Jeff Burt

Hewlett-Packard is creating a suite of services aimed at helping enterprises extend their businesses applications to employees and customers who are using mobile devices. The HP Mobile Applications Services, announced Oct. 24, are designed to enable workers and consumers to access applications, data and businesses processes through any device and from any location. HP, like […]

Meru Networks is offering its own solution to help businesses deal with the rising tide of WiFi devices tapping into the corporate networks, part of a larger release of products that includes new WLAN controllers and 802.11n access points. With Smart Connect-an optional software module unveiled Oct. 24 that enables corporate networks to identify a […]

Intel reportedly has launched its high-end Core i7-2700K desktop processor, a fast quad-core chip that comes less than two weeks after rival Advanced Micro Devices rolled out its family of FX processors, based on the company’s new Bulldozer architecture. Intel’s i7-2700K is the giant chip maker’s fastest chip based on its own Sandy Bridge architecture, […]

The executive shakeup at Hewlett-Packard is continuing, with Shane Robison, an 11-year veteran of the tech giant and a member of the company’s Executive Council, retiring after this month. HP announced Oct. 20 that Robison, who joined HP from Compaq and was a key figure behind the controversial merger of the two PC giants, will […]

Advanced Micro Devices is working with a software startup, BlueStacks, whose solution enables users of Windows-based devices to run Android applications. AMD announced Oct. 20 that it is making an investment in the company. No amount was disclosed. AMD and BlueStacks are working together to optimize BlueStacks’ solution, BlueStacks App Player for Windows, for AMD’s […]

FOXBORO, Mass. – EMC executives say that the company-not only with its expanding storage portfolio but also its expertise in virtualization, security capabilities and strong management software-is at the forefront of business’ migration to the cloud-computing model. When EMC on Oct. 18 announced that third-quarter revenues jumped 18 percent over the same period in 2010, […]

IBM is rolling out a host of preconfigured systems that offer the tech giant’s analytics software on mainframe and Power-based servers. The new Smart Analytics System servers are among a wide-ranging release of products-including storage offerings-that are aimed at helping businesses make better use of the massive amounts of data they’re collecting, according to IBM […]

ARM Holdings, whose low-power chip designs dominate the booming smartphone and tablet markets, is unveiling its most energy-efficient chip yet, as well as a new processing model for its future system-on-a-chip designs. ARM on Oct. 19 announced the Cortex-A7 MPCore chip during an event in San Francisco, where officials called it the most energy-efficient application-class […]

Intel executives have been vocal in their belief that the PC market is healthy despite analysts’ gloomy forecasts for that sector, and that it was the chip maker’s PC business that helped fuel record financial numbers in the third quarter. Even with rivals experiencing tough going, Intel in the third quarter saw revenues hit $14.2 […]

Cisco Systems is rolling out a host of new and enhanced data center networking products to bolster the scalability, flexibility and security in its networking fabric. The new offerings, which include the next generation of Cisco’s Nexus 7000 switches, a new Nexus 3000 Ethernet switch and fabric extensions to the vendor’s Nexus 5000 switches, are […]

Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard, despite an increasingly strained relationship, apparently can still put aside their differences for the sake of their joint customers who are using HP servers and Cisco switches. The two companies, once longtime partners that have since become fierce rivals in the data center, have jointly developed the Cisco Fabric Extender for […]

Polycom officials are continuing the aggressive expansion of their video collaboration portfolio, grabbing ViVu, whose software will make it easier for Polycom to embed high-definition video into Web-based applications. Financial details of the deal, which closed Oct. 14 and was announced Oct. 17, were not disclosed. The ViVu acquisition is the latest step in Polycom’s […]