Jeff Burt

Sun Microsystems Inc. officials this week said they hope to bolster their N1 data center virtualization capabilities by buying CenterRun Inc. A spokesperson for Sun, of Santa Clara, Calif., said the company has signed a definitive agreement to buy CenterRun, and that the deal is expected to close by the end of the current quarter, […]

Supercomputer maker Cray Inc. saw net income and revenue both jump in the second quarter, thanks in part to $6 million in revenue that was deferred from the first quarter. Cray on Thursday reported income of $7.9 million on $61.8 million in revenue for the three months ending June 30, significant increases over the $1.2 […]

Dell Inc. this week is rolling out a business desktop aimed at small and midsized businesses. Officials with the Round Rock, Texas, company said they wanted to offer SMBs the features found in Dells OptiPlex PCs, which traditionally have been aimed at high-end users. Until now, smaller businesses had to choose between the high costs […]

IBM on Wednesday introduced its eServer 325, its first system based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc.s 64-bit Opteron chip. The two-way, 1U (1.75-inch) system includes three models based on Opterons 240, 242 and 246 flavors, and will run both Linux and Microsoft Corp.s Windows operating systems. IBM also announced that the 325 will be a […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. on Wednesday began shipping a new server based on the companys Alpha chip technology and unveiled new tools designed to help Alpha server users migrate to Intel Corp.s Itanium architecture. The Palo Alto, Calif., company has begun shipping 32-way AlphaServer GS1280, based on Alpha EV7 chips, and reiterated plans to unveil a 64-processor […]

Vendors continue to roll out computer hardware for smaller customers looking to pack a lot of power and performance into more compact boxes. Dell Inc. and MPC Computers LLC last week unveiled servers and desktop computers, respectively, that combine fast Intel Corp. processors and other features with smaller footprints. Dells one-processor PowerEdge 400SC server includes […]

Unisys Corp. on Monday is unveiling a new MCP-based mainframe with features that support the Business Blueprinting initiative the company touted in June. The Business Blueprinting strategy is designed to enable enterprises to tie their business processes together with their software and hardware. The goal is to enable users to model their business processes, enabling […]

MPC Computers LLC on Monday is rounding out its server family with its entry-level two-way NetFrame 600 system. The Nampa, Idaho, company since last year has been aggressively expanding beyond its desktop offerings, rolling out laptops, servers and storage systems. According to Alex Smith, manager of MPCs server product development, the 600 will complement its […]

Dell Inc.s decision to exit the eight-processor server arena adds fuel to the growing scale-out versus scale-up data center architecture debate. Dell has long been a vocal proponent of scaled-out data center architecture—one in which multiple smaller servers are linked to give enterprises computing power equal to that of larger symmetric multiprocessing systems. Meanwhile, IBM […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. retained its spot as the top server vendor in the world in the second quarter, shipping 376,093 units to give it 29.5 percent of the market, according to numbers compiled by Gartner Dataquest Inc. and released on Monday. Dell Inc. remained in second, shipping 261,575 units and capturing 20.5 percent of the market, […]

Gateway Inc. lost $73 million on revenues of $800 million in the second quarter, but company officials on Thursday reaffirmed plans to reach profitability by the end of the year. The $73 million loss for the three months that ended June 30 was greater than the $61 million the Poway, Calif., companys loss during the […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. saw its fourth-quarter earnings and revenue decline over the same period last year, and the company lost more than $2.3 billion during its entire fiscal year. Numbers released on Tuesday showed the Santa Clara, Calif., company earned $12 million and generated almost $3 billion in revenue in the three months ended June […]