Scott Ferguson

Storage giant EMC is looking beyond its traditional roots in data storage and network management software and will now begin offering a new set of products that address server configuration and compliance management. EMC plans to introduce two new management tools Oct. 29. The first, Server Configuration Manager, automates the management of individual servers and […]

In less than a week, Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Lenovo have all rolled out new low-cost, ultraportable notebooks. The move by three of the world’s largest PC vendors shows the growing impact low-cost laptops have had on the overall PC market, especially as these companies look to increase sales in a slowing market. While these low-cost […]

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Advanced Micro Devices has completed the sale of its Digital Television business to Broadcom, although further losses from that division forced AMD to settle for a lower price for the business.On Oct. 28, AMD and Broadcom announced that the two companies had completed the sale. When the agreement was first announced in August, the two […]

Numonyx, a company that got its start earlier this year when Intel and STMicroelectronics each spun off part of their memory businesses, is preparing to bring new NOR flash memory chips to market in 2009 built on 65-nanometer manufacturing technology. At the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston Oct. 28, Numonyx will display its Axcell M29EW […]

Sun Microsystems and Fujitsu are adding a jointly developed server based on the newer quad-core SPARC64 processor to their lineup of high-end systems that support database and other transaction-heavy workloads. The Sun and Fujitsu SPARC Enterprise M3000 server is a 2U (3.5-inch) rack-mount system that uses the newer quad-core SPARC64 VII processor. The Enterprise M3000 […]

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Dell, which entered the so-called “netbook” market in September with the Inspiron Mini 9, is looking to bridge the gap between these low-cost laptops and full-size notebooks with the newly released Inspiron Mini 12 notebook. The Inspiron Mini 12, which Dell introduced in Japan on Oct. 26, offers a wider 12.1-inch display, which makes its […]

In a rare public retraction, Intel apologized after some of the company’s executives appeared to have criticized Apple’s use of an ARM processor with the iPhone, claiming that ARM chips limited the iPhone’s ability to access the Web. The statement, which Intel posted on its Web site Oct. 23, offered a direct apology to Apple, […]

IBM and Intel have signed a new agreement that will open up IBM’s BladeCenter switch specifications to other blade server vendors in a move that looks to spur development of new, lower-cost blade technology and products. Under the agreement, which the two companies announced Oct. 23, IBM will open up its BladeCenter switch technology specifications […]