Jeff Burt

Oracle’s decision in March to end development of software products for Intel’s Itanium platform was the first in a series of steps the software giant will make to force customers to adopt all-Oracle hardware and software solutions, according to IT professionals in a recent survey. Half of the 450 IT pros surveyed by Gabriel Consulting […]

Advanced Micro Devices is going to stay with the x86 architecture as it moves into the mobile device space rather than pursue any licensing deal with ARM Holdings. AMD reportedly will continue to focus on its Fusion APU (accelerated processing unit) strategy as it focuses on processors for the fast-growing tablet space, according to John […]

Cisco Systems, which has seen its networking business come under increasing pressure in recent months from rivals, such as Hewlett-Packard and Juniper Networks, is hitting back with a marketing campaign that touts its broad product portfolio as significantly better than “good enough.” Cisco kicked off the campaign April 25 with the release of a press […]

LG Electronics appears set to jump into the crowded mobile chip-making business after signing a licensing agreement with ARM Holdings. ARM officials announced the new licensing agreement April 26, noting that the deal covers not only the existing and widely used Cortex-A9 chip design but also the upcoming high-end multicore Cortex-A15. In addition, LG is […]

Intel continues to dominate an x86 processor market that is seeing little fluctuation, according to industry analyst firm Mercury Research. According to the numbers released April 25, Intel in the fourth quarter held 81 percent of the x86 chip market, which covers both PC and server processors. That compares with the 81.2 percent market share […]

Oracle’s decision last month to end software development for Intel’s Itanium platform continues to roil IT professionals, many of whom see the software giant’s move less over Itanium and more about taking a hard shot at Hewlett-Packard’s high-end server business. According to the results of a study by the Gabriel Consulting Group issued April 25, […]

LifeSize Communications is bringing its Passport high-definition video conferencing capabilities to Skype. LifeSize officials announced April 19 that its Passport product, launched in 2009 and aimed at SMBs, home offices and mobile workers, is now qualified to work with Skype, the Internet-based video calling company that has more than 600 million users. Now that Passport […]

Anyone with questions about why Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are looking to expand into the tablet and smartphone markets need only look at the most recent data on the global PC space. Market research firms Gartner and IDC reported April 13 that the worldwide PC market in the first quarter saw its first year-over-year […]

Cisco Systems is opening a new data center that is going to take on multiple roles for the networking giant, from acting as a showcase for its wide-ranging data center technologies to driving down costs through its multiple environmentally-friendly features. The facility, which officially opened April 15 in Allen, Texas, will serve as a key […]

Cisco Systems and Verizon in July 2010 kicked off field tests of a hosted unified communications service built around new offerings from Cisco. That partnership evolved further last month, when the two businesses unveiled their Unified Communications and Collaboration as a Service offering during the Enterprise Connect conference. At a recent briefing for analysts and […]

Hewlett-Packard’s largest user community is the latest group urging Oracle executives to reconsider their decision to discontinue support for Intel’s Itanium platform. In a statement released April 13, the board of directors of the HP user group Connect said it would continue to support HP and Oracle customers running applications on Itanium-based systems despite Oracle’s […]

Dell is rolling out new servers, storage systems and networking devices designed to help small and midsize businesses that company officials say are getting overrun by the rapidly rising tide of data. In addition, many of these smaller businesses are trying to keep up older servers or desktop PCs that have been set up as […]