Jeff Burt

Hewlett-Packard, which has a spotty record in mobile devices over the past couple of years, reportedly is looking to adopt Google’s popular Android mobile operating system for tablets and possibly smartphones. Citing unnamed sources “familiar with the matter,” tech blog ReadWrite wrote Feb. 13 that HP has been working on a high-end tablet since before […]

Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers has a feeling of “cautious optimism” heading into 2013. Demand for the company’s broad portfolio of products is showing signs of an upswing, parts of Europe seem to be coming around, South America continues to be an attractive growth area and Cisco is seeing strong revenue growth in key parts […]

Pertino is coming out of stealth mode with a cloud-based networking solution that enables businesses to create and deploy a wide-area network within minutes and through only a few clicks. The two-year-old company on Feb . 12 launched a limited release of its namesake networking as a service (NaaS) technology, which leverages cloud computing, virtualization […]

Genband is rolling out a cloud-based communications service that service providers and channel partners can rebrand and sell to businesses and consumers. Genband’s Nuvia unified communications as a service (UCaaS) solution includes everything from high-definition video and voice to multimedia messaging, Web collaboration, conferencing, messaging, and the convergence of fixed and mobile services. The company, […]

Dell’s $24.4 billion buyout plan is getting criticized by another significant investor that says the price is too low for the company. At the same time, some analysts are saying that the world’s third-largest PC maker will have to raise the per-share price if it hopes to quell further shareholder discontent. Adding to the growing […]

Intel is getting into the Internet TV business this year as it continues to look for new growth markets for its processors. The world’s largest chip maker will make a set-top box that will enable consumers to bring TV shows, on-demand content and other services from the Internet and into their televisions, according to Erik […]

F5 Networks became the latest technology vendor to acquire a company to push forward its software-defined networking ambitions, buying LineRate Systems Feb. 11 for its SDN services. F5, a key player in the application delivery controller market, is eyeing the fast-growing SDN market from the Layer 4-7 perspective, where services like security, acceleration, optimization and […]

Dell executives, seeing growing discontent among some shareholders over their $24.4 billion leveraged buyout plan, said in a regulatory filing Feb. 11 that after a review of all options, taking the world’s third-largest PC maker private made the most sense. The special committee created by Dell’s board of directors “considered an array of strategic alternatives,” […]

Dell is getting pushback from some investors on the $24.4 billion plan to take the company private, with the company’s largest independent shareholder saying it will vote against the deal. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Feb. 8, officials with Southeastern Management said the $13.65 per share offered to investors—despite being […]

Intel is investing $6.5 million in Big Switch Networks, one of a number of smaller companies in the fast-growing area of software-defined networks. Big Switch officials, who in November unveiled the first of the company’s SDN product suites, said in an announcement Feb. 8 that the investment by the world’s largest chip maker brings the […]

Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen is paying the price for the networking equipment maker’s continued struggles under his four-year tenure, despite a series of moves designed to cut costs and stabilize the company. Alcatel-Lucent announced Feb. 7 that Verwaayen is stepping down as CEO once a replacement is found. The announcement came the same day that […]

Hewlett-Packard, which has one of the largest supply chains in the tech industry, is issuing guidelines to its suppliers in China regarding the use of students and temporary workers in their factories. The guidelines, announced Feb. 8, come amid reports of the growing use of student labor by factories in China during times of peak […]