Jeff Burt

Intel and the Federal Trade Commission have suspended legal proceedings related to the lawsuit filed by the federal regulators against the chip maker while the two sides try to negotiate a settlement. In a statement released June 21, Intel officials said the two sides agreed to file a joint motion to suspend the administrative trial […]

Dell officials say the company is shipping of tens of thousands of PowerEdge servers powered by the latest high-end processors from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices. Intel’s Xeon 7500 Series “Nehalem EX” chips offer up to eight cores per processor, while AMD’s Opteron 6100 Series “Magny-Cours” chips hold eight to 12 cores. Sally Steven, vice […]

IBM’s “Watson” supercomputer apparently is getting ready to make its “Jeopardy” debut. IBM officials last year unveiled Watson, a computer with the natural language capabilities that not only can find information when asked directly for it-as the Google search engine can do-but can quickly go through its vast knowledge database and make the connections necessary […]

LITTLETON, Mass.-IBM isn’t normally thought of when talking about mobile computing, but it’s a significant player in the space, and company officials are looking to expand that role. However, don’t expect any IBM-brand smartphones, according to Steve Mills, senior vice president of IBM’s Software Group. Mills and other IBM officials were in this town here […]

When David Yen takes the stage June 15 at the IDC Cloud Leadership Forum, he will tout Juniper Networks’ “Project Stratus” as the best strategy for revamping the networking infrastructure in data centers. In an interview with eWEEK before his presentation, Yen, executive vice president and general manager of Juniper’s Fabric and Switching Technologies Business […]

Skype is continuing to expand the reach of its video conferencing technology, pushing Skype software deeper into the mobile space. The VOIP (voice over IP) company June 15 announced that it is putting its Skype application on three Sony Ericsson smartphones that run the latest Symbian mobile operating system. Users of Sony Ericsson’s Satio, Vivaz […]

Enterasys is unveiling a data center networking strategy that officials say differs from that of Cisco Systems and Brocade Communications in its high level of support for heterogeneous data center environments. Enterasys, which merged with Siemens Enterprise Communications Group in 2008, on June 14 introduced enhancements to its S-Series portfolio of data center switches as […]

SeaMicro is coming out of three years of stealth mode with a new server architecture that offers significant power and space savings through its use of Intel’s Atom processors. SeaMicro on June 14 unveiled its SM10000, which can scale to 512 Intel Atom chips, which Intel initially designed for use in netbooks and now is […]

Dell executives are in discussions with federal regulators to settle allegations of financial misconduct brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission related to the tech vendor’s dealings with chip maker Intel. The discussions involve both an investigation by the SEC that began in 2005 regarding accounting practices related to its business relationship with Intel and […]

Cisco Systems is drawing on social networking and consumer technologies to help businesses improve their collaboration capabilities. Cisco on June 11 unveiled a host of new offerings, led by the much-discussed Quad collaboration platform, which are designed to enable employees to more easily connect with people, access and share content, and improve productivity. In a […]

LifeSize Communications and LG Electronics have teamed up to create an all-in-one collaboration system, with video and audio conferencing capabilities housed in a 24-inch high-definition display. LG’s executive conferencing system, announced June 9, is powered by LifeSize’s HD video communications technology, which is integrated into the display. The system offers point-to-point HD video calls at […]

Hewlett-Packard is looking to drive down the cost and expand the customer base of its Halo telepresence products through a partnership with Vidyo. Through the partnership, which was announced June 9, HP will integrate Vidyo’s VidyoConferencing software into HP PCs and other products to offer high-definition desktop video conferencing over enterprise networks. Included in the […]