Jeff Burt

Intel officials are giving the industry a look at some the tablets powered by their chips and running Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system that are expected to debut over the next few months, including devices based on the chip maker’s new Atom Clover Trail product. The company had the chips and tablets on display […]

Advanced Micro Devices officials say their new A-Series chips for desktops strike the right balance between performance and cost, beating similar chips from larger rival Intel in both categories. AMD is offering some details on two of its upcoming next-generation accelerated processing units (APUs), both quad-core chips aimed at the entry-level and mainstream desktop market. […]

Citrix Systems officials continue to aggressively expand the reach of the company’s Podio online work platform, this time by offering the technology as an Android app in the Google Play app store. Through the app, announced Sept. 27, users via their Android smartphones and tablets can access the myriad collaborative workspace features in Podio’s portfolio, […]

Intel officials, on the eve of an event to tout tablet designs powered by their chips and running the Windows 8 operating system, are trying to beat back a potential controversy regarding comments reportedly made by CEO Paul Otellini regarding Microsoft’s upcoming operating system. Reporters from Bloomberg reported Sept. 26 that during a meeting in […]

Hewlett-Packard is rolling out two new dense ProLiant servers that officials said will enable enterprises grow their virtualized data center environments and continue on their paths to cloud computing. The two Intel-based systems—the BL660c and DL560—are four-socket servers that will increase the compute performance available to businesses while driving down the space and energy costs […]

Cisco Systems is buying startup ThinkSmart Technologies, whose location analytics technology will enable enterprises and service providers to better understand what is going on inside their retail stores and to more easily give their end users what they want, according to company officials. Cisco executives see ThinkSmart’s offerings as a natural extension of their strategy […]

Aruba Networks is rolling out new offerings designed to make it easier and less expensive to deploy WiFi wireless networks to the growing numbers of enterprise employees working in campuses and branch offices. Aruba officials on Sept. 25 unveiled a software update to the company’s Instant portfolio, a software-only solution called Instant Enterprise that offers […]

Huawei Technologies, which already competes with Cisco Systems in the global networking market, reportedly is now looking to challenge Cisco in the telepresence space. Cisco is the dominant player in the $2.8 billion immersive telepresence arena, leading other major rivals like Polycom. However, as Huawei looks to expand its capabilities beyond the networking business, telepresence […]

Intel officials are working on a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) modem solution that eventually will enable the company’s low-power Atom processor platform to support the 4G wireless technology, an important step as the company looks to make inroads in the U.S. smartphone market. The current Atom Z2460 and Z2480 “Medfield” processors currently are validated for use […]

Sean Maloney, a longtime executive with Intel who was involved in various key technologies for the giant chip maker, including the launch of Ultrabooks last year, will retire in January after three decades with the company. Maloney at one time was considered a possible successor to current CEO Paul Otellini, but his career was temporarily […]

Mike Rayfield, the former head of Nvidia’s mobile device chip business who quietly left the company in August, will now head up Micron Technology’s efforts in developing memory chips for smartphones and tablets. Micron officials announced Sept. 18 that Rayfield, whose departure from Nvidia was kept quiet for almost a month, will be vice president […]

Globalfoundries is making an aggressive move to challenge Intel in chip manufacturing, with officials announcing that the company will be ready by 2014 with a 14-nanometer process that will include a three-dimensional transistor architecture similar to Intel’s Tri-Gate method. Globalfoundries’ 14nm-XM (eXtreme Mobility) process will include a 3D FinFET transistor technology that will enable higher […]