Jeff Burt

Video conferencing is becoming increasingly popular as businesses look for ways to improve employee productivity while driving down costs, and desktop video is gaining attention from technology vendors and businesses alike. Companies such as Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and IBM are looking for ways to make it easier for workers to take advantage of video […]

Cisco Systems plans to buy Pari Networks, a privately held company that sells network configuration, change management and compliance management services. Pari Networks’ products and solutions are a good complement to Cisco’s smart service offerings, according to Cisco officials. Cisco will integrate Pari’s technology into its smart services, a move designed to help Cisco and […]

Intel received the European Union’s approval for its $7.68 billion acquisition of security software vendor McAfee after alleviating regulator fears that the deal would create an unfair competitive advantage over McAfee rivals. In a statement Jan. 26, the European Commission-the antitrust arm of the EU-said the concessions made by Intel should ensure fair competition in […]

Video conferencing vendor Vidyo next week will show off a new plug-in that will enable users of IBM’s Lotus Sametime unified communications platform to easily start and participate in high-definition video conferences The company will demonstrate the new Vidyo Plug-In for IBM Lotus Sametime Connect at the Lotusphere 2011 conference in Orlando, Fla., which runs […]

Cisco Systems is introducing networking, security and storage products to its portfolio of offerings for small and midsize companies as it continues to push for a larger share of that market. Cisco has always had a significant presence in the enterprise, but in recent years, company officials have talked about their desire to grow their […]

Wanova is bringing enterprise-level features to its hybrid desktop-virtualization platform. Wanova officials on Jan. 25 rolled out Mirage 2.0, the latest release of its solution, which is designed to combine the management and security benefits of a VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure)-where most of the components of the platform runs on a central back-end server-and the […]

Juniper Networks is bulking up its marketing and channel prowess by raiding the executive ranks of rivals Cisco Systems and Microsoft. Juniper last week announced that two former Microsoft officials made the jump to help the networking company build up its enterprise marketing and global partnership capabilities. In between those announcements, Juniper officials said a […]

European approval of Intel’s $7.68 billion acquisition of security software vendor McAfee could come as early as next week, according to published reports. The giant chip maker, which earlier this month made several concessions to ease European regulator antitrust concerns, offered even more changes, according to reports from Reuters and the Wall Street Journal. The […]

Five years after becoming a player on the global PC scene by buying IBM’s personal computer business, Lenovo reportedly is in talks with NEC about a joint venture of sorts around their PC units, according to reports. Quoting an unnamed source, the Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 21 that the two companies are looking at […]

A week after Dirk Meyer’s resignation as CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, the company’s position going forward is essentially to stay the course in the short term, while creating expansion plans farther down the road. Executives at AMD, speaking during a conference call with analysts and journalists Jan. 20 to announce fourth-quarter and full-year financial […]

Danielle Chiesi, a central figure in the massive insider trading scandal that included a long-time IBM executive, faces up to four years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy charges in U.S. District Court. Chiesi, who was one of 24 people arrested in October 2009 in connection with the insider trading case that investigators alleged […]

Dell is building up its system management capabilities to make it easier for customers to monitor and manage their PowerEdge servers in virtualized data centers. Dell officials on Jan. 19 announced several enhancements to the company’s systems management portfolio, including the Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter, which enables IT administrators to do a wide […]