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Mark Hoffman, who helped found database vendor Sybase and led a now-defunct business-to-business company, CommerceOne, has signed on as chairman, president and CEO of Everdream, a hosted PC management company. Hoffman, who was at Sybase from 1984 to 1995 and at CommerceOne from 1995 to 2004, takes over for Gary Griffiths, who left the company […]

Neoware Systems is rolling out technology that company officials said removes a major barrier to the broad adoption of thin-client architecture. The thin-client vendor last week released Neoware Image Manager, which streams a single software image that contains the operating system, applications and hardware drivers from a central server to thin clients and PCs. /zimages/1/28571.gifClick […]

Vendors are looking to both hardware and software to help customers handle growing problems with heat in data centers. The focus comes at a time when the promise of greater compute power is being thwarted by the increased heat generated by faster processors and denser form factors. System makers say new features in their servers […]

Fujitsu Computer Systems is shipping its PrimePower servers with McAfee Inc.s intrusion prevention software Entercept. Combining the high-end Unix systems with McAfees security offering will benefit users who rely on the PrimePower systems for their mission-critical applications, said Richard McCormack, senior vice president of product and solutions marketing for Fujitsu Computer Systems Corp., a subsidiary […]

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

VMware is readying its virtual machine product line to support dual-core processors, and says it will charge for its technology on a per-socket basis. The pricing model means that customers who have servers powered by dual-core processors will get more performance from their VMware applications without seeing a jump in their licensing fees. VMware Inc. […]

IBM is pushing to make its iSeries systems even more attractive to small and midsize businesses. The Armonk, N.Y., company this week introduced the Solutions Edition of the low-end i520 system, a program that mirrors what IBM offers with the midrange i550, said Ian Jarman, iSeries product manager. Starting July 22, customers can get customized […]

SOMERS, N.Y.—Far from fading into the IT history books, mainframe systems are still going strong, and, in fact, new features and capabilities are on the way for IBMs zSeries systems, said company officials here. Reliability, security and manageability have helped fuel demand for the zSeries systems, the officials said. “We have a number of our […]

IBM on Tuesday is introducing technology that will use chilled water to help reduce thermal problems in data centers. The Armonk, N.Y., companys eServer Rear Door Heat eXchanger—also known as “Cool Blue”—will user water already available in the air conditioning systems in most data centers, according to Alex Yost, director of IBMs eServer xSeries. The […]

Mark Hoffman, who helped found database vendor Sybase Inc. and led now-defunct B2B company Commerce One Inc., has signed on as chairman, president and CEO of Everdream Corp., a hosted PC management company. Everdream, of Fremont, Calif., made the announcement Tuesday. Hoffman, who was at Sybase from 1984 to 1995, and Commerce One from 1995 […]

Dell Inc. and Silicon Graphics Inc. are bringing high-end technology to systems aimed at the low-end and midrange segments of the market. Dell this week is introducing its first server powered by Intel Corp.s dual-core technology. Customers buying the PowerEdge SC430 will have the option of running it on Intels dual-core Pentium D chip. /zimages/1/28571.gifThe […]

Gateway is completing the transformation of its business desktop line to the BTX chassis design, aimed at improving reliability and energy efficiency while reducing heat generation and noise. The company late last month released three new E-Series desktops that feature the new chassis model. The BTX design places the hottest-running components—such as processors, memory modules […]