Jeff Burt

NEW YORK—Sun Microsystems on Monday continued its push to remake itself into a technology company that embraces industry standards, open source and a wide variety of partners. Sun Microsystems Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., a company that grew rapidly during the Internet boom and faltered just as quickly during the bust, is moving away from […]

Lewis Platt, the former head of Hewlett-Packard and most recently a lead director for Boeing, has died at the age of 64. Platt, who died Thursday, started at Hewlett-Packard Co. in 1966 as an entry-level engineer and rose through the ranks to become executive vice president in 1987, and president and chief executive officer in […]

IBM is looking into expanding its program to OEM servers based on its Power architecture, in line with larger initiatives to grow the platform. IBM already has OEM relationships with Hitachi Ltd. in Japan and French computer maker Bull Computer Corp., which sell not only Power systems but also IBMs Unix operating system, AIX, and […]

ClearCube Technology Inc. is making it easier for IT administrators to manage and secure their PC blade environments. The Austin, Texas, company last week unveiled Switch Manager Version 4.5, a cornerstone of the ClearCube Management Suite of software. The upgraded Switch Manager is designed to help users as their PC blades extend into their enterprise […]

Gateway Inc. is looking to expand its commercial business by targeting smaller customers. The Irvine, Calif., computer maker kicked off the initiative last week with the release of a low-end server and a new line of desktop and notebook PCs armed with features that officials say are needed by small businesses with little or no […]

Computer maker Gateway Inc. wants to expand its commercial business by focusing on smaller businesses. Gateway, of Irvine, Calif., kicked off the initiative Thursday with the release of a low-end server and a new line of desktop and notebook PCs armed with features that officials say are needed by small businesses with little or no […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. and one of its user groups, Encompass, are postponing HPs upcoming technology conference scheduled for later this month in New Orleans in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. In an e-mail sent out late Tuesday to participants, HP said it will reschedule the HP Technology Forum for another date later […]

ClearCube Technology Inc. is making it easier for IT administrators to manage and secure their PC blade environments with the release Tuesday of the latest version of its Switch Manager. Switch Manager 4.5, a cornerstone of the ClearCube Management Suite of software, is designed to help users as their PC blades extend into their enterprise […]

The rapid increase in the complexity and speed of change in businesses IT infrastructures, coupled with growing compliance requirements, is fueling a steep rise in operational costs and driving the need for better overall management, according to Al Zollar, general manager of IBM Tivolis software group. Speaking at the Share user conference here last week, […]

Gateway this week found a new chief financial officer from within its own ranks and announced it will open a new U.S. manufacturing facility to handle the growth in demand for its commercial products. /zimages/6/28571.gifGateway CEO Wayne Inouye talks about the companys strategies for staying financially viable. Click here to read more. The company named […]

Systems and software makers are following Intel Corp.s lead down the road to dual-core computing. The giant chip maker, at its Intel Developer Forum this week in San Francisco, is highlighting a product road map in which dual- and multicore processors play a central role. Intel partners are showing their enthusiasm for the technology as […]

BOSTON—The rapid increase in the complexity and speed of change in businesses IT infrastructures, coupled with growing compliance requirements, is fueling a steep rise in operational costs and driving the need for better overall management, according to Al Zollar, general manager of IBMs Tivoli Software Group. Speaking at the Share user conference here Tuesday morning, […]