Jeff Burt

Broadcom is playing for both of ends of the enterprise network with a spate of new products and platforms. Broadcom May 19 rolled out its XGS Core networking fabric architecture armed with new low-power, high-density Ethernet switches for data centers, enterprises and service provider networks. On the same day, Broadcom unveiled a hardware and software […]

For the second time this year, Intel is delaying the release of its “Tukwila” high-end Itanium processor, this time until early next year. The chip had been expected to be released in mid-2009, according to an Intel spokesperson. Previously, the release was scheduled for early 2009, but the giant chip maker in February announced a […]

Citrix Systems is ramping up its Web application delivery capabilities with new and enhanced offerings. At the Interop 2009 show in Las Vegas, Citrix on May 19 rolled out its new nCore software that enables current NetScaler MPX appliances to better take advantage of multicore capabilities in the Intel processors. The result is appliances that […]

Ecessa is looking to give midsized enterprises better network performance at a lower cost than those offered by competitors. At the Interop 2009 show in Las Vegas May 19, Ecessa rolled out its PowerLink 500 and ShieldLink 500 WAN link controllers, which are designed to give small and midsize enterprises greater bandwidth and network performance […]

Hewlett-Packard is expanding its mission-critical infrastructure services to include low-end and blade servers, a move officials said recognizes the growing importance these systems have in such environments. HP also announced May 20 that it is including more flexible reactive support and an integrated customer support service in its Mission Critical Partnership services offering. Regarding the […]

CA is adding to is wide-ranging Mainframe 2.0 initiative with new software designed to ease compliance management. CA Compliance Manager for z/OS, announced May 20, is designed to enable mainframe administrators to automate policy-based management of compliance and security events anywhere within the platform, a task that is increasingly important as the number of workloads […]

Verizon Business is rolling out new and enhanced IP networking offerings designed to improve management and security of enterprise private IP environments. Verizon Business officials announced the capabilities at the Interop 2009 show in Las Vegas, which runs May 17-21. The new tools in the Verizon Private IP enterprise networking platform touch on fault management […]

Enterprises over the next few weeks will get a better view of their future multicore chip options as Intel and Advanced Micro Devices prepare to move quickly on their road maps. Intel officials on May 26 are expected to offer details of their eight-core Nehalem EX processors for high-end servers with four or more sockets. […]

Cisco Systems is looking to take collaboration wireless. Integrating products and services from a wide range of its current collaboration and wireless portfolios, Cisco is rolling out its Collaboration in Motion initiative aimed at enabling users to take advantage of high-end collaboration technology-including video and unified communications applications-from any device. The strategy, announced May 19, […]

Emulex at the Interop show is demonstrating what officials say is a single 10 Gigabit-per-second network adapter that can be used at any tier in the data center. Emulex’s OneConnect Universal Converged Network Adapter, first introduced in February, greatly simplifies server configuration and management processes within the data center, according to company officials. Emulex, in […]

Hitachi continues to aggressively build out its blade server portfolio, rolling out a new enterprise-class system and updating its mid-range offering. Hitachi Server Group announced the BladeSymphony 2000 and new blades for its BladeSymphony 320 May 19. The rollouts come two years after officials with Hitachi-a Japanese company with a subsidiary in Brisbane, Calif.-said they […]

Services was the lone shining light in an otherwise difficult fiscal second quarter for Hewlett-Packard, thanks in large part to its $13.9 billion acquisition of EDS in 2008. In announcing second-quarter earnings May 19, HP officials said the $8.5 billion in revenue that the company’s services business pulled in almost doubled from the same period […]