Jeff Burt

In a crowded desktop virtualization space that seems to have as many definitions as competitors, Pano Logic officials are looking to highlight their products’ differentiators. Pano Logic on Feb. 24 rolled out the reference architecture for its desktop virtualization offering, which Parmeet Chaddha, executive vice president of engineering at the company, said is the only […]

Hewlett-Packard is looking to give owners of smaller data centers access to the same services available to their larger counterparts. HP on Feb. 24 rolled out a portfolio of new services that bring the vendor’s enterprise-level offerings to SMBs with data centers of less than 5,000 square feet. The move will help these companies take […]

CA is continuing to build up its cloud computing capabilities with the Feb. 24 acquisition of 3Tera. CA officials are looking to roll 3Tera’s capabilities of building and deploying cloud services in with offerings already in CA’s portfolio-including Spectrum Automation Manager and Service Assurance-and technologies gained in the acquisitions of Cassatt and NetQoS in 2009 […]

Juniper Networks is establishing a $50 million venture capital initiative to further the company’s efforts to create an ecosystem around its Junos networking software platform. The Junos Innovation Fund, announced Feb. 23, will target early and growth-stage venture-backed companies, the vendor said in a statement announcing the two-year project. The money will be invested in […]

Intel is leading a large group of venture capital firms and IT vendors in creating an investment vehicle to pump $3.5 billion into U.S.-based technology companies over the next two years. At a speech Feb. 23 at the Brookings Institution, in Washington, Intel CEO Paul Otellini announced the Invest in America Alliance, in which some […]

Advanced Micro Devices has begun limited shipments of its upcoming “Magny-Cours” Opterons, and will launch the high-end processors by the end of the current quarter. In a blog post Feb. 22, John Fruehe, director of product marketing for server/workstation products at AMD, said that production of the eight- and 12-core Opteron 6100 chips has begun […]

APC by Schneider Electric is rolling out an enclosure that the company says addresses the increasing use of large networking switches in the data center while keeping down power and cooling costs. The NetShelter SX Networking Enclosure, unveiled Feb. 22, is designed to house large core networking switches and high-volume cabling applications, according to APC […]

3Com is expanding its Secure Network Fabric initiative with offerings designed to help large enterprises migrate to more virtualized data centers. The new offerings, announced Feb. 22, bring more centralized policy management to enterprise data center security and networking operations, paving the way for greater network security in virtualized environments, according to 3Com officials. Businesses […]

The Ethernet switch market continues to expand, driven by the growth of 10 Gigabit Ethernet in the data center and revenues generated by the likes of Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard and Juniper Networks, according to research firm Dell’Oro Group. In a report issued Feb. 22, Dell’Oro analysts said that Cisco, HP and Juniper combined to add […]

Dell saw its fourth-quarter 2009 revenues jump on the strength of commercial products such as servers and storage, but profits declined thanks in part to weakness in the consumer PC business. The mixed bag of financial results that Dell executives announced Feb. 18 were in contrast to the strong earnings unveiled by their counterparts at […]

Neon Enterprise Software has amended its lawsuit against IBM, giving specific examples that Neon executives say illustrates Big Blue’s monopolistic behavior in its mainframe business. In the amended complaint filed Feb. 17, Neon outlines instances where IBM officials have warned System z mainframe customers that use of Neon’s zPrime software is illegal, threatens their licensing […]

Hewlett-Packard continued the trend of positive tech financial news, with officials announcing quarterly revenue growth of 8 percent and increasing their outlook for the current quarter and for the fiscal year. In a conference call with analysts and reporters Feb. 17, HP President and CEO Mark Hurd said the company’s consumer business in such areas […]