Scott Ferguson

Virtual Iron, which has been working to position itself as the low-cost, open-source alternative to VMware, is releasing the fourth version of its namesake virtualization suite. The Lowell, Mass., company will release Virtual Iron Version 4 on Sept. 10, just before the start of the VMworld conference in San Francisco, executives announced Sept. 4. The […]

Dells latest quarterly results offer a mixed report on its progress under the renewed leadership of CEO Michael Dell. On one hand, the company had some good news to share. For the second financial quarter of 2007, the Round Rock, Texas company reported a net income of $733 million compared to the $502 million it […]

IBM is expanding its Cell processor technology within the enterprise. The Armonk, N.Y., company is announcing the availability of its new BladeCenter QS21 blade server Aug. 29, which is IBMs second blade platform to use its nine-core Cell processor technology. Since developing the Cell processor with Toshiba and Sony mainly for game consoles, IBM has […]

A year-long internal audit found that Dell had misstated its earnings by as much as $150 million during a four-year period, the company announced Aug 16. The audit, which had been conducted by an internal company committee, focused on the PC vendors financials between 2003 and 2006. The auditors also looked at the first financial […]

Its one relationship that the National Security Agency is not keeping secret. The NSA is working with VMware, which is considered the worlds largest provider of virtualization technology, and General Dynamics C4 Systems to develop a workstation platform capable of handling both sensitive and unclassified material within the same PC. VMware, General Dynamics—the parent company […]

Fujitsu Computers Systems wants to take the size of the server down a notch. Starting Aug. 28, the Sunnyvale, Calif., company will begin offering the Primergy TX120, a small-form-factor, one-socket tower system that promises to use less energy and run quieter than the companys other low-end servers. The TX120, measuring 4 inches wide by 13 […]

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 […]