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Most security appliances can handle only one job at a time, but a new appliance from Crossbeam Systems Inc. can keep multiple balls in the air. Crossbeam this month began shipping a beta version of its X40S security appliance. Unlike most security appliances, which are single-function machines, the X40S Version 2.0 can concurrently run several […]

Interface card maker JNI Corp. and switching company Paceline Systems Corp. both announced upcoming products based on IBM InfiniBand technology Monday. InfiniBand is an emerging I/O technology for data center servers, and it could become a $3 billion market by 2005, according to a recent Salomon Smith Barney Inc. report. IBMs product line, called InfiniBlue, […]

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Multiple project management outfits are coming out with targeted training and certification programs that they claim better prepare project managers to work on IT projects than do generic project management approaches. At the very least, theyre faster to get than the Project Management Institutes notoriously grueling PMP (Project Management Professional) certification. Heres whats new: Provider […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. suffered a net loss of $37 million for the quarter, slightly less than had been projected, as it continued to struggle from sagging sales of its Unix-based servers and workstations. Sun executives said that while it expects sales to remain weak over the next few months, the companys optimistic that its efforts […]

Despite selling a record number of PC processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. reported it lost $9 million during the first quarter as continued price competition and falling sales of flash memory undermined earnings. While AMDs loss was a far cry from the profit of $124.8 million it posted during the same period a year ago, […]

Less than two years after it was launched, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has announced it will phase out the Duron processor targeted at low-cost consumer PCs as the company revamps its product line and makes way for a new high-end PC chip. AMD Chairman Jerry Sanders disclosed the move late Tuesday during the companys quarterly […]

IBM and Hitachi Ltd. are teaming up to bring out new data storage hardware and software. The two companies late yesterday said they are starting a new company to develop hard drives. In addition, they will co-develop storage virtualization software and use the CIM (Common Information Model) specification to develop storage management products. The new […]

IBMs first quarter profits fell 32 percent compared to a year ago, the company reported today, as corporate customers continued to delay planned technology purchases due to concerns over a weak global economy. The results were largely in line with Wall Streets reduced expectations, which were lowered last week after IBM warned its sales fell […]

Intel Corp. reported a 93 percent increase in first quarter net income and a slight rise in sales compared to last year, but cautioned it has yet to see signs that the battered high-tech industry is on the road to recovery. Craig Barrett, Intels chief executive officer, largely attributed the companys surge in profits to […]

Compaq Computer Corp.s storage division is making several additions to its NAS, backup, and switching product lines. New network-attached storage devices announced yesterday fill out Compaqs entry-level stable, according to officials at the Houston-based company. The new S1000, priced at about $5,000 for a 320 GB system and $6,000 for a 640 GB system, breaks […]

For eWeek Labs preliminary tests of Apache 2.0 we used RadView Software Ltd.s WebLoad 5.0 to create the test loads. Tests were based on scripted access of static HTML pages. In all tests the web servers were in their default configurations and were not tuned for performance. Apache 2.0 performance on Windows 2000 Advanced Server […]