Jeff Burt

Enhanced server management software from Opsware Inc. and SWsoft Inc. is designed to help businesses push the automation of certain IT tasks, such as patching and provisioning, deeper into their data centers, resulting in reduced costs and increased efficiencies. Opsware, of Sunnyvale, Calif., this week will unveil an upgrade to its namesake data center automation […]

Booming sales of enterprise servers and services and strong demand among small and midsize businesses are among the key factors in Dell Inc. raising the guidance for its second-quarter financials. At the companys annual shareholder meeting Friday, officials with the Round Rock, Texas, company will announce that they are raising the earnings-per-share projection for the […]

IBM Corp. saw second-quarter income and revenue increase despite flat software numbers and drops in revenue for servers based on the companys Power microprocessor. The Armonk, N.Y., company on Thursday reported $2 billion in net income—a 15 percent jump over the same period a year ago—on $23.2 billion in revenue in the three months ending […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. officials endeavored on Thursday to provide a clearer picture of its SPARC/Solaris development deal with Fujitsu Ltd., saying that combining the companies roadmaps makes sense for the vendors and for their customers. During a two-hour discussion with analysts and reporters, officials at the Santa Clara, Calif., company said its deal to partner […]

Two months after introducing the Power5 processors in a line of new systems running its OS/400 operating system, IBM on Tuesday is unveiling Unix servers running the new chip. IBM, of Armonk, N.Y., will roll out three new servers that will hold from two to 16 processors and run the newest version of its Unix […]

SWsoft Inc. has introduced the latest version of its server virtualization tool aimed at increasing the scalability of virtual machines while making them easier to deploy and manage. The Herndon, Va., company on Tuesday rolled out Virtuozzo 2.6, which officials say comes with more than 50 new features, including panels that enable users to handle […]

Gateway this week fired the latest salvo in its ongoing patent dispute with Hewlett-Packard, asking the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to prohibit HP from importing certain computers and monitors that Gateway claims infringe on three patents. The filing is the latest shot in a legal tussle that began in March, when Hewlett-Packard Co., of […]

Dell Inc. is ready to expand its blade server offerings, more than two years after coming out with its first version of the ultradense form factor. The Round Rock, Texas, company in the fourth quarter will roll out new blade systems that will be more dense than those currently available from competitors, said Paul Gottsegen, […]

IBM is expanding its bundled technology offerings to the telecommunications industry with new integrated packages that include Linux and middleware on its BladeCenter T systems. The Armonk, N.Y., company said its goal is to bring standards-based technology into a space dominated by Unix-based offerings from such competitors as Hewlett-Packard Co. and Sun Microsystems Inc. At […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. is bringing its utility computing initiative to the client side, according to company officials. Using a host of new chips and chip sets released by Intel Corp. over the past week, HP is rolling out new commercial desktops, workstations and mobile offerings armed with the new processing capabilities as well as added management […]

Responding to customer demands to provide more than the typical performance enhancements, OEMs are bolstering their PCs with capabilities that make it easier for IT administrators to manage and maintain desktops. Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Inc. and IBM are each rolling out systems that not only incorporate the latest Intel Corp. Pentium 4 processors and chip […]

Intel Corp. on Wednesday rounded out its Pentium M chip line with the introduction of the 715 and 725 models. The chips join three other models—the 735, 745 and 755—in the family of Pentium M processors once code-named Dothan. Built on the Santa Clara, Calif., companys 90-nanometer manufacturing process, the chips feature more memory cache […]