Jeff Burt

Fujitsu is moving into the highly competitive cloud-based unified communications space with an offering aimed at larger companies that can scale to more than 100,000 users. Fujitsu’s Cloud Enterprise Communication Service (ECS) Connect offers a range of communications capabilities, from instant messaging and presence to audio and visual calling and desktop sharing, according to the […]

Intel’s financial fortunes continue to be boosted by a rejuvenated PC market and an increasingly strong data center business, as the chip maker lays out its plans to bolster lineups for servers, desktops and notebooks. After three years of contracting sales in the wake of Apple’s initial release of the iPad, recent PC shipment and […]

Cisco Systems and Microsoft are pooling resources to help enterprises modernize their data centers and embrace the cloud. At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2014 July 15, the two companies announced a three-year agreement to integrate such products as Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS) converged data center solution and Nexus networking switches with Microsoft’s Cloud […]

Samsung, ARM and Google’s Nest business are collaborating to develop a new wireless networking protocol for the home in the age of the Internet of things. The three companies—as well as Freescale Semiconductor, Silicon Labs, Yale Security and Big Ass Fans—on July 15 announced the Thread Group, whose goal is to develop and support Thread […]

Two years after launching the initial Raspberry Pi, the organization behind the mini-computer aimed at enthusiasts and students is rolling out an upgraded version that includes more USB ports and better power consumption. And it comes at the same price as the previous version. The Raspberry Pi Foundation on July 14 introduced the Raspberry Pi […]

Fujitsu is the latest tech vendor to pledge billions of dollars to expand its cloud computing capabilities. Company officials announced July 14 that Fujitsu, which in 2011 extended its cloud solution beyond Japan and last year launched its Cloud Initiative, will spend $2 billion over the next two years to grow its abilities in such […]

Dell grabbed some headlines earlier this month when it joined Intel, Samsung and others in launching the Open Interconnect Consortium, the latest vendor-driven group aimed at creating an open standard for the burgeoning Internet of things. Like the AllSeen Alliance, the Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC)—which also includes Broadcom, Atmel and Intel subsidiary Wind River—wants to […]

IDC analysts earlier this year had predicted that PC shipments in the second quarter would fall another 7.1 percent, continuing a trend going on three years of contraction in the worldwide PC market as consumers and business users turned to tablets and smartphones for more of their computing needs. However, in a report this week, […]

Intel may soon have another competitor to deal with as it continues its push into the mobile device space. Via Technologies, which holds a sliver of the processor market, reportedly is gearing up to release a new mobile x86 processor for such devices as notebooks and tablets, challenging Intel’s Atom Bay Trail systems-on-a-chip (SoCs) and […]

Cray has been awarded a $174 million contract with the federal government for a supercomputer that will be used to help manage the country’s nuclear stockpile. The contract with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), announced July 10, calls for Cray to deliver its next-generation XC supercomputer—code-named “Trinity”—and Sonexion storage system that will be housed […]

Fujitsu is teaming up with network virtualization software vendor Midokura to develop a solution that will make it easier for enterprises to build private clouds. The joint offering will involve integrating Midokura’s network virtualization software, MidoNet, into Fujitsu’s ServerView Resource Orchestrator (ROR), and will be based on the OpenStack open-source cloud management technology. Fujitsu is […]

Ciena is looking to make the wide-area networks more easily programmable with a portfolio of software-defined network offerings that include a controller and applications based on the OpenDaylight framework. Ciena officials said the Agility software lineup, unveiled June 9, will enable network operators to more easily provision their multi-vendor infrastructures, improve efficiencies and more quickly […]