Monthly Archives: April 2005
Intel, AMD Fire First Multicore Salvos
Having hit the processing-power limits of traditional single-core chips, Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. are moving the battle to the multicore processor...
Dual-Core Fires Up Sun Server
Powered by dual-core processors, Sun Microsystems Inc.s latest Sun Fire V40z server offers solid eight-way performance in a compact 3U (5.25-inch) chassis.Click here to...
Health IT M&A Grows in Q1
In the first quarter of this year, there were 22 merger and acquisition deals for health care information technology companies. That number is an...
Win2K Is Ending—VARs Need New Alternatives Now
After backing off, way off, from Longhorn, Microsoft is once more making noise about how wonderful the next generation of Windows will be.
Yeah. Right.
Ill...
Vonage Sets $100 Price Point For VOIP Handset
LONDON — VOIP provider Vonage has identified a $100 price point as the target for its upcoming VOIP handset, an executive said Wednesday.
Vonage, which...
Hear This, Verizon!
Somebody should have reminded Ivan Seidenberg, CEO of Verizon Communications, that silence truly can be golden—like at those times when you come off looking...
Unisys to Help Enterprises Dynamically Adjust to Business Demands
Unisys Corp. is preparing to roll out a series of infrastructure offerings over the next few months aimed at helping enterprises make their data...
Dormouse Reveals Counterculture Links to Computer History
One of the more persistent myths in Silicon Valley is that of the socially inept computer geek, the guy—theyre assumed to be almost all...
Microsoft, VeriSign Team on Wi-Fi Security Architecture
Citing the increased risk posed by mobile workers and wireless networking technology, Microsoft Corp. and VeriSign Inc. said on Wednesday that they are teaming...
Retail Apps Drove the Retek Buyout
When Oracle bought retail-software specialist Retek last month, it learned a $670-million lesson about the new importance of retail software and its own inadequacies...