Scott Ferguson

Following a week of upheaval at Dell that included the resignation of its CEO and the reappearance of founder Michael Dell, the PC vendor is now being accused of artificially pumping up its profits with help from a secret agreement with Intel. In the lawsuit, which was filed on Jan. 31 in U.S. District Court […]

When Kevin Rollins took over for Michael Dell as CEO of Dell in 2004, company officials were quick to stress that the dual-management system the two had used for years—they even shared an office—would remain intact, giving the PC maker continuity. But in the more than two years of Rollins tenure, the once high-flying Round […]

Dell, which has watched as rival Hewlett-Packard has drained away its once dominant market share, announced late on Jan. 31 that its namesake founder will return as the companys CEO. Michael Dell will return as the companys CEO immediately, the company said in a statement released Jan. 31. Kevin Rollins, who took over as CEO […]

Want to know about the weather forecast tomorrow? Ask IBM. The Armonk, N.Y., IT giant announced Jan. 31 that it has completed the construction of two new supercomputers as part of its nine-year CRM contract with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In 2002, when the federal government awarded the $224.4 million contract, it ranked […]

Despite a recent financial setback, Advanced Micro Devices gained on Intel in the x86 space in the fourth quarter, according to a new analysis by Mercury Research released Jan 31. By the end of the fourth quarter of 2006, AMD held 25.5 percent of the x86 market, an increase of more than 8 percent compared […]

Since Apple introduced the iPhone at the Macworld Expo earlier in January, the company has generated a good deal of interest in its first smart phone. A number of questions surround the iPhone, such as its pricing, potential adoption by the enterprise and general availability. In a Jan. 30 note to investors, Gene Munster, an […]

After a four-month beta run, VMware is preparing to release the full version of its Converter 3 virtualization software Jan. 29. The Palo Alto, Calif., company, the leader in x86 server virtualization software, is releasing the full version of its product after beta testing the software since Oct. 2. The software allows automation of physical-to-virtual […]

After years of animosity and public sniping that often came from the highest levels of both companies, a partnership between Sun Microsystems and Intel made too much business sense for the tech giants to ignore. For Sun, the announcement of the partnership Jan. 22 is a way of expanding its growing x86 server business beyond […]

As consumers wait for the latest version of Microsofts Windows Vista operating system to hit the shelves, Hewlett-Packard and Gateway are each angling for the best way to sell the new OS to their customers. On Jan. 29, one day before the official launch, both companies announced that they would offer support and products that […]

Dell says its ready to start taking Vista orders—now. The Round Rock, Texas, PC maker will start taking orders for the consumer version of Microsofts Windows Vista operating system starting on Jan. 27, the company announced in a statement. Microsoft released the enterprise version of Vista on Nov. 30, and the software giant said it […]