Jeff Burt

Businesspeople are increasingly using video to collaborate with colleagues, partners and customers, according to a survey released Feb. 3. In a survey of 1,200 senior business professionals conducted by Research Now for IP communications company Global IP Solutions, the majority said they have used a video conferencing application. Eighty percent of those surveyed in China […]

Cisco Systems reportedly is working on the next generation of its carrier core routing technology, readying a product that will offer 120 Gigabits per second per slot. In a bulletin, Ittai Kidron, an analyst with financial services firm Oppenheimer & Co., said Cisco is preparing to launch the MSC 120 router, which will be the […]

Intel has lost its bid to have one of the commissioners participate in the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against the giant chip maker. Hours before the FTC filed the antitrust complaint against Intel, officials with the company petitioned the commission to have Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch disqualified from sitting on the case. Intel claimed a […]

A decision by Pepsico to deploy Cisco Systems’ TelePresence solution illustrates the growing demand for the technology, which can help enterprises improve collaboration and reduce expenses. The giant food company announced Feb. 2 that it will use Cisco’s solution and services from BT to improve collaboration with partners and reduce travel expenses. The decision comes […]

Analysts are predicting that enterprises will continue to expand their communications capabilities over the next few years. In a report Feb. 2, research firm In-Stat said it expects that by 2013, 79 percent of U.S. businesses will be using VOIP (voice over IP) technology, up from about 42 percent at the end of 2009. In-Stat […]

The global semiconductor market, like most of the tech industry, struggled through a difficult 2009, but it is showing signs of recovery. According to the SIA (Semiconductor Industry Association), global sales of semiconductors during the year fell 9 percent, to $226.3 billion, over 2008, when sales were $248.6 billion. However, the SIA had predicted sales […]

Rajiv Goel, the executive with Intel’s treasury unit who was charged in connection with a massive Wall Street insider trading scheme that also allegedly involved a high-ranking IBM official, reportedly is no longer with the company. Goel, who was placed on administrative leave after his arrest, left Intel shortly before the start of 2010, according […]

Intel Solar Panel Installations Highlight Commitment to Green Energy Intel Solar Panel Installations Highlight Commitmentto Green EnergyBy Jeffrey Burt Santa Clara, Calif. Intel will have solar panels installed on the roof of the Robert N. Noyce Building, the chip maker’s corporate headquarters. Rio Rancho, N.M. Intel’s Fab 11X facility was opened in 2002 at a […]

A key part of Oracle’s plans for taking over Sun Microsystems’ hardware business centers around how those systems are built and delivered, according to officials with the newly combined company. At the event Jan. 27 where Oracle executives unveiled plans for bringing Sun into the fold, executives outlined their strategy for making Sun’s hardware supply […]

Intel in 2010 will continue its push to increase the proportion of renewable energy used in its global operations. The chip maker is installing new solar panels at eight locations throughout the Western United States that will generate about 2.5 megawatts of power. All eight solar power installations in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Oregon […]

IBM is firing back at a company that makes software designed to help businesses reduce the licensing costs on their IBM mainframe systems. Is a sharply worded response and counterclaim to the lawsuit Neon Enterprise Software filed against IBM in December, IBM officials are claiming the smaller company’s zPrime software violates IBM’s copyrights and induces […]

Just hours before kicking off a Webcast outlining how they will incorporate Sun Microsystems into the fold, Oracle officials announced that they had completed the $7.4 billion acquisition of the top-tier tech vendor. Oracle’s announcement Jan. 27 comes a week after European antitrust regulators gave their approval to the deal after a five-month investigation that […]