Jeff Burt

IBM and Sun Microsystems Inc. are expanding their respective utility computing efforts with hosted offerings that will enable users to remotely access computing power and pay only for resources they use. IBM last week announced it is growing its on-demand server services, called Virtual Server Service, beyond Linux on its mainframe systems to encompass its […]

Three vendors of server-based computing devices are rolling out enhanced hardware and software products designed to expand the products reach. Wyse Technology Inc. and Neoware Systems Inc., which make thin-client devices, this week will launch upgraded software to ease management and cover some devices beyond thin clients. Separately, ClearCube Technology Inc. this quarter will release […]

IBM is expanding its grid- computing offerings to the financial services industry via partnerships with SAS Institute Inc. and DataSynapse Inc. IBM, of Armonk, N.Y., is incorporating SAS business intelligence software into its IBM Grid Offering for Analytics Acceleration, which gives banks greater customer insight, officials said. Using the SAS software in a grid environment […]

Intel Corp. on Monday is rolling out its fastest Xeon processor for dual-processor servers and workstations. The new chip, at 3.2GHz, eclipses the current fastest Xeon, at 3.06GHz. It also features 1MB of cache and a 533MHz front-side bus. Officials with the Santa Clara, Calif., company said that the chip—part of Intels Prestonia family of […]

This summer, Sun Microsystems Inc. rolled out a program aimed at luring AlphaServer customers away from Hewlett-Packard Co. and its plans to standardize on Intel Corp.s 64-bit Itanium chip. On Friday, HP struck back, offering its own migration program for Sun customers looking to move from the Solaris platform to Linux. HP, of Palo Alto, […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. is partnering with SchlumbergerSema to offer hosted utility computing capabilities to customers in the energy, finance, public sector and telecommunications industries. Houston-based SchlumbergerSema, a business segment of Schlumberger Ltd., will give customers remote access to Sun computing resources. Enterprises will be able to increase or decrease the amount of power they need […]

IBM is growing its on-demand server services beyond Linux on its mainframe systems to include its entire line of eServers. The move will give enterprises access to their choice of x-, i- and pSeries systems hosted by IBM in its Service Delivery Center in Boulder, Colo. Customers will have access to server processing, storage, caching […]

IBM is touting a new chip design it says will improve the performance of wireless devices four times and reduce power consumption by up to 80 percent. Key to the technology is IBMs ability to put transistors for both communication and computing onto a single chip, according to the Armonk, N.Y., company. Currently they reside […]

Fujitsu Technology Solutions Inc. is teaming up with Gartner Inc. to provide services to enterprises that let them set up far more efficient IT infrastructures. Fujitsu this week will unveil its IT Optimization initiative, which combines existing server consolidation and disaster recovery services with a total-cost-of-ownership assessment from research company Gartner for analyzing how well […]

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has laid down the second half of its bet on 64-bit computing with the release of its newest Athlon chips. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company at an event in San Francisco last week unveiled its much-touted Athlon 64 and mobile Athlon 64 chips for PCs and notebooks. They feature the same capabilities […]

IBM on Wednesday is expanding its grid computing offerings to the financial services industry through partnerships with SAS Institute and DataSynapse Inc. IBM is incorporating SAS business intelligence software into its IBM Grid Offering for Analytics Acceleration, which is designed to give banks greater customer insight, said Dan Powers, vice president of grid computing strategy […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Advanced Micro Devices Inc. later today will lay down the second half of its bet on 64-bit computing. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company will introduce new chips at an event here. The much-touted Athlon 64 and mobile Athlon 64 chips for PCs and notebooks feature the same capabilities as AMDs Opteron counterpart for servers and […]