Jeff Burt

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Tuesday continued growing its line of 64-bit Opteron chips, releasing its 146 model for one-processor systems and its 846 model for eight-way servers. Opteron 146 goes head-to-head with Intels fastest. Check out ExtremeTechs review . The newest models, introduced at the OracleWorld show in San Francisco, come about a month […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. and Topspin Communications Inc. are at OracleWorld 2003 this week demonstrating the benefits of using the InfiniBand interconnect technology in clusters of low-end systems running Oracle Corp.s new Oracle Database 10G software. At the same time, Topspin, of Mountain View, Calif., also is rolling out an InfiniBand clustering offering optimized for Oracle […]

Stratus Technologies Inc. and NEC Solutions America Inc. are loading their respective fault-tolerant servers with even more technologies to ward off outages. Stratus this week will roll out two servers powered by the latest Intel Corp. technology and will begin offering Microsoft Corp.s Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition preinstalled with all its fault-tolerant models. The […]

IBM later this month will be enhancing the networking capabilities in its blade server products by integrating Layer 2-7 Ethernet switching into the systems. The switches, designed by Nortel Networks Inc., will be integrated into the BladeCenter chassis, giving businesses access to high-level networking and load-balancing capabilities without having to bring in separate appliances into […]

Intel Corp. on Monday will roll out two new energy-efficient and low-cost versions of its 64-bit Itanium 2 chip, and top-tier vendors Dell Inc., IBM and Hewlett-Packard Co. are preparing enhanced products featuring the processors. The Santa Clara, Calif., chip maker will launch its much anticipated Deerfield processor, known as Low Voltage Itanium 2, which […]

IBM is rolling out newly configured servers designed to give midsized iSeries system users high availability and disaster recovery help. “Businesspeople in general are concerned about business continuity, making sure their businesses are available to customers 24-by-7,” said Ian Jarman, iSeries product manager for the Armonk, N.Y., company. IBM on Friday is announcing an iSeries […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. is adding to its Adaptive Enterprise strategy this week by announcing plans to grid-enable its entire product line and acquire a new company. The Palo Alto, Calif., company already grid enables its PA-RISC, Integrity, Alpha and ProLiant server lines by incorporating the Globus Toolkit and OGSA (Open Grid Services Architecture) 2.0, according to […]

Intel Corp. on Thursday further updated its third-quarter outlook, saying it expects revenues to come in between $7.6 billion and $7.8 billion. This follows the Santa Clara, Calif., chip makers previous update Aug. 22, when it gave a range of $7.3 billion and $7.8 billion for the quarter, which ends Sept. 27. Earlier in the […]

Gateway Inc. will shut down a manufacturing facility in Virginia and rework how it does product sourcing, support and service in moves officials said will save the company $115 million to $130 million a year. Chairman and CEO Ted Waitt said Wednesday that the moves were part of a larger plan to transform the Poway, […]

ClearCube Technology Inc. plans to extend the capability of its PC blades to enable businesses to put multiple users on a single blade. The move will make the Austin, Texas, companys blade PCs available to smaller companies, according to Senior Technologist Ken Knotts. ClearCube will announce the new capability, as well as a partnership with […]

PC prices are taking a roller-coaster ride after the two market leaders last week announced changes in opposite directions. As they unveiled sluggish third-fiscal- quarter earnings, Hewlett-Packard Co. officials said the company will hike prices on desktop and laptop computers. Dell Inc., meanwhile, announced a series of price cuts, from 3 to 22 percent across […]

Ann livermore may have the toughest job at Hewlett-Packard Co. As the head of the companys Services division, she must rapidly grow the business, while at the same time compete head-on with IBMs Global Services juggernaut. Livermore sat down with eWEEK Editor in Chief Eric Lundquist and Senior Editor Jeffrey Burt this month at HP […]