Scott Ferguson

Citrix Systems is looking toward 2009 as the year that its vision for cloud computing and desktop virtualization will come into much sharper focus, with product suites that allow enterprises to build new types of virtual infrastructures. In the next year, Citrix plans to offer new software suites that will give enterprises the tools to […]

Intel and Ericsson are planning to use SMS text messages to provide an extra layer of security for laptops that have been lost or stolen. On Dec. 11, Ericsson announced that it will integrate Intel’s new Anti-Theft PC Protection technology into its mobile broadband modules. The modules offer built-in support for HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access) […]

Intel is planning to offer some of the first details about how its engineers will switch the company’s processor manufacturing from the current 45-nanometer model to a newer, smaller 32-nm design in 2009. At the International Electron Devices meeting in San Francisco, which starts Dec. 15, Intel engineers will present seven technical papers, including one […]

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Sun Microsystems is ready to roll out a new line of blade servers and rack-mounted systems that use the latest Advanced Micro Devices Opteron processor, formerly called “Shanghai.” AMD officially released its latest quad-core Opteron processor in early November. The chip is the first AMD processor built on a 45-nanometer manufacturing process, and it came […]

Hewlett-Packard is expanding the capabilities of its virtual desktop infrastructure software suite to include improved multimedia support for virtual clients as well as the ability to use Linux and Microsoft Windows with HP’s own broker software. On Dec. 8, HP released the new software suite, which the company now calls the HP Virtual Client Essentials […]

Intel is planning to shrink its line of Atom processors to 32-nanometers in the second half of 2010 and the chip giant plans to develop new technology for both its mobile Internet device and netbook platforms under the codename “Medfield,” according to a recent research report from UBS Investment Research. In addition to its 32-nm […]

Researchers with Intel Labs are publishing a paper that looks to bring the company closer to developing silicon photonics-the ability to transit data through light pulses-for viable commercial uses. The research paper, which is being published in the Dec. 7 edition of the scientific journal Nature Photonics, describes efforts by Intel engineers to build a […]

Advanced Micro Devices is cutting its fourth-quarter sales outlook, citing a lack of demand for the company’s microprocessors and other products both in the Unites States and overseas. AMD, the world’s second largest producer of x86 processors for desktops, notebooks and servers, issued the warning about its fourth-quarter revenue outlook Dec. 4. In a statement, […]

While Hewlett-Packard and IBM tied for first place when it came to server revenue in the third quarter of 2008, both companies, along with most other OEMs, watched their overall system revenues decline thanks to the ongoing financial crisis, according to IDC. In its Dec. 3 report on the worldwide server market, IDC found that […]

In a week that saw several bleak reports about server system revenue and shipments, IDC has released a new report predicting that the ongoing financial crisis will have a significant impact on the PC market in 2009 that could continue into 2010. According to the Dec. 3 report, IDC expects worldwide PC shipments to grow […]

Fujitsu, which reorganized its North American operations into a single company in September, is looking to push its technology further into the data center with a new management tool that will give IT managers the ability to control both physical blade servers and applications into virtual environments. This management tool, called the Fujitsu Resource Coordinator […]