Scott Ferguson

IBM is the latest major OEM to add Advanced Micro Device’s quad-core Opteron processors to its server portfolio. The Armonk, N.Y., company will now officially begin selling three different System x servers that use AMD’s quad-core chip, formally code-named Barcelona. The three systems, which are being announced May 28, are the System x3455, x3655 and […]

Hewlett-Packard is aiming its latest efforts at the cloud. The Palo Alto, Calif., company is rolling out a new blade system May 28 that is the latest piece of its effort to help enterprises build out infrastructures that can support Web 2.0 commerce and applications, high-performance computing and other “hyper-scale” data center designs. The new […]

VMware is adding a new layer of management capabilities to its Virtual Infrastructure suite that will now allow IT managers to measure the performance of applications within virtual machines. The x86 virtualization giant announced May 28 that it would acquire B-hive Networks, a privately held company that specializes in application performance management software. The two […]

It was a photo finish for IBM and Hewlett-Packard in the first quarter. The two IT giants finished the first quarter of 2008 in a statistical dead heat when it comes to calculating worldwide server revenue and market share, according to a May 27 analysis from IDC. For the quarter, HP’s worldwide server revenue totaled […]

Intel is pushing back the release date of its new Centrino 2 mobile platform after the chip maker found problems with the platform’s integrated graphics as well as issues related to applying for certification to use 802.11 n wireless standards. In a May 27 e-mail, an Intel spokesperson said that the release of the Centrino […]

Verari Systems and Xsigo Systems are teaming up to offer virtual I/O within blade servers. Verari, known for its dense blade platforms and storage platforms, is now integrating Xsigo’s VP780 I/O Director within its BladeRack 2X-Series blade systems. The world of virtual I/O is one part of the entire virtualization wave that has received little […]

Intel is looking to bundle solid state drive technology into its upcoming Centrino 2 platform for notebooks, which is scheduled to launch in late June, according to a published report. The chip giant will first add an SSD with a capacity of 80GB and a SATA (Serial ATA) interface to the platform, which has been […]

When the news came that Hewlett-Packard would acquire Electronic Data Systems for more than $13 billion earlier this month, all eyes turned toward the looming services battle between HP and market leader IBM. Then there’s Dell. For a number of years, Dell had been one of the main suppliers of PCs and other hardware through […]

Hewlett-Packard edged out IBM in both worldwide server revenue and shipments in the first quarter of 2008 as businesses bought x86-based systems to help build out Web data centers and emerging market countries continued to invest in their infrastructure, according to a May 22 report from Gartner. In the first quarter, HP’s server revenue topped […]

While Hewlett-Packard’s second quarter financial results were in line with Wall Street expectations, the numbers also seem to indicate the ongoing problems with U.S. economy are starting to affect both consumer and commercial spending, especially when it comes to buying PCs. HP, which is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., is a major bellwether of the […]

IBMs Roadrunner Speeds Toward a Petaflop A Piece of the PuzzleWhen it’s complete, Roadrunner will take up 6,000 square feet and weigh more than 500,000 pounds. Here’s one of the 18 different “connected units” that will make up Roadrunner. IBMs Roadrunner Speeds Toward a Petaflop – IBMs Tri-blade At the heart of Roadrunner is a […]

Citrix Systems is looking to combine its traditional application delivery technology with its recently developed virtualization offerings into a new way to deliver applications to a fleet of corporate desktops, whether in the main office or at a remote site. At the company’s Synergy user conference, which starts May 20 in Houston, Citrix will offer […]