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Hewlett-Packard Co. today unveiled the first new product introductions to its newly acquired line of NonStop servers, high-end computing systems it gained in its buyout of Compaq Computer Corp. last month. HPs NonStop servers, labeled Himalayas by Compaq, sell for an average of more than $1 million a piece. The complex 64-bit computing systems are […]

To bolster its storage software lineup, Tokyos Hitachi Ltd. this week acquired Comstock Systems Corp. for $20 million. Comstock makes software to manage network-attached storage and resources like switches and servers, and will essentially be a development shop for Hitachi Data Systems, of Santa Clara, Calif., said HDS President and Chief Operating Officer Dave Roberson. […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. today introduced a new entry-level four-way server, the Sun Fire V480, and revved up the power on its popular eight-way V880 system, two servers designed to manage networks. The V480, capable of running up to four 900MHz 64-bit UltraSparc III processors, is being positioned against soon-to-be-released servers based on Intel Corp.s new […]

Weakening global sales spurred Apple Computer Inc. today to drop its quarterly revenue forecasts about 10 percent below its earlier projections. “Like others in our industry, we are experiencing a slowdown in sales this quarter,” Steve Jobs, Apples chief executive, said in a statement issued after the stock markets closed in New York. While the […]

Advanced Micro Devices, the worlds second largest PC chipmaker, today warned that it will post a “substantial operating loss” for the second quarter due to slower than expected sales. “There is broad weakness in the personal computer market and it is adversely affecting AMD,” Robert Rivet, AMDs chief financial officer said today. “The processor business, […]

Hewlett-Packard Co.s announcement last week that it will release a new version of its Unix platform for Intel Corp.s highly touted Itanium 2 was much-needed good news for the chip, which has attracted only modest interest from major vendors. HP, which co-developed the 1GHz 64-bit chip, next month will release a version of its proprietary […]

SEC Proposal Targets CEOS The federal government, still trying to get a handle on corporate accounting practices in the post-Enron world, is looking to make CEOs more accountable. The Securities and Exchange Commission last week debated whether to push for a measure that would force CEOs to sign off on their companies quarterly and annual […]

IBM is taking a fast-track approach to building share in the growing PLM market in a bid to gain leadership and stimulate stagnant sales. The Armonk, N.Y., company recently added product life-cycle management to the short list of products and services covered by its 18-month-old emerging business opportunities initiative. The move means PLM will receive […]

Red flags pop up when four linux distributors form the UnitedLinux group without the most widely used version of the operating system: Red Hat Linux. Is Linux condemned to go down the path to fracture traveled by previous Unixes? Not necessarily. So far, theres more marketing gloss than technological substance to this initiative. Second-tier players […]

Fujitsu Software Technology Corp. is laying out a two-year development and licensing plan to meet the growing demand for automated, open, policy-based management software. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company, also known as Softek, will begin rolling out its plan this week with the launch of Softek Virtualization 1.5 and Softek SANView 4.0, according to President and […]

Storage switch makers are at a crossroads. They have three choices: to focus on the current Fibre Channel market, on the storage management software battle or on next-generation technologies such as IP storage. The choice could determine whether users buy whatever switch their storage vendor happens to bundle or whether the switch supplier becomes an […]

Officials at Sun Microsystems Inc. arent the only ones hoping enterprise users upgrade quickly to Solaris 9. Jim Pilgrim, director of product management at managed hosting provider Digex Inc., is also pulling for the Unix-derived operating system to be a big hit among corporate customers who host their Web-based applications at Digexs data centers. Digex […]