Scott Ferguson

When it first started in the mid-1980s, Gateway turned itself from a small company with cow patterned boxes into a powerhouse of a PC vendor that had the ability to mold and shape the personal computer market in new ways. Now, Gateway once again has the ability to change the market place—only this time it […]

In a move that looks to create one of the worlds largest PC vendors, Acer announced Aug. 27 that it would acquire Gateway for $710 million, according to a joint statement from both companies. The acquisition, for about $1.90 a share, aims to create the worlds third-largest PC vendor. The combined revenue of the two […]

Intel is preparing to release a new version of its vPro platform Aug. 27, which will include an emphasis on security that the chip maker hopes will expand the reach of its desktop management technology. The new version of vPro platform, which Intel had called “Weybridge,” will sport three different Core 2 Duo processors, along […]

With just a few weeks to go before its quad-core Opteron processor comes to the market, Advanced Micro Devices chief marketing and sales officer is leaving the company. Henri Richard, who has been with the Sunnyvale, Calif., chip maker for five years and has been one of the companys most notable spokesmen, announced that he […]

With a new enterprise strategy in place, Dells line of server products had a rebound in the second quarter of 2007, with the companys revenues climbing 20 percent compared with the same period last year, according to the latest survey by IDC. In its report on the worldwide server market, which was released Aug. 23, […]

Once again, IBM and Hewlett-Packard are fighting for server supremacy. In its latest survey of the server market, Gartner found that IBM led all other vendors in terms of revenue in the second quarter of 2007, while HP shipped more servers than any other OEM. Gartner, which is based in Stamford, Conn., released its latest […]

Dell first announced that it would preinstall Ubuntu Linux on some of its consumer desktops and notebooks just three months ago, but the results have shown the vendor that there is no reason to stop there. At this years LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, the Round Rock, Texas, company announced that it would expand its […]

Sun Microsystems vision of the data center is a green oasis. After 12 months of design and construction, Sun will open the doors Aug. 21 to a new, 76,000-square-foot data center. Company executives believe the new data center will demonstrate its ability to deliver eco-friendly technology to its customers and demonstrate Suns commitment to green […]

Citrix Systems is acquiring XenSource, whose founders helped develop the open-source Xen hypervsior, for $500 million in a move that caps a significant week in the development of virtualization technology. The XenSource acquisition, which both companies announced Aug. 15, comes just a day after VMware, which has long been the dominant player in the x86 […]

Fujitsu is looking to offer users an even smaller and lighter ultramobile PC. On Aug. 14, the Sunnyvale, Calif., company plans to unveil the Lifebook U810, an ultramobile PC that had previously only been available in Japan. Now, Fujitsu will begin selling the PC in the North American market for the first time in September. […]

Advanced Micro Devices is looking to make it easier for developers to take advantage of multicore processing when designing applications. The chip maker announced on Aug. 14 a new program entitled “Hardware Extensions for Software Parallelism,” aimed at better integrating software and hardware to take advantage of software parallelism and improve application performance. The goal […]

Its the dawn of a new day for VMware and the companys co-founder and president, Diane Greene. At the clang of the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange Aug. 14, some 33 million shares of the virtualization giants stock began getting traded on Wall Street. In the weeks leading up to the IPO […]