Jeff Burt

Intermec, which makes a range of rugged handheld devices for use in such areas as warehouses, health care settings and construction, is rolling out the CS40, a rugged mobile computer that has the size and looks for a smartphone. The CS40, announced Sept. 20, offers a host of features that put it into the “rugged” […]

Intel’s upcoming 32-nanometer “Sandy Bridge” next-generation Core architecture got much of the attention at the company’s developer show this week, but executives also gave attendees a glimpse of even smaller chips coming down the road. During his keynote address at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco Sept. 13, CEO Paul Otellini said that the […]

Much of the discussion around Intel’s “Sandy Bridge” chip has centered on its integrated graphics technology. However, the next-generation Core architecture also will come with some key enhancements to the company’s vPro management and security capabilities. In his keynote address Sept. 13 at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, CEO Paul Otellini talked about […]

Dell is bringing out new servers, storage and networking technology designed to help small and midsize businesses more easily upgrade their aging infrastructures. The new offerings, announced Sept. 16, will help smaller businesses that continue to struggle with limited or no IT staffs, tight budgets and the impact of the worldwide recession, according to Dell […]

Intel and Advanced Micro Devices held their respective market shares of the dynamic and rapidly growing worldwide processor market in the second quarter, according to market research firm iSuppli. Intel accounted for 80.4 percent of the global processor revenue, down from the 80.7 percent it held in the same period last year, but up 0.1 […]

Avaya is pushing its way into the video communications realm with a package of products that includes an Android-based touch-screen tablet that will compete with a similar one introduced in July by Cisco Systems. At a Webcast event in New York Sept. 15, Avaya officials unveiled the Avaya Flare Experience, which includes an 11.6-inch desktop […]

Intel Atom-Based Tablets with MeeGo, Android on Display at 2010 IDF by Jeffery Burt Dell Tablet Dell gave attendees at IDF a look at the Inspiron Duo, its upcoming 10-inch convertible mobile device that can be used as a tablet or netbook, is powered by a dual-core Intel Atom chip and comes with a touch […]

SAN FRANCISCO-Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are about to see their competition relationship further heat up as they prepare to roll out new processor platforms that feature graphics technologies integrated onto the die. Intel executives put their upcoming “Sandy Bridge” second-generation Core architecture onto center stage during their Intel Developer Forum event here Sept. 13-15. […]

Intel Sandy Bridge, AMD Zacate Chips Offer CPU, Graphics Technologies by Jeffrey Burt Intel CEO Paul Otellini In his IDF keynote, Otellini talked about Intel’s efforts to transform from simply a chip company into an IT solutions provider. However, the PC market remains healthy, he said, and Sandy Bridge shows that Intel will continue to […]

Cisco Systems is evolving its data center vision, adding in what officials are calling unified network services, introducing new switching capabilities and expanding its all-in-one solution to include a blade server. The new offerings, which expand on Cisco’s Data Center 3.0 strategy introduced three years ago, were announced during an analyst event Sept. 14. Cisco […]

IBM CEO Sam Palmisano is keeping his eye more on Oracle now than Hewlett-Packard. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Palmisano said that during former CEO Mark Hurd’s five-year tenure, HP was hurt by sharp cuts in its R&D budget, and that the company was declining in relevance. He said that it is […]

SAN FRANCISCO-Intel is running an internal pilot program to show that workstations can be clustered together to give businesses and institutions access of HPC levels of compute power that normally they would not have. The idea is to give what is becoming known as the “missing middle”-those businesses and researchers whose workloads demand high compute […]