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• Ellison sings a new tune: Oracle hardware is cheapest

  The purchase price for Oracle systems has been an 'impediment' for some customers, he admitted

• Oracle's Sparc M7 chip to supercharge in-memory computing

  The new Sparc chip will ship in Oracle's Unix servers next year

• HP expects first x86 Nonstop systems next year

  Nonstop customers will get a path off of Intel's Itanium chip

• New server can be parachuted into extreme environments

  NCS Technologies' new rugged server can withstand extreme temperatures, drops and altitude

• HP's new virtualization servers provide path to cloud

  HP's new VirtualSystem for Microsoft is based on Hyper-V virtualization technology

• Despite Ellison remark, Oracle still a fan of x86

  Meanwhile, Michael Dell says his company is 'not a PC company'