Jeff Burt

Unisys Corp. is launching a services and software initiative designed to more closely align a businesss IT infrastructure with its overall business strategy. At an event here last week, Unisys unveiled its Business Blueprinting strategy, a plan for helping companies map their business processes and goals. As part of that plan, it will help customers […]

Thin-client vendors are broadening the capabilities of their management software, enabling users to update more machines simultaneously and bringing legacy PCs into the thin-client mix. Wyse Technology Inc. last week announced the latest iteration of its Rapport management software, Version 4.0, and its Alcatraz product, which enables businesses to turn legacy desktop PCs into thin-client […]

New business PCs from Gateway take advantage of the latest Intel technology, including Hyper-Threading. The E-Series, Gateway Profile 4 and Sb-Series PCs, available now, come with Intels Pentium 4 chip—which includes Hyper-Threading, a technology that enables a single chip to work as two virtual chips. Intel chip sets in the new desktops include an 800MHz […]

Wyse Technology Inc. this week rolled out the latest version of its Rapport management software and a new product designed to bring legacy PCs into the thin client mix. Wyse announced the latest iteration of its Rapport management software, Version 4.0, and its Alcatraz product, which is designed to enable businesses to turn their legacy […]

Intel Corp.s rollout this week of its stable imaging program could be a boost to enterprises as they go through their PC and laptop replacement cycles. Major OEMs for several years have been offering computers with up to 12-month stable image guarantees, saying that over that one-year period, the companies would not make changes to […]

IBM and Infineon Technologies AG have made a big leap forward in the development of a memory chip that could lead to “instant-on” computers that are smaller and more powerful. At the VSLI Symposia in Kyoto, Japan, on Tuesday, the two companies are presenting a paper in which they say they have been able to […]

NEW YORK—To Lawrence Weinbach, building an agile IT infrastructure is not unlike building a house: Without a well-modeled game plan, things can quickly go awry. That is the thinking behind Unisys Corp.s new Business Blueprinting initiative, a services and software strategy that the company rolled out during an event here Tuesday. At the core of […]

Gateway Inc. this weekend rolled out new business desktops that take advantage of the latest Intel Corp. technology, including Hyper-Threading. The move follows Gateways announcement last month of the 500S, a desktop for consumers and small businesses that also feature the new technology. The new E-Series, Gateway Profile 4 and Sb-Series PCs come with Intels […]

Hewlett-Packard last week rolled out a desktop PC aimed at small and midsize businesses and the public sector. The HP Business Desktop d325, available now, has a starting price of $499. For $669, users can get a PC powered by a 1.8GHz Athlon XP 2200+ chip from Advanced Micro Devices with a 40GB hard drive, […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. and IBM announced last week at Supercomm new Intel Corp.-based systems hardened for the telecommunications space, while Intel launched a consortium of about 40 companies that will push for telecom products built on a common platform. Among the systems is Intels carrier-grade TIGPR2U server, powered by dual 2.4GHz Xeon processors. The system is […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. is pumping up the power and cutting the costs in two of its low-end and midrange servers, another move in its aggressive strategy in that space. The Santa Clara, Calif., companys eight-way Sun Fire v880 server now comes with a 1.05GHz UltraSPARC III processor, which Sun officials say offers up to a […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. is looking to grab a bigger piece of the retail pie with its introduction Monday of a new POS (point-of-sale) device. The HP rp5000 is designed to withstand the rigorous front-end retail environment—with such improvements as hardened cooling and power capabilities—and with serial and USB ports for such peripherals as scanners and receipt […]