Jeff Burt

Fujitsu Ltd. this summer will roll out a host of Intel Corp.-based servers as it pushes to expand its U.S. presence. After refreshing its Solaris-based PrimePower line of servers earlier this year, Fujitsu has turned its focus to its Primergy family of systems. Part of that focus includes moving the Primergy line from subsidiary Fujitsu […]

Thin-client vendors Neoware Systems Inc. and Wyse Technology Inc. continue to expand their software capabilities as they push to move beyond their hardware roots. Neoware, of King of Prussia, Pa., earlier this month completed the acquisition of Pericom Software Inc. for $9.8 million. According to Neoware Chairman and CEO Michael Kantrowitz, his companys current software […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. tightened its partnership with Deloitte Consulting last week, with the two companies merging their consolidation services. The goal, according to officials from both companies at an event here, is to put a single face on their consolidation consulting projects, as more and more users turn to consolidation as a way to cut […]

Intel Corp. on Monday rolled out a new Xeon processor for two-way servers and workstations that features a larger on-die cache designed to increase system performance by more than 15 percent. At the same time, the Santa Clara, Calif., company slashed prices on its existing Xeons by up to 34 percent. The new chip still […]

Unisys Corp. is bringing Java capabilities to its high-end Windows-based system. The Blue Bell, Pa., company on Monday unveiled its Java Virtual Machine tuned for its midrange Windows-based ES7000 systems, which can scale up to 32 Intel Corp. processors. The JVM, which can be downloaded for free, enables enterprises with Java-based applications—many of them being […]

Officials at Acer America Corp. have laid out a plan to bump up sales of consumer devices and drive their products deeper into the enterprise, and see reseller partners as a key part of that plan. With that in mind, the San Jose, Calif., company this week launched the Acer Authorized Reseller Program, an initiative […]

BURLINGTON, Mass.—Sun Microsystems Inc. and Deloitte Consulting are offering enterprises looking to consolidate their IT infrastructures integrated services that bring together both business process and implementation help. Speaking at an event on Suns campus here on Wednesday, officials from both companies—which already had an existing partnership—said they found that customers were looking for a single […]

The federal government this week awarded more than $146 million in grants to Cray Inc., IBM and Sun Microsystems Inc. to build supercomputers as part of the second phase of the governments HPCS (high productivity computing systems) program. Through DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), the U.S. Department of Defense awarded IBM $53.3 million to […]

Having refreshed its Solaris-based PrimePower server line earlier this year, Fujitsu Ltd. is turning its attention to its Intel Corp.-based systems as it pushes for a larger piece of the U.S. market. Fujitsu is among the top five server makers worldwide, but in the United States, “were in the other category, not cracking the top […]

NEC Solutions America Inc. and Stratus Technologies Inc. are looking to Linux as a way to expand the reach of their respective fault-tolerant servers. To date, telecommunications companies and other enterprises have deployed the open-source operating system on NECs high-availability systems for such front-end duties as payment processing and Web serving. But, as businesses begin […]

Neoware Systems Inc. this week expanded the reach of its thin client software into legacy applications with its $9.8 million acquisition of Pericom Software from Pericom Holdings PLC. The acquisition comes as Neoware and rival Wyse Technology Inc. push to expand their businesses beyond the thin client space. According to Neoware Chairman and CEO Michael […]

Stratus Technologies Inc. has appointed a new chief executive as it prepares to expand the verticals it serves and to bring the company public. David Laurello, an eight-year Stratus veteran who was appointed president and chief operating officer in March 2002, this week has taken over as CEO from Stephen Kiely, who is now executive […]