PALO ALTO, Calif.--Hewlett-Packard plans a new midrange Unix server later this year, a 16-processor machine that will put pressure on rivals IBM and Sun Microsystems--assuming HP can recover the ...

While the Unix server business has lost much of its glamour in the face of assaults from Windows, Linux, and the cloud, there is still plenty of life -- and growth -- in the business, although for the ...

Hewlett-Packard has been struggling in the Unix server market, but it plans an offensive with a product featuring twice the chips of its current top-end Superdome. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

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Hewlett-Packard and IBM tied for first place in the hotly contested Unix server market in the fourth quarter of 2002, pushing aside Unix heavyweight Sun Microsystems, according to a new study released ...

Shipments of x86 servers grew 9.5 percent during the third quarter as Unix server shipments fell, though some companies reported increased Unix revenue As adoption of x86 servers increased globally, ...

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) is introducing a long-awaited upgrade to its Unix operating system (OS) and launching new, affordable Integrity servers in a direct challenge to rival products from IBM Corp.

They also come at a time when the third most important Unix processor line, Sun Microsystems' SPARC, is in a state of flux thanks to the acquisition of Sun by Oracle. Together, these are starting to ...

Hewlett-Packard Co. Tuesday launched a new line of Unix servers aimed at cost-conscious buyers, as it tries to inject new life into its flagging high-end hardware business. HP, based in Palo Alto, ...

Windows has overcome Unix to claim the server sales crown for the first time, according to IDC’s latest Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker. The Windows server market continued to show solid growth, ...

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Demand for mainframe and high-performance Unix servers is falling, but a new wave of SPARC and IBM Power chips for the servers will be unwrapped at the Hot Chips conference in late August. IBM, Oracle ...