Jeff Burt

Stratus Technologies Inc. is bringing its fault-tolerant server platform down into the volume systems space, giving users an alternative to clusters and Stratus access to an area of the industry that it didnt have before. The ftServer W Series 2300 system has many of the features of the higher-end 3300, but at about $10,000, it […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. is bringing greater manageability and virtualization capabilities to its blade server offerings as it pushes forward its utility computing initiatives. Modularity is a key component of HPs Adaptive Enterprise strategy, and “blades are a very modular aspect of the shift toward utility computing,” Ann Livermore, executive vice president of the companys Technology Solutions […]

VMware Inc., known for its virtual machine technology for servers and workstations, is turning its attention to the client space. The Palo Alto, Calif., company on Monday is rolling out software designed to enable PC administrators to distribute secure computing environments—a virtual machine—to the extended enterprise, such as mobile and contract workers. Using VMware ACE […]

A series of IBM grid computing wins illustrates how the concept is gaining acceptance in the commercial space, according to IBM officials. The Armonk, N.Y., company on Friday announced six new grid computing customers, five of which are commercial enterprises, said Ken King, vice president of grid computing at IBM. “The fact that were seeing […]

NEC Solutions (America) Inc. is unveiling a four-processor, fault-tolerant server designed to bring higher availability to data centers. The Express5800/340Hb-R, which will be released this week, features redundant components—including processors, motherboards, storage and power units—that run in lock step. If one fails, the second takes over, with no data loss, said officials at the Rancho […]

IBM will continue pushing its Linux on Power strategy Monday when it unveils a new line of Linux-only servers running on its 64-bit Power5 processor. The Armonk, N.Y., company later this month will roll out the eServer OpenPower 720, an entry-level four-way server that can run Linux operating systems from both Red Hat Inc. and […]

NEW YORK—Almost six months into his new stint as president and CEO of Gateway Inc., Wayne Inouye came here on Monday to outline for financial analysts his plans for bringing the PC maker back to health. Those plans include a mix of aggressive cost cutting—the company is still on track to reduce headcount to fewer […]

Transmeta Corp. has begun limited shipments of the next generation of its Efficeon processor, which is being built on the 90-nanometer manufacturing process. However, that same achievement—the 90-nm process allows for more transistors on a chip and reduce manufacturing costs—contributed to the Santa Clara, Calif., company lowering its quarterly financial expectations on Friday. Transmeta is […]

IBM later this month will begin shipping the second generation of its two-way server powered by Advanced Micro Devices Inc.s 64-bit Opteron processor. The eServer 326 will come about 18 months after IBM, of Armonk, N.Y., became the first top-tier OEM to support Opteron. IBM executives took the stage with AMD officials in April 2003 […]

A startup company is rolling out a family of workstations aimed at the technical computing space that offer clusterlike capabilities inside a single box. Orion Multisystems Inc. on Monday will launch as a company as well as unveil its first two products—a 12-node desktop workstation that offers up to 36 gigaflops of performance, and a […]

Backers of a fledgling infrastructure markup language are moving the development of the DCML specification to the OASIS body in the hopes of fueling greater adoption. The Data Center Markup Language specification, which describes resources within the data center, is being written to spawn utility computing architectures. The DCML Organization, which includes Opsware Inc., Electronic […]

Gateway Inc. is rolling out a new desktop computer aimed specifically at the retail market featuring the new BTX design that improves cooling and noise reduction capabilities. The Gateway 700GRs BTX chassis—a design led by Intel Corp. that Gateway officials say will overtake the current ATX model among major PC vendors—offers improved air flow through […]