Stories by: Jennifer Mears

A little less than a year ago, Internet Brands, which operates Web sites for big ticket purchases such as cars, homes and mortgages, was looking to rid itself of the big ticket hardware in its data centre.

IBM has announced that Harvard University is using an IBM Blue Gene supercomputer, which holds the title as the fastest supercomputer in the world, to support research into the human heart and circulatory system.

The SCO Group, the Unix vendor that gained notoriety for claiming IBM illegally incorporated its proprietary Unix code into Linux, is hanging by a thread and financial bankruptcy is "inevitable," according to court documents filed by Novell in U.S. District court in Utah last week.

The virtualization market is expected to heat up this year as Microsoft and the open source Xen project challenge VMware, which has been the only game in town when it comes to virtualizing x86 servers.

The SCO Group, the Unix vendor that gained notoriety for claiming IBM illegally incorporated its proprietary Unix code into Linux, is hanging by a thread and financial bankruptcy is "inevitable," according to court documents filed by Novell in U.S. District court in Utah this week.

VMware continues to push its virtualization technology for Apple systems, using the Macworld Conference & Expo this week to show off the software that lets users run Windows, Linux, NetWare and Solaris alongside the Mac OS X operating system on a single Intel-based desktop.

Open source should be on the short list when it comes to application-buying decisions in 2007, industry experts say.

Ever wonder why Linux company Red Hat is called that?

After several years of struggling, Sun is gaining ground in the Unix market, according to a new survey.

Organizations preparing to move to virtual environments will find broader options in 2007 as competitors to market leader VMware emerge with enhanced, enterprise-ready offerings.

IBM continues to roll out packaged services it says will make it easier for companies to deploy the latest technologies, including grid computing and Linux.