Jeff Burt

IT spending worldwide will see a jump of 4.6 percent in 2010, according to research firm Gartner. However, while the 4.6 percent figure-spending should reach $3.4 trillion for the year-is relatively modest, it’s a significant gain after recession-riddled 2009, when spending declined 4.6 percent, Gartner analysts said in its Jan. 21 release of the numbers. […]

Advanced Micro Devices, on the strength of its $1.25 billion legal settlement with Intel in December, turned a profit in the fourth quarter of 2009, the chip maker’s first quarterly profit in three years. AMD saw a $1.18 billion profit on almost $1.65 billion in revenue, according to numbers the company released Jan. 21. Compare […]

Advanced Technology Investment Co. reportedly is looking to take full control of Globalfoundries, the processor manufacturing venture created in 2009 with chip maker Advanced Micro Devices. AMD spun off its manufacturing business to create Globalfoundries as part of its goal of becoming a fabless company that designs its processors and then outsources the manufacturing of […]

The maneuvering in the increasingly competitive video conferencing space is continuing, with Siemens Enterprise Communications Group announcing that it will integrate Polycom’s telepresence technology into its unified communications offerings. The alliance and resale agreements between the two companies, announced Jan. 21, comes as Cisco Systems continues on with plans to buy video conferencing rival Tandberg […]

Intel says more than 2,000 employees have donated to relief efforts to help the victims of the massive Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti. According to a post on Intel’s Website Jan. 18, the Intel Foundation is donating $250,000 and matching employee donations “up to $2,000 per employee.” In addition, researchers with Intel’s IT group, using […]

Aastra is looking to give SMBs the same communications capabilities as larger enterprises. At the ITExpo East 2010 show in Miami Jan. 20, Aastra unveiled the MX-One Compact, a UC (unified communications) call control manager that offers such capabilities as the integration of mobile phones into the call manager and advanced messaging. The goal is […]

Cisco Systems has successfully tested an IP router and related software in space. The next step is to see if the technology can work well enough for military and commercial uses. Cisco announced Jan. 18 that the Department of Defense’s IRIS (Internet Routing in Space) technology program successfully tested the radiation-tolerant router and the Cisco […]

Verari Systems, which appeared to be on its last legs a month ago when it shut down most operations and laid off the bulk of its workforce, is being brought back to life by a group of investors led by former CEO David Driggers. The group led by Driggers bought most of troubled systems maker’s […]

Avaya is rolling out an integrated product road map that officials say aims to protect Nortel Networks customers and create a strong unified communications portfolio. In their plans, unveiled Jan. 19, Avaya officials also said they intend to keep Nortel’s data product lines, including switches, routers and wireless networking offerings. The announcement comes a month […]

After suffering an 8.1 percent decline in their allowed IT spending in 2009, CIOs will see a relatively flat 2010, putting their budgets on par with what they had on hand in 2005, according to research company Gartner. In a report issued Jan. 19, Gartner’s EXP (Executive Programs) group found in a survey of 1,586 […]

There wasn’t much surprising in Avaya’s road map for integrating Nortel Network’s enterprise communications technologies with its own. In a conference call with reporters and analysts Jan. 19 hours after releasing some details about their plans, Avaya officials spoke of the similar market outlook between their company and Nortel, of complementary UC (unified communications) and […]

Intel CEO Paul Otellini, in announcing Intel’s soaring fourth-quarter 2009 numbers Jan. 14, gave much of the credit to consumers and the money they spent on PCs in general and laptops in particular. During his talk with analysts and reporters, Otellini was less ebullient about the corporate space, which he said kept tight controls on […]