Jeff Burt

Bankrupt communications vendor Nortel Networks is continuing to sell off its businesses-most recently, Avaya put in a bid for its enterprise division-and the fire sale looks like it will continue. Nortel July 20 announced a $475 million “stalking horse” agreement with Avaya for its Enterprise Solutions Business, which includes such assets as Nortel’s UC (unified […]

Riverbed Technology is looking to make enterprise-grade mobile WAN optimization capabilities available to SMBs through the use of virtualization and more attractive pricing. Riverbed officials on July 20 are rolling out the virtualized version of its Steelhead Mobile appliance. The software, called Steelhead Mobile Controller-Virtual Edition, runs on a Steelhead WAN appliance. The new software […]

A network monitoring software maker is creating a Website that shows the real-time performance of several public cloud computing environments, including Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud. Paessler AG, a German software company that also has offices in Portland, Ore., is using its PRTG Network Monitor solution in its new public Website CloudClimate.com to keep tabs on […]

Hewlett-Packard is growing its scalable storage capabilities through the acquisition of storage software maker Ibrix. The deal was announced July 17. Financial terms were not disclosed. HP officials said the acquisition will bolster the company’s ability to offer scalable storage solutions to enterprises with large-scale, data-intensive application environments, where the task of storing huge amounts […]

Intel has completed its $884 million acquisition of Wind River, a key part of the chip maker’s plan to grow its product mix beyond PC and server chips. The deal, which was first announced June 4 and closed July 17, will add to Intel’s small but growing software business. Wind River makes embedded software. “The […]

Cisco Systems is teaming with UnitedHealth Group to create a network that will enable doctors to reach patients virtually. The “Connected Care” program will rely on Cisco’s networking and collaboration capabilities to help give physicians and other health care professionals the ability to reach into rural and underserved areas, according to the two companies. The […]

Intel’s healthy quarterly numbers indicate that things may be looking up for an IT industry battered by the global recession, according to analysts. However, it also means that systems makers are betting that the second half of 2009 will look a lot better than the first half and are beginning to order parts to meet […]

Alcatel-Lucent is entering the competition for 100 Gigabit Ethernet networking. Alcatel-Lucent on July 16 is unveiling 100GbE line cards for the network core, as well as for edge of networks and metro networks. In addition, the company is announcing new 10-port 10GbE line cards for service providers that need greater density than 10GbE, but aren’t […]

On the day that Sun Microsystems shareholders are voting on Oracle’s proposed $7.4 billion acquisition, rival Hewlett-Packard is making a pitch to Sun customers. HP on July 16 announced a new program of services, support plans and financial incentives designed to entice Sun customers to migrate to HP technology. HP’s Sun Complete Care program is […]

Chris Hipp, one of the founders of RLX Technologies and a pioneer in blade system technology, died of an apparent heart attack July 14 at the age of 49. Details of Hipp’s death are sketchy, though the Blade System Alliance, of which he was a technology chair and an adviser, had this brief note on […]

IBM, which already has five of the top 10 fastest supercomputers in the world, now also dominates the top of the list of the most energy-efficient systems. Eighteen of the 20 most efficient supercomputers are IBM systems, according to the Green500 list, released by Green500 July 13. The list can be found here. The most […]

IBM, which is one of a growing number of technology vendors looking to put greater intelligence into the various infrastructures that run today’s world, is wielding its software prowess in two smart grid projects designed to make power delivery more efficient. IBM officials announced July 15 that they are working with Oncor Electric Delivery in […]