Jeff Burt

IBMs decision to sell its PC business to Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group Ltd. is offering lessons both in how to expand into emerging markets and how federal regulators will view such deals. Concerned that the $1.75 billion deal may represent national security threats, the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States, or CFIUS, […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. is integrating a Gigabit Ethernet switch from Cisco Systems Inc. into its blade server architecture, a move company officials said will reduce the costs of running the blades and make it easier for users to blend them into their Cisco infrastructure. The two companies co-developed the Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module, which will […]

A startup company is looking to create software that will take advantage of the performance and security attributes of Intel Corp.s 64-bit Itanium processor. Officials with Secure64 Software Corp., launched this week, said that general-purpose operating systems, which are being built to run on disparate platforms, cant by their nature be enhanced by Itaniums features. […]

IBM next month will roll out an entry-level two-way OpenPower server designed to compete with Hewlett-Packard Co.s and Sun Microsystems Inc.s volume Linux and Unix offerings. IBM, of Armonk, N.Y., introduced the OpenPower line in September 2004 as a way of bringing the 64-bit Power5 architecture into the growing volume Linux server space. The first […]

IBMs deal to sell its PC business to Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group Ltd. for $1.75 billion reportedly has gained the attention of U.S. regulators concerned with national security issues. According to a report from the Bloomberg News wire service, the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States—which includes 11 U.S. agencies, including the […]

Sony has become the third vendor to license Transmetas LongRun2 power-management technology. Sony Corp. joins NEC Electronics Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd., who licensed the technology last year. NEC is expected to introduce products incorporating the technology later this year, according to Transmeta officials. Fujitsu has yet to publicly lay out its roadmap. Transmeta Corp.—which introduced […]

It will be another couple of months before Transmeta Corp. gets a clear idea of what its reorganized company will look like. Executives with the chip maker said earlier this month that they were exploring a change in their business model, possibly moving away from selling silicon-based products and instead focusing on licensing their intellectual […]

Intel Corp.s reorganization follows a year-long trend at the giant chip maker away from focusing on processors and instead toward keying on solutions. Intel, of Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday announced that it was reorganizing the company into five business units that will target platforms rather than silicon. It was a move away from the […]

Enterprises that rely on high-end systems for their mission-critical tasks will see some significant performance improvements in upcoming servers from Hewlett-Packard Co. and Sun Microsystems Inc. Both companies will drive the gains through new chip designs and surrounding technologies. HP will implement Intel Corp.s Itanium 2 64-bit chip, and Sun will tout its dual-core UltraSPARC […]

For the past five years, Transmeta Corp. has been a company in search of a market. Later this month, officials will decide if that journey should take the chip maker out of its core business entirely. Executives with the Santa Clara, Calif., company saw early on that the demand for mobile computing was going to […]

With server availability key for enterprises, LANDesk Software Inc. and IBM are rolling out management software designed to keep server systems running smoothly. LANDesk last week unveiled Server Manager 8.5, which includes greater monitoring and remote management, as well as an improved dashboard designed for easier use. LANDesk officials said customers key concerns are ensuring […]

IBM next month will start powering its blade servers with Intel Corp.s low-voltage version of its “Nocona” processor, a move designed to reduce the energy consumption and heat generated by the dense-form-factor systems. Using the processor in IBMs BladeCenter HS20 systems will reduce the power consumption per processor by about 50 watts and by up […]