Jeff Burt

Dell has begun its new life as a private company, with officials announcing Oct. 29 that CEO Michael Dell and financial backer Silver Lake Partners have completed the $24.9 billion buyout of the world’s third-largest PC vendor. The closing of the deal means that investors will get $13.88 per share and that Michael Dell and […]

Juniper Networks is introducing a new networking architecture that combines various products, solutions and services from the company that will make it easier for organizations to move applications and data not only around a data center but between data centers. The capabilities found in the new MetaFabric offering are increasingly important to cloud providers and […]

Dell officials this week will be demonstrating an ARM-based low-power microserver running the Fedora Linux distribution. The company’s Data Center Solutions (DCS) group will show off the system during ARM’s TechCon 2013 event in Santa Clara, Calif., which kicks off Oct. 29. The Dell demonstration will add to what is expected to be a focus […]

The various self-induced Washington budget crises will reduce the amount the government and businesses spend on technology goods and services this year, according to a report from Forrester Research. Forrester analysts are reducing the amount of growth they expect to see in the U.S. tech market from 5.7 percent to 3.9 percent, thanks to the […]

ARM-based chip maker Calxeda is unveiling the latest generation of its 32-bit processors for the data center while expanding the number of its upcoming 64-bit server chips. Calxeda officials on Oct. 28 announced the EnergyCore ECX-2000 family of ARM Cortex-A15-based systems on a chip (SoCs) that are aimed at I/O-intensive cloud computing environments, including distributed […]

Samsung beat Apple in the smartwatch race. Now Samsung reportedly is gearing up to take on Google and its upcoming Google Glass headset. According to The Wall Street Journal, Samsung has registered a patent with Korean authorities for a smart headset in the form of glasses. The device, which would include a lens, would be […]

Organizations are continuing to invest in networking projects, though the focus is shifting from upgrading aging hardware to security and wireless networking, according to a new study. The study conducted by TheInfoPro, a service of the analyst firm 451 Research, found that networking budgets will continue to be strong this year and in 2014, with […]

Logitech officials, who view unified communications as a growth area for the company, are looking to make it easier for an individual or a small group of people to quickly create a conference room by leveraging their mobile devices. The company next month will roll out the Mobile Speakerphone P710e, a compact appliance that comes […]

Hewlett-Packard reportedly is shopping some of its mobile patent portfolio, including those related to webOS, part of CEO Meg Whitman’s larger efforts to turn around the tech giant’s financial situation. Citing anonymous sources, Bloomberg is reporting that HP officials recently removed some restrictions around the patents to make them easier to sell and more attractive […]

IBM is licensing a range of ARM Cortex processor designs to build custom chips for clients for wired and wireless networking systems. IBM officials on Oct. 24 said the 32-bit low-power ARM-based chips will be used for such systems as networking routers and switches, as well as cellular base stations. The chips include ARM’s Cortex-A15, […]

Juniper Networks had a pretty solid third quarter, with revenue at almost $1.2 billion—up 6 percent from the same period last year—and net income almost tripling, to $99.1 million. During a call with analysts and journalists Oct. 22 to discuss the financial numbers, CEO Kevin Johnson said the company has seen rising demand for its […]

Oracle President Mark Hurd’s name seems to pop up a lot when a CEO slot in the tech industry opens up. Most recently, Hurd’s name has been bandied about as a possible replacement for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who announced August that he will retire within 12 months. However, Hurd seemed to put such speculation […]