eWEEK EDITORS

Microsoft Corp.s next Small Business Server Windows bundle, SBS 2003, is going to live up to its name. At its WinHEC developers conference in April, Microsoft Group Vice President Jim Allchin told attendees that all of Microsofts Windows .Net server products would be released by the end of 2002, including the next release of the […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. and RLX Technologies Inc. this summer will roll out blade server technologies that offer increased processor density and management software. The moves are the latest by major players in the nascent but increasingly competitive ultradense server arena, which International Data Corp. said could grow into a $4.5 billion market by 2005. Blade servers, […]

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IBMs sales team is smiling brightly today with the announcement that leading toothpaste and soap manufacturer Colgate-Palmolive Co. has chosen the computer maker to supply its future server, storage and PCs needs, a deal insiders say will easily be worth tens of millions of dollars. While the companies declined to comment on which vendors will […]

About 93,000 power adapters used with speakers packaged with Hewlett-Packard Co. business PCs are being recalled over concerns the products could pose a shock hazard to customers. Philips Electronics, the manufacturer of the power adapters, ordered the recall after HP reported that the adapter plug was not grounded properly, the Consumer Products Safety agency reported […]

Dell Computer Corp. on Thursday reported profits slightly above Wall Streets expectations on surprisingly strong sales, nearly matching its performance a year ago despite a tough economic climate. Company founder, Chairman and CEO Michael Dell also dismissed concerns that the computer maker now faces a tougher challenge from Hewlett-Packard Co., which with the buyout of […]

While declining to spell out exactly when his company will do so, IBM CEO Samuel J. Palmisano Wednesday acknowledged that his company needs to look at improving productivity by reducing employee headcount. In his first public meeting with financial analysts Palmisano, who succeeded Louis Gerstner as CEO in March, did not contradict speculation that, in […]

William Neukom, Microsoft Corp.s outgoing general counsel, has marshaled the software company through many legal storms, always sticking to his guns and adhering to the tenets of what he calls “old-fashioned lawyering.” Neukom has been heading up Microsofts legal affairs for more than 20 years and will be leaving the company this summer after the […]

Despite an increase in server shipments, Dell Computer Corp.s quarterly revenues from U.S. server sales plunged 22.8 percent compared with a year earlier, marking the steepest decline among major computer makers, according to a new report by Gartner Dataquest. Overall, first quarter revenues from U.S. server sales dipped 8.7 percent from the same period last […]

Despite slumping sales, Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday reported second-quarter income in line with Wall Street expectations, but HP executives warned that the outlook remains cloudy as IT spending continues to decline. While HP Chairman Carly Fiorina said the companys performance was in line with controversial projections it made during its bitter proxy fight to buy […]

By 2005, Hewlett-Packard Co. will consolidate all of its high-end servers, featuring four different processor architectures, onto Intel Corp.s 64-bit Itanium design, according to new road maps HP is showing its largest customers. HP laid out its future server and processor plans in briefings with its top corporate accounts in recent days as part of […]

Hewlett-Packard Co.s printer division will seek to boost revenue by winning over customers of recently acquired Compaq Computer Corp. and expanding into new markets, such as digital products, the units head announced on Tuesday. HP Imaging and Printing Systems, which generated more than $19 billion in revenue last year, is the computer makers most profitable […]