Sentence examples for large server computers from inspiring English sources

[C6.] Questioning a Microsoft Initiative Microsoft plans to announce a new initiative this week that would shift the locus of computing off the desktop and out into a "cloud" of large server computers located on the Internet.

Microsoft will now push to shift the locus of computing off the desktop altogether -- and out into a "cloud" of large server computers located on the Internet.

As a result, I.B.M.'s server group has had to wait in line behind some outside customers to get components needed to ship its newest large server computers, the zSeries 900.

Their goal is to take a bigger chunk of the market for large server computers that perform jobs like simulating financial markets, delivering video over the Internet, and mining large databases for useful information about customers.

The "next battleground," he said, was to demonstrate that the personal computer could handle the industrial-strength chores now handled by large "server" computers running Unix operating systems and even by mainframes.

Some of the technical data will be released online this month for no fee, while other information, like data designed for large server computers that run networks, will require a licensing fee.

At Fusion-io, Mr. Wozniak will be called upon for similar work, although this time with larger server computers and storage systems rather than PCs.

The steps, they said, included agreeing to separate Lenovo's American employees, mainly in Research Triangle Park in North Carolina, from I.B.M. workers there who work on other products, like larger server computers and software.

In addition, they said, communications between the terminals and the larger server computers that tally results from many precincts do not require that machines on either end of the line prove that they are legitimate, an omission that could allow someone to grab information that could be used to falsify whole precincts worth of votes.

"To have Compaq put all its guns behind it is a very positive step," said Mark Hudson, worldwide marketing manager for Hewlett-Packard's large business server computers.

SGI said it plans to concentrate on selling large, expensive server computers and pushing its highly touted graphics technology into the mainstream through a previously announced partnership with chipmaker Nvidia nvda.