Jeff Burt

Cisco Systems continues to update the list of its products that may be vulnerable to the Heartbleed exploit, with the number standing at more than 80 as of April 14. As news of the Heartbleed encryption flaw hit earlier this month, most of the discussion was focused on servers that might have been compromised. However, […]

Intel is taking its advocacy for 2-in-1 convertible systems into the classroom. The chip maker on April 14 unveiled the Education 2 in 1, a ruggedized system that like other hybrid notebooks can be used as both a tablet and a traditional laptop. To use it as a tablet, students detach the display from the […]

Workers Want Remote Access, Better VPNs by Jeffrey Burt Network Access Is Key to Getting Job Done Ninety percent of those surveyed said they need to be able to access business files and applications via their computer or mobile device if they’re to get their jobs done. Mobile and Remote Workers Are a Demanding Group […]

Microsoft’s deadline for ending support of the Windows XP operating system couldn’t stop the continuing slide of worldwide PC shipments, but it helped slow the decline, according to analysts with Gartner and IDC. In numbers released April 9, Gartner said the 76.6 million PCs were shipped in the first quarter, a 1.7 percent decline from […]

Intel executives said in January that the giant chip maker would have to cut about 5,000 jobs as it tries to transition to new markets like mobility, cloud computing and the Internet of things. About 1,500 of those job losses reportedly will come out of Costa Rica. Intel is closing an assembly-and-test facility in the […]

Intel and SGI are using a supercomputer to test a data center cooling technology that calls for the system to be fully submerged in a liquid developed by 3M. Officials with the three companies say that the cooling method could save as much as 95 percent in the cost of cooling the data center and […]

Lenovo’s plan to buy IBM’s x86 server business reportedly is under close scrutiny by various U.S. government agencies that are concerned about security. As with U.S. lawmakers’ well-documented worries about Huawei Technologies, the issue regarding Lenovo centers around distrust of the Chinese government and tech vendors from that country, such as Lenovo, according to a […]

Fujitsu and Oracle, a year after introducing the first of their jointly developed Fujitsu M10 servers, are rolling out upgraded systems powered by the new SPARC64 X+ processors that are faster and better performing than their predecessors. The new systems, announced April 8, are aimed at server consolidation and modernization projects, and are designed to […]

Freescale is the latest chip maker to introduce communications processors aimed at fueling the adoption of software-defined networks and network-functions virtualization. At their Freescale Technology Forum April 8, company officials unveiled the QorIQ LS2 family of systems-on-a-chip (SoCs) that are based on ARM’s 64-bit architecture, built on Freescale’s Layerscape platform and feature a new datapath […]

Ineda Systems officials are unveiling the company’s low-power chip architecture specifically designed for wearable devices and the Internet of things. The company, based in India with a U.S. office in Palo Alto, Calif., on April 8 announced that it is developing its Dhanush family of what officials are calling wearable processing units, or WPUs, that […]

Freescale is bolstering its capabilities in such areas as home automation, the Internet of things and the cloud through the acquisition of Mindspeed Technologies’ communications processor business. Freescale officials announced the deal April 7, saying the semiconductor company—which has strengths in embedded and communications processors for networking equipment—is buying Mindspeed’s Comcerto CPE business. Through the […]

Cisco Systems officials are using the NAB 2014 show to showcase its video content delivery capabilities, including announcing that the company is working to virtualize and cloud-enable parts of its Videoscape service to make it easier for service providers to offer better experiences to their customers. At the same time, Cisco announced April 7 enhancements […]