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IBM on Monday announced it has developed a new transistor design for microprocessors that will boost performance and reduce power consumption. The disclosure comes less than a week after Intel Corp. revealed a similar research effort aimed at overcoming potential obstacles to building ever faster and more energy efficient computer components. The two leading chip […]

The next version of SQL Server, Microsoft Corp.s high-end database, will likely debut in mid-2003, with a minor upgrade to the existing SQL Server 2000 coming in February 2002. The update in February will probably bundle SQL Server 2000 with the Redmond, Wash., companys Visual Studio.NET, which is due for release in the next few […]

Compaq Computer Corp. today announced a new entry-level SAN (storage-area network) offering, and will eliminate its current entry-level offering, the RA4100. The StorageWorks Modular SAN Array, which is shipping immediately, uses 42 drives of 72 GB each and can scale to about 3 terabytes, said Roger Archibald, vice president and general manager of Compaqs Enterprise […]

EMC Corp., the largest company that only makes enterprise-class data storage technology, on Thursday announced its reorganization into three divisions as part of its recent shifting against heightened competition. The new operating units are Storage Platforms Operations, Open Software Operations and Customer Operations, according to a statement released late Thursday by the Hopkinton, Mass., company. […]

Compaq Computer Corp. said on Friday that its first Itanium-based server, announced in July, is still not ready to ship, despite word from Intel Corp. that it has resolved at least one problem that initially delayed the servers release. Two weeks ago, Compaq, the top seller of Intel-based servers, disclosed that it had held off […]

For bankrupt Web hosting pioneer Exodus Communications Inc., the last shovel of dirt has been tossed on the coffin, with their sale on Friday to Cable & Wireless PLC for $575 million and the pickup of $180 million in liabilities. “This acquisition meets our key investment criteria of value, strategic fit, strong management and high […]

Main Text Now that the courts have given Microsoft the green light to bundle everything from its Windows Media Player to its instant-messenger client in Windows, it is staking out much bigger turf. It now is setting its sights on becoming a significant supplier of application software to corporations. The software juggernaut, known in the […]

IBM on Wednesday announced two new features for its high-end DB2 7.2 database, one for data mining and the other for server and application connectivity. The first addition, called Opportunity Discovery, is a free and downloadable plug-in to DB2s online analytical processing functionality, said Paul Rivot, director of database servers and business intelligence for the […]

IBM Corp. said on Wednesday that it will eliminate about 1,000 jobs at several of its U.S. chip manufacturing, storage and development plants. Sluggish sales and falling revenue tied to an industry-wide slowdown spurred the cuts, an IBM spokesman said. Last month, company executives reported that microelectronics sales had declined 30 percent from a year […]

IBM has joined forces with U.S. researchers to design a new computer network that may one day help improve breast cancer diagnosis and detection. Working in conjunction with University of Pennsylvania, IBM is overseeing the creation of a complex computing grid linking together several hospitals. Computing grids enable geographically distributed hardware systems to share applications, […]

Top-name storage, server and hard drive vendors, including Compaq Computer Corp. and Hitachi Ltd., on Monday announced a working group to draft a serial-attached SCSI interface, which could be productized by 2003 or 2004. The new interface will enable users to attach the serial connections currently found in low-end computers into high-end SCSI systems. In […]

The drive to build faster processors may be stymied by two looming hurdles—high energy consumption and heat. Next week, Intel Corp. will tout a new technology it has developed to overcome those hurdles. Intel researchers have come up with a new design for the transistor, the key component at the heart of all integrated circuits. […]