Jeff Burt

Hewlett-Packard is rolling out a new family of high-performance computing systems that company officials say does not make users have to choose between performance and power efficiency. The new HP Apollo lineup of Intel-based high-performance computing (HPC) systems will offer up to four times the performance of standard rack servers, but in a smaller and […]

Hewlett-Packard is unveiling an application and a new switch that are designed to help businesses more easily adopt software-defined networking. At the company’s HP Discover 2014 event in Las Vegas June 9, company executives also are rolling out new services aimed at helping enterprises assess their data centers and design and deploy software-defined networking (SDN) […]

Cisco Systems is introducing a new program designed to make it easier for partners and mobile service providers to more quickly bring small cells technology to enterprises. Cisco’s new Small Cell Enterprise Select is designed to bring together third-party channel partners that already have been selling Cisco indoor WiFi technology offerings to end users with […]

HP, Dell, Asus PCs, 2-in-1s Look to Give Market Shot in the Arm By Jeffrey Burt Intel and a ‘Broadwell’-Based Convertible PC At Computex, Intel President Renee James showed off a reference design for a fanless 2-in-1 system that is 7.2 millimeters thin and runs on the company’s delayed 14-nanometer Core M “Broadwell” processor. The […]

Much of the talk about the Internet of things focuses on such benefits for businesses as greater efficiencies and faster decision making, and the convenience that it will bring to consumers in their homes and work lives. However, more attention recently is being paid to the questions of how to protect all those tens of […]

Acer will leverage chip maker MediaTek’s newly announced LinkIt development platform as it builds out its personal cloud initiative. Top executives of both companies announced the partnership at the Computex 2014 trade show in Taiwan, with each saying the alliance will accelerate the vendors’ efforts around cloud computing, wearable devices and the Internet of things […]

Vidyo officials want to make it easier and less expensive for organizations to bring high-end video conferencing to their meeting rooms. The company next month will launch VidyoRoom SE (Software Edition), a version of its VidyoRoom technology that that will enable businesses to use off-the-shelf computers to create high-definition video capabilities in any meeting room, […]

Juniper Networks and Aruba Networks will integrate their respective technologies to offer organizations converged wired and wireless networking infrastructures. The strategic partnership will focus on both joint development of technologies as well as go-to-market efforts to put those products into the hands of customers, according to the two vendors. It will be similar to agreements […]

Oracle and Extreme Networks are the latest companies to join the vendor-driven OpenDaylight Project, which is developing an open-source platform for software-defined network and network-functions virtualization. Also joining the group June 5 was supply-chain services firm Flextronics, bringing the total number of members in the consortium to 39. The numbers have more than doubled since […]

Lenovo’s $2.3 billion acquisition of IBM’s low-end x86 server business reportedly could take longer than expected to close due to an ongoing security review by U.S. regulators. The two companies are seeking more time for the security review by the Committee on Foreign Investments in the U.S. (CFIUS), a move that would give Lenovo and […]

The Internet of things continues to get a lot of attention from chip makers with Marvell Technology and MediaTek the latest to offer new products aimed at the burgeoning market. Marvell is rolling out a range of new silicon offerings that are designed for everything from wearable computing devices and smart appliances to cars, homes […]

Advanced Micro Devices is bringing the capabilities of its “Kaveri” desktop processors to notebooks with the unveiling of its AMD Pro A-series offerings. AMD officials introduced the new accelerated processing units (APUs) June 4 at the Computex 2014 show in Taiwan, saying new features will enable the company to more closely compete with larger rival […]