Scott Ferguson

Dell’s new blade architecture is ready for prime time. The Round Rock, Texas, company is announcing Jan. 21 that after much rumor and speculation, its new blade architecture will now be available to customers starting this month. In addition to new blades, Dell will be offering a new 10U (17.5-inch) PowerEdge M1000e chassis that can […]

VMware is looking to give IT administrators a new tool to help with the testing and deployment of new applications in the data center. On Jan. 21, the Palo Alto , Calif. , company announced the public beta of Stage Manager, a tool that looks to help streamline the process of bringing a new application […]

While Advanced Micro Devices CEO Hector Ruiz and President Dirk Meyer spent most of Jan. 17 explaining the company’s latest disappointing financial situation to analysts, the two executives spent little time on AMD’s 2008 product roadmap. Although AMD has suffered through five straight losing financial quarters, the chip maker has put its faith in new […]

Advanced Micro Devices reported its fifth straight quarterly loss Jan. 17, due in part to the burden of its acquisition of ATI. With this quarterly report, AMD officially closed the books on a nightmarish 12 months for the company. After struggling for most of 2007, AMD executives have detailed plans that call for the company […]

ClearCube, a company that specializes in PC blades and management software, is rolling out new hardware Jan. 22 and updating its virtual desktop management software suite. In addition, ClearCube announced that it would begin selling its Sentral management software independent of the company’s hardware for the first time, according to CEO Rick Hoffman. The new […]

The worldwide PC market for 2007 ended on an up note, according to separate reports from IDC and Gartner that found PC shipments for the year increased more than 13 percent compared with 2006. However, 2008 could be a different story. The Jan. 16 reports from IDC and Gartner also show that both Acer and […]

VMware is staring off 2008 by focusing on desktop virtualization. On Jan. 15, the Palo Alto, Calif., company announced that it would acquire Thinstall, a privately held company that specializes in application virtualization technology for PCs. The deal is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of this year. The acquisition should […]

Intel’s latest quarterly report did little to soothe anxiety on Wall Street. On Jan. 15, the chip giant reported 2007 fourth-quarter earnings of 38 cents a share and revenue of $10.7 billion, an increase of more than 10 percent compared with the same time period in 2006. However, Wall Street was looking for earnings of […]

A small Intel processor is proving to be a big part of Apple’s new lightweight laptop. At the start of the 2008 Macworld Expo in San Francisco on Jan. 15, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced what he called the world’s thinnest notebook, dubbed the MacBook Air. During the introduction, Intel CEO Paul Otellini joined Jobs […]

In the lead-up to quarterly reports from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices the week of Jan. 14, some industry analysts are turning their focus from profits to quad-core chip sales. The results, according to analysts, could show how fast the IT industry is adopting to the still relatively new quad-core products from Intel and AMD. […]