Jeff Burt

At the SuperComm networking show next week, IBM will demo its upcoming blade systems designed for the telecommunications industry. The eServer BladeCenter T servers, which will be available in the first half of 2004, will be designed to withstand the rugged environments in which many telecom systems are housed, said Tony Evans, vice president of […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. and IBM continued to battle for the top spot in a worldwide server market that declined 3.6 percent in revenue over the past quarter, according to numbers released Friday by analyst firm International Data Corp. According to the survey by the Framingham, Mass., firm, during the first three months of the year, HP […]

Intel Corp. is investigating an issue with its Centrino mobile technology platform that causes laptops to crash when VPN client software is installed. According to at least one user, new notebooks reverted to a blue screen when he installed Nortel Networks Corp.s Contivity VPN software, a problem he has been wrestling with for about a […]

IBM on Tuesday rolled out the eServer p615, the last of the Unix-based pSeries systems to be equipped with the Armonk, N.Y., companys Power4+ chip. With the 64-bit 1.45GHz Power4+ processor, the one- or two-way p615 offers many of the same capabilities as the high-end p760 and p690 and the midrange p630, p650 and p655 […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. is offering a complete line of virtual machine capabilities from VMware Inc. in its line of Intel-based hardware, software and services. HP, of Palo Alto, Calif., already had offered VMwares ESX Server and GSX Server virtual machine technology in more than a dozen of its ProLiant servers, which enabled users to consolidate multiple […]

Tadpole Computer Inc. is making good on its promise to extend beyond its high-end Unix-based desktops with a line of less expensive mobile computers. The Cupertino, Calif., company, whose primary customer base has been government agencies, is shipping the first of these products, a 64-bit Unix mobile workstation called the Sparcle. The new notebook is […]

Startech.com this week is rolling out a tool designed to enable IT administrators to manage and monitor their servers remotely via the Internet. The companys StarView IP2 enables BIOS-level remote control of a single server or multiple systems connected to a KVM switch over TCP/IP. Using the device, administrators can reset, reboot and control the […]

Acer America Corp. is looking to expand beyond PCs and laptops and re-establish itself in the more lucrative server and storage space with new rack-mounted systems and storage devices. The Altos R300, a rack-mounted 1U (1.75-inch) server, is a one-way system powered by Intel Corp.s Pentium 4 chip running at speeds up to 3.06GHz, said […]

ClearCube Technology Inc. this week upgraded its PC blade technology by adding Intel Corp.s 845E chip set into its R1150 device. The chip set, which includes a 533MHz front-side bus and integrated USB 2.0 support, supports Intels Hyper-Threading technology in its Pentium 4 chip, which enhances application performance by enabling a single chip to work […]

Computer makers Gateway Inc. and Acer America Corp. are rolling out desktops armed with Intel Corp.s 865G chip set. The companies joined most other PC manufacturers this week in launching machines that take advantage of many of the new features in the chip set—code-named Springdale—and the processor, including Hyper-Threading technology and an 800MHz front-side bus […]

The second quarter was an eventful one for Hewlett-Packard Co.s Enterprise Systems Group. Earlier this month, the Palo Alto, Calif., company realigned its three hardware divisions—covering servers and storage products—into a single business unit and strengthened the groups ties with the services organization to present a more integrated business approach. That was a prelude to […]

Dell Computer Corp. is taking advantage of a new Intel Corp. chip set to roll out new desktops. The 865G chip set—code-named Springdale and released on Wednesday—supports Intels Hyper-Threading technology, which boosts performance some 30 percent by enabling one processor to work as two virtual chips. It also features an 800MHz front-side bus, which speeds […]