Jeff Burt

Jamestown Community College was no different from many other organizations when it came to its client-side architecture. Its administrators wanted to find an easier, cheaper way to give users access to the schools network while extending the life of equipment. So last year, the 4,000-student college began replacing some of its desktop PCs with thin-client […]

As the use of virtualization capabilities in the data center grows, companies such as BladeLogic Inc. and SWsoft Inc. are developing new ways to meet the increasing demand for better management. Included in BladeLogics Operations Manager 6, released in October, is support for VMware Inc.s ESX Server virtual machine technology. The Waltham, Mass., company is […]

In the end, IBMs PC business no longer meshed with the on-demand technology model the company has been molding for the past several years, according to Big Blues top executive. In a memo sent to the employees of IBMs Personal Systems Group, Chairman and CEO Sam Palmisano said the companys decision to sell its PC […]

For IBM and Lenovo Group Ltd., their deal to merge their PC businesses will result in some big changes for both companies, and officials for both expect those results to be positive. However, users of IBM notebooks and desktop PCs say this deal will only be a success if nothing changes for them. After several […]

In confirming almost a week of speculation, IBM and China-based Lenovo Group Ltd. announced an agreement Tuesday night in which Big Blue will sell its PC division for about $1.75 billion. The deal, which officials from both companies said will be completed in the second quarter of 2005, will make Lenovo the third-largest PC company […]

BOSTON—Hewlett-Packard Co. officials have completed the reorganization of the company, have their product portfolios in place and have developed strong roadmaps for those products. Now they have to execute on them. That was the message delivered by Chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina and other top HP officials here today at the companys meeting with financial […]

Intel and Nvidia have made an agreement that will enable Nvidia to bring its nForce platform to Intel-based PCs. The patent-swapping agreement will help both companies expand their businesses. Nvidia will be able to license Intels front-side bus design—front-side buses are used to link processors and memory—while Intel will license Nvidia patents for high-end graphics […]

Although Hewlett-Packard Co. appears to have corrected many of the problems that came to light in the third quarter, some of which resulted in order fulfillment snafus and fewer sales, serious challenges remain. While announcing fourth-quarter results earlier this month, HP Chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina said errors in the migration of order management operations […]

NEC Solutions America is shipping a version of its blade server bundled with a fault-tolerant version of Linux. The fault-tolerant Express 5800/320Lb offers the companys dual-modular hardware architecture, which features identical components running in lock step, enabling one component to continue running if the other fails. The system supports Windows, but last week NEC said […]

With demand for its desktop PCs growing, Dell last week unveiled plans to build a third U.S. manufacturing facility, in North Carolina, to open next fall. The plant will build computers for Dells commercial and consumer customers on the East Coast. Dells other U.S. manufacturing plants are in Lebanon, Tenn., and Austin, Texas. About 700 […]

System makers are enhancing their blade servers with new technology that brings better performance and flexibility to the dense form factors. RLX Technologies Inc. last week began shipping the SB6400, the sixth generation of its blade systems that feature Intel Corp.s “Nocona” Xeon processors. The chips offer Intels EM64T (Extended Memory 64 Technology), enabling them […]

Gateway is rolling out the first of its business desktops that use the BTX model developed by Intel. Compared with the traditional ATX model, BTX puts all the hottest components—from processors to graphics cards—in the center of the chassis, where they can be cooled by a front-to-back airflow. The result is more reliable, more energy-efficient […]