Jeff Burt

Cyclades is rolling out an appliance to manage service processors, which are server components separate from the main processor that give users remote access to areas such as power control, server configuration and monitoring. Service processors are becoming more popular in systems from the major OEMs but many times are underused because of a lack […]

A month after introducing its new UltraSPARC IV+ processor in its low-end and midrange Sun Fire servers, Sun Microsystems Inc. on Monday will announce that it has upgraded its high-end models with the new chip. The Palo Alto, Calif., company is shipping the 36-way Sun Fire E20K and 72-way E25K servers with the new 1.5GHz […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—For anyone expecting Hewlett-Packard Co. to undergo any drastic changes now that its under new management, Ann Livermore said it could be a long wait. “Were not going to do a sudden shift in our strategy,” Livermore, executive vice president of HPs Technology Solutions Group, said Monday morning during her opening keynote here at […]

Small and midsize businesses will see their server choices grow in the next few weeks as OEMs begin rolling out more powerful systems targeted at that end of the market. IBM has chosen to begin the rollout of its new Power5+ processor in a new line of low-end servers designed to give SMBs the kind […]

PC blade pioneer ClearCube Technology Inc. is turning to partners to help extend the reach of its products. The Austin, Texas, company last week unveiled the ClearCube Solutions Network, or CSN, a group of eight technology vendors that will give users other reasons to adopt ClearCubes PC blades, officials said. Up to now, ClearCube, while […]

Hewlett-Packard is buying RLX Technologies, a pioneer in the blade server field that in December of last year shed its hardware business to focus on its Control Tower management software. HP plans to merge that software with its own HP Systems Insight Manager suite. The deal is expected to close within 30 days. No financial […]

IBM and Gateway Inc. are preparing to bring Intel Corp.s upcoming dual-core Xeon processors into IBMs server lines. In addition, IBM is adding a pricing promotion to one of its systems in hopes of quickly ramping up sales of the new technology. The two companies are among a slew of systems makers expected to make […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. is hoping to entice more developers and software makers to create applications for its Sun Grid initiative. At the GridWorld conference in Boston Wednesday, Sun is rolling out a partner program for ISVs and a community program for developers, all designed to grow the Sun Grid. Sun in February introduced the Sun […]

IBM on Tuesday is unveiling the first systems that will be armed with the new Power5+ processor, including a server with a version of the chip that offers four processing cores on a single module. The new servers will represent the first in IBMs new System p5 family. The systems not only will run the […]

Jonathan Rothman knows the value of information, and, as an executive in the emergency services field, he also places top priority on issues of safety and security. Rothman is the director of data management for Emergency Medical Associates, of Livingston, N.J. The information that his company collects in its Oracle Corp. data warehouse can help […]

Systems makers are preparing to roll out a host of servers to coincide with the launch this month by Intel Corp. of its first dual-core Xeon chips. The Santa Clara, Calif., chip maker is moving up the release of its “Paxville” processor for two-way systems, which originally was scheduled to launch early next year, in […]

PC blade pioneer ClearCube is turning to partners to help expand the reach of its products. The Austin, Texas, company on Monday is announcing CSN (ClearCube Solutions Network), a group of eight technology vendors that will give users other reasons to adopt ClearCube Technology Inc.s PC blades, said Raj Shah, chief marketing officer. “This is […]