Jeff Burt

NEW YORK CITY—Cisco Systems and Red Hat are partnering on an integrated infrastructure solution that will leverage Cisco’s data center offerings and Red Hat’s expertise in OpenStack to support enterprises and midmarket businesses as they continue moving into the cloud. With the UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform (UCSO), announced Sept. […]

A Cape Cod-based company that makes connected home and control hardware and software for businesses and luxury homes now has another $90 million to use in the increasingly competitive Internet of things space. Savant Systems announced Sept. 3 that it has raised $90 million through a round of funding from investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts […]

Genband, whose legacy has been in hardware for the communications market, for the past couple of years has aggressively been building out its mobile capabilities through in-house development and acquisitions of such companies as fring and uReach. Now the vendor is bringing its increasingly broad range of mobile communications capabilities under an umbrella officials are […]

During an Aug. 13 conference call to discuss Cisco’s quarterly financial numbers, CEO John Chambers talked about the strength of the vendor’s data center business and, in particular, its converged infrastructure solution. Cisco’s data center business saw revenues jump more than 30 percent, and a key product was the company’s Unified Computing System (UCS), a […]

Qualcomm officials want to make it easier for hardware and software developers to access the company’s low-power wireless platforms and build devices and applications for the Internet of things. The company’s Qualcomm Atheros subsidiary in September 2013 launched the QCA4002 and QCA4004 networking chips that are armed with the necessary IP stack, processor, memory and […]

Lenovo is coming into the IFA 2014 show with new offerings that include an Intel-based Android tablet and two gaming systems. The Tab S8 is the company’s first 8-inch tablet that is powered by a quad-core Atom chip, runs Google’s Android operating system and is aimed at users looking for an affordable device with its […]

Officials with Isis, the mobile wallet service that was created by AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile, two months ago said the company would rebrand to avoid sharing the same name as the Islamic militants who are cutting a bloody swath through the Middle East. They announced on the company Website Sept. 3 that within the next […]

Broadcom is looking to double the WiFi performance of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets with a new chip that combines powerful 802.11ac and Bluetooth connectivity. The networking chip vendor on Sept. 3 introduced the BCM4358, which officials said will be the highest performing 5G 802.11ac and Bluetooth combo chip on the market and will […]

Sony is the latest major tech vendor to join the AllSeen Alliance, a consortium of technology companies, device makers and appliance manufacturers that is developing an open framework for the Internet of things based on its AllJoyn open source code. Sony on Sept. 2 became the most recent premier member of the group, joining such […]

Google is teaming with researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, to develop processors for quantum computing systems, expanding an effort that the search giant began more than a year ago. In a post on the Google Research blog Sept. 2, Hartmut Neven, director of engineering for the Google Research group, wrote that the […]

Advanced Micro Devices is building out its high-end FX processors aimed at users of high-performance desktop PCs and enthusiasts who like to build their own systems. AMD on Sept. 2 unveiled three new members of the FX Series processors that offer eight cores and focus on both performance and energy efficiency. In addition, the company […]

T-Mobile executives are continuing to court industry and public support in the carrier’s efforts to persuade federal regulators to combat what they say are unreasonable data roaming terms from market Goliaths AT&T and Verizon. In a post on the carrier’s blog Sept. 2, Kathleen Ham, vice president of federal regulatory affairs for T-Mobile US, reiterated […]