Jeff Burt

Agilent is returning to its origins as a testing-and-measuring business. The company, which spun off from Hewlett-Packard in 2000, announced last week that it is selling off several parts of its business so that it can focus on its core competencies. /zimages/4/28571.gifClick here to read about how chip-based security is gaining interest. It is selling […]

MPC Computers is rolling out a new business desktop PC that offers the BTX chassis design and enhanced management features. The ClientPro 375 is the latest MPC desktop to feature the BTX, or Balanced Technology Extended, model, which offers a front-to-back airflow across the hottest components designed to make the computer run cooler and quieter. […]

Systems makers are wasting no time responding to Intel Corp.s plans to accelerate the delivery of dual-core Xeon processors, saying they will have servers ready to go when the chips are available. Intel, of Santa Clara, Calif., announced last week that it is bringing its dual-core Xeons for dual-processor and multiprocessor systems to the market […]

A month after introducing the latest generation of its mainframe systems, the Z9, IBM is looking to grow the software support and expertise around it. At the Share Inc. user conference in Boston this week, IBM will unveil a host of enhanced monitoring and management capabilities that will be available next quarter. At the same […]

Systems makers are embracing Intel Corp.s plans to accelerate the delivery of dual-core Xeon processors, saying they will have servers ready to go when the chips are available. Intel, of Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday announced that it was bringing its dual-core Xeons for dual- and multi-processor systems to the market later this year, ahead […]

Intel Corp. over the weekend cut prices on its 64-bit line of desktop processors. The Santa Clara, Calif., chip maker reduced the cost of its five single-core Pentium 4 6xx chips from 20.15 percent to 33.72 percent. All feature 2MB of Level 2 cache and an 800MHz front-side bus, with the key difference being the […]

NEC Solutions America Inc. is growing its channel initiative, rolling out a new partner program and signing on Avnet Partner Solutions, Americas, as a distributor. The moves last week are part of NECs push to become 100 percent channel-driven by fall. Officials with the Rancho Cordova, Calif., company said resellers are a key to giving […]

OEMs and chip makers are preparing high-end technology that offers customers computing environments that are more secure and easier to manage. IBM and Unisys Corp. are upgrading their respective mainframe platforms with systems that come with new virtualization and security features. In addition, Intel Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. have begun introducing their high-end chip […]

Intel last week rolled out three low-voltage Xeon processors aimed at dense computing environments and is planning to launch next year two energy-efficient dual-core chips. Intels low-voltage “Irwindale” chips range from 55- to 110-watt power consumption and are designed for such systems as blades and rack-optimized systems. In the first half of next year, Intel […]

NEW YORK—Citing a new era in enterprise computing, IBM executives on Tuesday unveiled a host of new hardware, software and services aimed at increasing the collaboration capabilities of businesses. The new offerings range from a development community focused on IBMs BladeCenter blade server platform to the newest member of the companys mainframe system, the massive […]

Absent from public view since being named CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co. in March, Mark Hurd moved to center stage last week to outline a massive restructuring designed to slash expenses and create a tighter cost structure for the Palo Alto, Calif., company. Saying his objective is to create “a simpler and nimbler HP,” Hurds plan […]

Interex, the user group for Hewlett-Packards systems customers, has disbanded and canceled next months HP World show in San Francisco. Interex officials on the groups Web site this month cited financial reasons for shutting down, calling the decision unavoidable. The 31-year-old organization had 100,000 members. “It is with great sadness that, after 31 years, we […]