Jeff Burt

Fujitsu Technology Solutions Inc. on Wednesday is bringing mainframelike capabilities into the low end with the next generations of its two entry-level PrimePower servers. The Solaris-compatible PrimePower 250 and 450 systems include self-healing and self-monitoring technology and can be connected via the Internet, e-mail or proprietary in-house connections to remote monitoring services. They also feature […]

IBM on Wednesday is rolling out new prepackaged and pretested superclusters that include its blade server technology. The Intel-based eServer Cluster 1350 can be built with any combination of IBM BladeCenter systems, and x335 and x345 servers. The cluster can also include x345 or x360 server nodes or x345 management nodes. IBM preconfigures and pretests […]

Hopping on the Springdale bandwagon, Hewlett-Packard Co. on Wednesday launched the d530 line of business desktop PCs featuring the new 865G chip set from Intel Corp. The PCs come in three designs—a small box, convertible minitower or ultra-slim desktop—and can either come with Intels Celeron chip or the Pentium 4 processor with speeds up to […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. earned $659 million on $18 billion in revenue for the second quarter, fueled in large part by its PC group and reliable printing division. The numbers represent a $100 million jump in revenue over the previous quarter, and a $62 million drop in earnings over the previous three months. However, it more than […]

InfiniBand-based product makers, fueled by the rollout of 10G-bps silicon and the support by top OEMs of the high-speed interconnect technology, continue to deliver new products. InfiniCon Systems Inc. last week unveiled an embedded InfiniBand fabric management tool, an entry-level switching system and a dual-port HCA designed to comply with PCI-X. “Now, anyone with a […]

Intel Corp.s planned release this week of its latest chip, Springdale, will bring a host of new features to midrange and low-end desktops. And a handful of PC makers, including IBM, will be ready with new lines and products built around the chip. But whether the chip, the 865G—a follow-on to the Canterwood chip set, […]

IBMs longtime development strategy for its Power chips has been to build them in a way that enables users to get the most out of software—be it home-grown or third-party. The new version of IBMs 64-bit processor will be no different, said Mark Papermaster, director of microprocessor design for IBMs Systems Group, in Austin, Texas. […]

Since its managed buyout from its parent company earlier this year, Tadpole Computer Inc. has said it will create two product lines, one in keeping with its high-end and expensive Unix-based laptops. The second one will house less expensive mobile computers that officials with the Cupertino, Calif., company hope will help expand their customer base. […]

Stratus Technologies Inc., known for its fault-tolerant line of servers, is getting back into the telecommunications business. Stratus Computer Inc. was bought by Ascend Communications in 1998, which then spun off the companys enterprise computing group to form Stratus Technologies Inc. Over the past five years, the telecom part of the company went through several […]

The American Diabetes Association is using Gateway Inc.s grid program to run a compute-intensive application designed to accelerate diabetes-related research. The association, based in Alexandria, Va., is running the Archimedes software application, which Richard Kahn, chief scientific and medical officer for the ADA, called “the Sims City of health care.” Using the program, the association […]

Unisys Corp. on Monday will roll out a new line of mainframes that incorporate such features as capacity on demand, support for Web services and rapid application development tools. The new line of servers—representing what Steve Goldner, director of marketing for Unisys ClearPath line, calls “the modern mainframe”—comes a week after IBM rolled out its […]

Dell Computer Corp. on Thursday continued its strong financial showing in a weak economy with first-quarter numbers showing double-digit growth in income, revenue and shipments. The Round Rock, Texas, company earned $598 million for the quarter ended May 2, a 31 percent jump over the $457 million earned in the same period last year. Revenue […]