Anne Chen

Armed with the new UltraSPARC IV+ processors, Sun Microsystems Inc.s Sun Fire V490 server boasts twice the performance of its predecessor, the UltraSPARC IV-based V490. Click here to read the full review of the Sun Fire V490. 2 Armed with the new UltraSPARC IV+ processors, Sun Microsystems Inc.s Sun Fire V490 server boasts twice the […]

Next year, the world of virtualization technology will really heat up when chip makers Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Intel Corp. begin offering virtualization technologies built into their chips. Once available, hardware running these chips will support virtual machines more efficiently by allowing systems to be partitioned and enabled to run multiple operating systems. /zimages/4/28571.gifClick […]

When Microsoft Corp. releases its next Office productivity suite in the second half of next year, it will unleash the most dramatic Office upgrade IT managers have seen since Office 95. Code-named Office 12, the update doesnt just signify a departure from Office 2003 but also a radical change in the user interface and in […]

Microsoft Corp.s Office may dominate on corporate desktops, but enterprises looking for lower-priced (or free) alternatives dont have to look too hard. Whether its open source, Web-based or a Microsoft look-alike, the four office productivity platforms eWEEK Labs reviews below—in addition to Sun Microsystems Inc.s StarOffice 8 and the OpenOffice.org Foundations OpenOffice.org 2.0 —prove there […]

With open-source productivity suites getting better and better, the cost of Microsoft Corp.s Office is looking higher and higher to FN Manufacturing LLC. Last year, FN Manufacturing began testing OpenOffice.org 1.1.1 with the hope of mitigating the costs associated with an enterprisewide upgrade to Microsoft Office 2003. FN Manufacturings goal was not necessarily to entirely […]

I spend a lot of my time in eWEEK Labs looking at portable computing devices. Recently, though, Ive been playing with a U3 “smart drive,” which enables users to leave their laptops at home. Created by the company of the same name, U3 is a platform that allows software developers to build key-based applications for […]

These days, a construction company cant just put up a building and then move on after the ribbon-cutting ceremonies. At Webcor Builders Inc., in San Mateo, Calif., more than 200GB of documents associated with the construction of some of Silicon Valleys most prestigious corporate campuses is stored and archived using Symantec Corp.s Veritas Enterprise Vault. […]

Laptops are now ubiquitous in the enterprise, but desktops arent going anywhere any time soon. As IT managers start to think about their hardware purchases for next year, desktop systems wont be banished from cubicles, several Corporate Partners told eWEEK Labs. The IT pros we spoke with said theyre looking for desktop systems packing as […]

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Whether its remote desktop search on a Blackberry device or an entire workspace stored on a USB flash drive, IT managers can count on new products showcased at the Demo conference to help workers go mobile. During the opening of the conference here on Tuesday, dozens of companies demonstrated software and services in […]

Sun Microsystems Inc.s Sun Fire x4100 combines dual-core Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Opteron processing capabilities with a slew of management features that make the server an aggressive player in Suns—and AMDs—efforts to gain more ground in the x86 arena. Click here to read the full review of the Sun Fire x4100. 2 Sun Microsystems Inc.s […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. is hoping the xSeries servers it released this week—the first in the line code-named Galaxy—will compel leery enterprise customers to consider its servers for their transition from 32-bit to 64-bit computing. Since placing Advanced Micro Devices Inc.s Opteron chip at the center of its low-end server strategy last year, Sun has taken […]

Few companies know better than Premier Bankcard Inc. that sometimes you have to spend money to make money. Case in point: The credit card issuer has made back—and then some—the roughly $1.9 million it has devoted to a storage area network and business analytics project. With rivals crowding consumers mailboxes with the latest credit card […]