Jeff Burt

Avaya is ramping up the capabilities of its Avaya IP Office portfolio of communications and collaboration technologies for SMBs. At a May 17 event in New York for analysts, journalists and partners, Avaya officials unveiled Avaya IP Office 7.0 and introduced a number of smaller businesses that are taking advantage of the capabilities in the […]

Hewlett-Packard and Dell are continuing to build servers that bring graphics chips into the data center. HP officials on May 17 announced that Nvidia’s new Tesla M2090 GPU (graphics processing unit) will appear in a number of upcoming HP ProLiant servers aimed at the HPC (high-performance computing) space, a move they say will address organizations’ […]

Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems may be fierce competitors, but they now are finding themselves in the same boat. A week after Cisco CEO John Chambers spoke of further company reorganization and job cuts in the face of continuing disappointing quarterly financial numbers, his counterpart at HP announced May 17 moves he is making to shore […]

At a time when most tech companies are hiring workers, Cisco Systems is about to pare its workforce. And according to some analysts, those layoffs could be significant. During a May 11 conference call to discuss quarterly financial numbers, both Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers and COO Gary Moore said job cuts were on […]

Via Technologies is rolling out its first quad-core processor designed for everything from small-form PCs to low-end servers. Via announced the QuadCore processor May 12, with officials calling it the lowest-power quad-core chip on the market. “As a result of the rapid proliferation of high-definition multimedia content and increasingly demanding multithreaded applications, a four-core processor […]

ShoreTel is continuing its efforts to become a larger player in the unified communications market, most recently with the release this week of the latest version of its namesake platform. With ShoreTel 12, announced May 11, the vendor is adding high-definition audio conferencing, Web conferencing and XMPP-based instant messaging to its offering. In addition, Microsoft […]

Extreme Networks is joining the growing ranks of networking vendors offering an Ethernet switching fabric designed to leverage the benefits of such technologies as cloud computing and virtualization. At the Interop 2011 show in Las Vegas, Extreme officials unveiled their Open Fabric solutions portfolio of cloud-scale data center switches, which includes the BlackDiamond X8 modular […]

Intel’s new Tri-Gate transistor technology should give it the ammunition it needs to stave off a challenge by rival ARM Holdings in the PC business and enable Intel to make inroads into the lucrative tablet and smartphone markets, according to some analysts. A week after Intel executives announced that its 3D transistor structure-which the company […]

Unisys is rolling out new systems in its stalwart ClearPath line of mainframes to help businesses handle the growing processing demands brought on by the rise in mobile devices such as smartphones as well as the adoption of such technologies as cloud computing. Unisys on May 10 unveiled the new ClearPath Dorado and Libra 800 […]

Riverbed Technology’s expertise is in accelerating application performance within the enterprise. Akamai Technologies is known for its ability to optimize network performance across public clouds. Now the two companies are joining forces to optimize WAN traffic in hybrid cloud environments. Riverbed and Akamai officials announced May 10 their plans to create a joint application acceleration […]

Cisco Systems officials are warning of job cuts and more reorganization inside the company as the networking giant looks to regain its footing after several difficult financial quarters. During a conference call May 11 to announce fiscal year 2011 third-quarter earnings, Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers said that while he is confident that the […]

Cisco Systems officials over the past few months have built out the capabilities of their Borderless Networks initiative in such areas as mobility, security and management. Now the networking giant is looking to extend the reach of the strategy into branch offices. At Interop 2011 this week in Las Vegas, Cisco officials are showing off […]