Jeff Burt

Hewlett-Packard Co. is introducing a new lineup of business desktop PCs designed to make it easier for customers to find and pick what they need. Along with the introduction of the new product lines—the HP Compaq 2000, 5000 and 7000 series—the Palo Alto, Calif., company on Tuesday also rolled out the first two computers in […]

Intel Corp. will call the 64-bit extension technology for its 32-bit Xeon processors Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology, or Intel EM64T. Starting in the second quarter with its Nocona chip for two-processor systems, Intel will outfit its Xeons with the ability to run 64-bit as well as 32-bit applications, a move announced at the companys […]

Supercomputer manufacturer Cray Inc., which currently sells a single system aimed at the highest echelon of users, is expanding its footprint with systems for slightly less expensive HPC applications. Crays acquisition of OctigaBay Systems Corp., announced late last month, will bring Cray the OctigaBay 12K, a Linux-based high-performance computing platform powered by Advanced Micro Devices […]

New hardware on the way from Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM and Intel Corp. will show that blade servers need not be compact versions of their traditional server tower cousins. Blade servers, which two years ago could be found primarily in one- and two-processor configurations, are growing in variety and giving users more options within the smaller […]

Topspin Communications Inc. is looking to move Infiniband from simply being an interconnect technology to being an important tool in the growing server virtualization space. The Mountain View, Calif., company—which currently has partnerships with such top-tier OEMs as IBM, Sun Microsystems Inc. and Dell Inc.—on Monday unveiled its Boot over Infiniband offering that enables users […]

Dell Inc. is partnering with VMware Inc. to bring server virtualization capabilities to its four-way PowerEdge 6650 systems. In an announcement Monday, officials with the Round Rock, Texas, company said integrating VMwares ESX Server technology into its 6650 systems brings virtualization into Dells scale-out data center strategy. Pete Morowski, Dells vice president of software development, […]

Kevin Rollins, Dell Inc.s president and chief operating officer, will take over as CEO this summer, the company announced on Thursday. Rollins, who has been in charge of the Round Rock, Texas, companys day-to-day operations, will take over for founder and CEO Michael Dell, who has been more focused on the Dells strategic direction, including […]

Tidal Software is rolling out the latest upgrade to its flagship Tidal Enterprise Scheduler, which includes faster performance and better support for the application platforms from PeopleSoft and SAP. Version 5.0 of Tidals scheduling software automates the process of deploying and operating applications among multiple servers running various operating systems and platforms. The technology aids […]

End users should see a 15 percent to 25 percent performance increase when using systems powered by Intel Corp.s upgraded Xeon MP processor, company officials said Tuesday. At a press conference in New York, Richard Dracott, general manager of enterprise marketing and planning for Intels Enterprise Platform Group, said the new “Gallatin” chips—which include a […]

Administrators looking for better automation and management in their IT infrastructures are getting help from VMware Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. VMware, which was bought in December by storage company EMC Corp., last week rolled out GSX Server 3, its virtual machine technology targeted at departments and software development and test teams. Officials with the Palo […]

The dramatic changes in the 64-bit computing landscape over the past few weeks have left users in the volume server space with something they had little of before last month: choice. Hewlett-Packard Co., of Palo Alto, Calif., added to that last week when it unveiled its long-expected plans to offer a line of ProLiant servers […]

IBM has been a champion of Linux for several years—extolling the virtues of the open-source operating system running on its xSeries systems, which use industry-standard 32-bit Intel Corp. processors. But the company lately has been ramping up a major initiative to push Linux on its iSeries and pSeries servers, which use IBMs family of Power […]