Jeff Burt

Intel’s decision to spike its “Larrabee” discrete graphics chip will be a boon to Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia, according to an analyst. In a research note Dec. 7 on the Intel move, Hans Mosesmann, an analyst with Raymond James Equity Research, said the “Larrabee debacle” will cost the giant chip maker money and leverage […]

IBM customers can now access the vendor’s Tivoli data center monitoring software through the IBM cloud. IBM on Dec. 8 announced Tivoli Live Monitoring Services, a subscription-based offering hosted by IBM Global Services on a Big Blue cloud computing environment. Key targets for the new service are midmarket companies, according to Al Zollar, general manager […]

Sun Microsystems officials are boasting of record performances from a new server powered by six-core Opteron chips from Advanced Micro Devices. Sun announced Dec. 8 that its Sun Fire X4640 system, which can run up to eight of the six-core “Istanbul” Opteron processors, outperformed rival systems on two benchmarks, the Two-Tier SAP Sales and Distribution […]

Savvis is partnering with Cisco Systems as it expands its private cloud platform. Savvis will rely on Cisco’s UCS (Unified Computing System) all-in-one solution as the foundation of its Symphony platform, which will be a multitiered virtual private data center aimed at enterprises. The company also will tap Cisco’s Unified Delivery Service, which enables users […]

Siemens Enterprise Communications has appointed an executive from Deutsche Telekom to be its CEO. Siemens announced Dec. 8 that 47-year-old Hamid Akhavan, who has been the chief operating office at Deutsche Telekom since July, will take over the reins in February. Mark Stone, the interim CEO for Siemens for the past few months, will stay […]

At the Intel Developer Forum in September, Intel officials demonstrated its planned “Larrabee” graphics chip, running a scene from a 3D video game called Quake Wars on the processor. Now Intel officials are shelving the project, saying the development of the processor hadn’t advanced far enough to offer it as a product. Larrabee was scheduled […]

VMware is still king of server virtualization, but as the use of the technology in data centers grows, so will the use of use virtualization products from Microsoft, Citrix Systems and Red Hat. That is what market research firm TheInfoPro found in a study released Dec. 7. VMware continues to lead all other vendors in […]

Hewlett-Packard has signed a seven-year agreement with Eli Lilly and Co. to manage the pharmaceutical company’s computing and messaging infrastructures. Under terms of the deal, announced Dec. 2, HP Enterprise Services-formerly its EDS unit-will host more than 45,000 mailboxes across all of Eli Lilly’s sites and will give service desk and site support for more […]

Intel may have scrapped its “Larrabee” discrete graphics processor, but no one should mistake the move for a sign that the chip maker is moving away from the business of general-purpose GPUs, according to industry analysts. Company officials are looking for ways to expand the Intel Architecture into new segments, and the demand for GPGPU […]

Cisco Systems now has enough shares of Tandberg stock under its control to force the sale of the Norwegian company. Cisco officials announced Dec. 3 that investors who held 89 percent of Tandberg stock had approved the deal, a number that was less than the desired 90 percent under the $3.4 billion offer. However, on […]

Intel maybe have settled its legal disputes with rival Advanced Micro Devices, but the giant chip maker apparently is still being investigated by federal regulators. The Federal Trade Commission reportedly is reviewing Intel’s legal wrangling with graphics chip maker Nvidia, which like AMD is claiming anticompetitive behavior by Intel. Quoting unnamed sources, Bloomberg is saying […]

Two Kansas men are being accused of selling counterfeit networking gear they claimed was from Cisco Systems. According to a Dec. 3 news release from the Department of Justice, Christopher Myers, 40, and Timothy Weatherly, 27, both of the Kansas City, Kan., area, are facing “one count of conspiracy, 30 counts of trafficking in counterfeit […]