martin Banks

IBM should ease off the hard stuff

IBM should allow z/OS to run on cheaper machines and then profit from providing system support 09 May 2007

Martin Banks

Benchmarking enters the real world

The new TPC-E benchmark should inject a much-needed dose of realism into server testing 03 Apr 2007

Martin Banks

Green IT can be a right turn-off

Deliberately powering down servers to save energy is not such a daft idea, and new technology can help 16 Mar 2007

Martin Banks

Time to drop the x86 donkey?

How long will it be before the runaway power consumption of x86 systems brings IT to a dead stop? 26 Feb 2007

SaaS could be Dell’s saviour

Dell is the server vendor best equipped to cater for the hardware needs of software-as-a-service providers 12 Feb 2007

martin banks

The forces that forged the Suntel alliance

Warmer relations between Sun and Intel reflect the growing influence of systems integrators 01 Feb 2007

Martin Banks

The shape of servers to come

An innovative new server design from the US raises questions about the direction of high-end computing 15 Jan 2007

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