Jeff Burt

Skype is continuing its push to become a larger player in the business world via a partnership with Citrix Systems. At the Enterprise Connect 2011 show in Orlando, Fla., March 1, the two companies announced that Citrix will integrate its GoToMeeting online collaboration software with Skype’s video- and audio-conferencing offerings. Skype will be adding the […]

Cisco Systems officials say they have found a way to unite the myriad ways, devices and platforms people use to communicate in business. At the Enterprise Connect 2011 show in Orlando, Fla., March 1, Cisco officials unveiled Jabber, a UC (unified communications) application that links such communications avenues as instant messaging, voice, video, conferencing and […]

The Ethernet switching market saw record revenues and port shipments in 2010 as it recovered from the battering of the global recession, according to market research firm Dell’Oro Group. According to a report March 1, revenue in L2 and L3 switching hit almost $20 billion in 2010, a 30 percent year-over-year jump, according to the […]

Extreme Networks in early February announced a line of mobile Ethernet backhaul routers designed to enable mobile network operators to make the transition to 4G while also continuing to see returns on their investments in 2G and 3G. According to Extreme officials, the routers were aimed at addressing the rapid growth in the number of […]

IBM, based on the strength of its mainframe business and the overall health of its x86-based systems, retained the top spot in the server market for the fourth quarter of 2010 and the entire year, according to market research firm IDC. IDC’s findings, released Feb. 28, echo those of Gartner, which reported Feb. 24 that […]

Server startup SeaMicro is taking advantage of the performance and energy efficiency of Intel’s newest Atom processor to unveil its next-generation system that executives say will enable the company to address 95 percent of the server market. Intel’s dual-core Atom N570 chip will help SeaMicro’s new SM10000-64 address 64-bit workloads, grow its addressable memory from […]

Cisco Systems is continuing to expand its video conferencing offerings, rolling out a host of new and upgraded devices designed to make it easier for users to collaborate via video, and to produce and share video with others. The Feb. 24 announcement comes a week before Cisco’s Partner Summit 2011 in New Orleans, and is […]

Intel’s “Light Peak” PC interconnect technology is making its debut via Apple’s new MacBook Pro notebooks, which were announced Feb. 24. Intel has been working on the technology-now called Thunderbolt-for several years, and executives said that it now puts high-speed data transfer and high-definition display onto a single cable that runs at 10G bps-fast enough […]

Juniper Networks is rolling out a new networking platform executives say will simplify the data center infrastructure, driving up throughput, scalability and efficiency while reducing latency, operating costs and the number of devices required for a networking architecture. During a Webcast event from San Francisco Feb. 23, Juniper executives unveiled their QFabric architecture, a $100 […]

Acer, which over the past couple of years has muscled its way into becoming one of the top PC manufacturers in the world, is now looking to reclaim a part of the highly competitive U.S. server market. Acer on Feb. 21 unveiled a lineup of server and storage offerings powered by x86 processors from both […]

Intel’s upcoming “Poulson” Itanium processor will offer a new architecture that company officials say will be the foundation for the chip line for years to come. Intel officials are scheduled to give more details about Poulson during the ISSCC (International Solid-State Circuits Conference), which kicks off Feb. 20 and runs through Feb. 24. They shared […]

Advanced Micro Devices officials reportedly have no plans to enter the highly competitive smartphone space, but they see opportunity in the burgeoning tablet PC market. According to reports out of the Goldman Sachs Internet and Technology Conference in San Francisco, AMD interim CEO Thomas Seifert said that there were enough chip vendors in the mobile […]