Jeff Burt

When talking about ARM-based processors running in servers and other data center systems, the challenge has been as much getting the necessary software and ecosystem support together as it has ensuring the chips can handle the workloads. Standards organization Linaro has been at the forefront of the effort to grow the software and firmware needed […]

With the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primaries almost upon us, it shouldn’t have been too surprising that politics found its way into a discussion about the changing business world Jan. 27 between Michael Dell and Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg in 2013 wrapped up 12 years as mayor of New York City, a tenure that had […]

NEW YORK CITY—Michael Dell and Michael Bloomberg both launched companies in the 1980s that grew to be powerhouses in their respective industries. Both also left their eponymous companies for a while—Dell for three years and Bloomberg for 12, after serving three terms as the city’s mayor—only to return to retake the helms. On Jan. 27, […]

Intel, Qualcomm Intensify Focus on China’s Data Center Market Intel and Qualcomm have long had a presence in China. We look at their efforts in the country, including in the data center market. Intel Invests $100 Million for IoT At the China IDF show in April 2014, Intel officials announced the company was launching a […]

Lenovo and SAP are expanding their longstanding alliance by partnering to develop cloud product offerings that will bring the software maker’s SAP HANA in-memory database to the Chinese market. Officials with the two tech vendors announced a multi-pronged initiative that will bring together SAP HANA and Lenovo’s x86 servers to create cloud solutions for businesses […]

The former CEO of video conferencing technology vendor Polycom reportedly will pay a $450,000 fine to settle a lawsuit brought by federal regulators that accused him of using company money for personal expenses and then covering up the scheme by filing false documents. According to a report in Reuters, Andrew Miller—who left the company in […]

British telecommunications firm BT Group is using technology from Cisco Systems to add software-defined WAN to its list of managed services. BT’s Connect Intelligence IWAN is based on Cisco’s iWAN, the networking giant’s software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) product. The new service, which integrates the iWAN offering into BT’s Connect portfolio of network services, will enable customers […]

Juniper Networks is looking to expand its software-defined networking ambitions and its offerings for cloud and services providers with the acquisition of BTI Systems, a Massachusetts-based company that specializes in cloud and metro networking hardware and software. Juniper announced the deal Jan. 26, with Jonathon Davidson, executive vice president and general manager of development and […]

Big Switch Networks officials are looking to accelerate the adoption of the company’s software-defined network products by offering free versions of its software products. The company on Jan. 26 introduced the Community Edition of its Big Monitoring Fabric and Big Cloud Fabric software offerings that officials said will give businesses a taste of what Big […]

Dell CEO Michael Dell is trying to allay fears of VCE customers that the impending acquisition of EMC by his company will mean big changes to the products they’ve come to rely on. In a letter posted on the Dell Website Jan. 25, Michael Dell (pictured) praised the success VCE has had in the growing […]

The legal dispute between Cisco Systems and Arista Networks is ramping up now that Arista officials are suing the company’s larger rival for alleged antitrust violations aimed at hindering competition. Arista officials filed the lawsuit Jan. 25 in U.S. District Court in Northern California, accusing Cisco of monopolistic business practices that unfairly harms both competing […]

Spending on public cloud services will increase sharply this year and through 2019, according to analysts with IDC and Gartner. In a report Jan. 25, Gartner analysts said the global public cloud services market will jump 16.5 percent this year compared with 2015—to $204 billion—with the infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) segment being the key driver, growing 38.4 […]