Here we have one of the fastest high frequency trading servers, the CIARA Technologies ORION HF320. We go hands on with the first HF320 in Europe which we will have available for demonstration.

Oracle have released their SPARC T5 processors and associated servers, together with the M5 processor and M5 server lineup - replacing the current Fujitsu made M Series. SPARC M5 processor is exactly the same as the M4 processor, only the name has changed to align with the T5. 

Fujitsu are well known as the manufacturer of the Oracle SPARC M-Series range of servers. Less known is the fact that Fujitsu also manufacturer a range of X86 Sandy Bridge servers that are Solaris certified and can be pre-bundled with Oracle 24/7 support.

The long awaited SPARC T5 generation of processors should be announced this week by big red. Oracle claim almost immediate availability of the hardware, which is a big plus. They're also claiming that the T5 is the fastest processor in the world for database. We'll wait to see the TPC benchmarks before passing judgement.

Oracle have released the 2nd generation of its Oracle Database Appliance, the X3-2 version. With more compute, memory and storage capacity the X3-2 is aimed at Small to Medium business who have an Oracle environment - that don't need Exadata scale deployments.

SuperMicro have released their Hyper-Speed line of servers aimed at High Frequency Trading applications. Utilising over-clocked, memory tuning, and additional cooling efficiencies they have gained up to 30% decrease in latency - although not at the expense of reliability.

Effective 1st February 2013, all Solarflare Server Adaptors will be covered by a 3 year hardware warranty. This extends the previous warranty, reassuring end users that if there's a problem with the hardware within that 3 year period they can recieve a no-cost replacement adaptor.

The RX200 S7 is a rack mount server that delivers high performance, scalability, and energy efficiency - punching well above its weight in its 1 RU chassis. This 2 socket Sandy Bridge server packs up to 768 GB of high speed memory and up to 8 SFF SAS drives - and is available for demonstration immediately!

Fujitsu have released details on their 'Athena' server line up, featuring its own 16 core SPARC64-X processors. Full details are yet to be released by Oracle, but the 'M10' product family have been released by Fujitsu - we expect an Oracle release in the very near future.