Jeff Burt

About one in six servers worldwide are doing nothing useful for their companies, wasting about $25 billion a year, according to a survey of global IT managers. The study, conducted by Kelton Research and commissioned by automation software maker 1E and the Alliance to Save Energy, found that about 4.7 million servers are doing nothing […]

The dismantling of Nortel Networks is continuing, with Ciena being the latest rival to make a bid to buy a part of the bankrupt company. Ciena on Oct. 15 won court approval of its $532 million “stalking horse” bid for Nortel’s Optical Networking and Carrier Ethernet business. The bid, originally put in Oct. 7 by […]

Robert Moffat, a 31-year IBM veteran who currently is in charge of the tech vendor’s hardware business, is one of seven people charged in an insider trading scheme that federal investigators say generated $25 million in illegal gains. Moffat was named in a complaint Oct. 16 filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission in U.S. […]

Concerned about cutting expenses and reducing their global carbon footprint, more businesses are adopting advanced collaboration tools, according to a survey by research firm Frost & Sullivan. Those companies also are getting a rapid return on those investments. The survey, sponsored by Cisco Systems and Verizon, found that businesses and government agencies that implemented these […]

Shareholders of Tandberg reportedly have rejected a $3 billion offer from Cisco Systems for the Norwegian video conferencing equipment maker, apparently holding out for a higher bid from the networking giant or another company. According to SEB Enskilda, a Swedish brokerage that represents 21 Tandberg shareholders, investors who hold 24 percent of the shares in […]

Cisco Systems doesn’t have many options now that Tandberg shareholders have rejected the network giant’s $3 billion bid for the video conferencing provider, according to an analyst. Cisco can either up its bid or walk away, said Roopam Jain, an analyst with Frost & Sullivan, adding that it would make more sense for the company […]

A husband and wife from North Carolina are under arrest for allegedly running a scam that stole more than $23 million from Cisco Systems. According to federal prosecutors in North Carolina, 33-year-old Mario Easevoli and his wife, Jennifer Easevoli, 28, were arrested in Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 28 after an investigation that included the FBI, Internal […]

Chip makers Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are trading demands for sanctions relating to AMD’s lawsuit against its larger rival. Both AMD and Intel filed motions Oct. 14 in U.S. District Court in Delaware seeking sanctions against each other for failing to adequately retain evidence related to the antitrust suit, filed by AMD in 2005. […]

Citrix Systems is kicking off a program designed to lure businesses away from VMware server virtualization technology and to Citrix’s XenServer product or Microsoft’s Hyper-V offering. Citrix officials unveiled Project Open Door Oct. 14, offering free support, training and migration tools to enterprises that move from using VMware’s ESX or vSphere virtualization platforms to XenServer […]

HP Green Data Center Vision Offers Eco-Friendly Power, Cooling Technology by Jeffrey Burt Tulsas Reflective Roof At the HP Enterprises Services data center in Tulsa, Okla., Hewlett-Packard used reflective material on the roof as part of an expansion project that saw the facility double in size to 400,000 square feet. The material reflects a lot […]

Being bought by Cisco Systems isn’t keeping Tandberg from growing its Total Telepresence product line. Cisco announced Oct. 1 that it was planning to buy Tandberg for $3 billion to expand its video conferencing capabilities. Tandberg in August unveiled its Telepresence T3 technology, an “immersive” video conferencing offering for enterprises that includes distinctive blue lighting, […]

Five months ago, on May 11, the Obama administration revoked an antitrust policy established during President Bush’s regime that regulators said hindered their ability to take on anticompetitive behavior by companies that dominate their market. At the time, Department of Justice officials said antitrust policies under Bush contributed to the economic downturn that led to […]