Scott Ferguson

Dell announced on Nov. 28 a number of initiatives aimed at streamlining the process of managing and administering an enterprises IT infrastructure. One part of this announcement involves the Round Rock, Texas, company extending its relationship with Altiris, which makes service-oriented management software. The two companies will now work on the next generation of Dells […]

Lenovos ThinkPad T60 model is getting a wide-screen update. The Raleigh, N.C., company announced Nov. 28 that it would begin to offer a 5.1-pound, ThinkPad T60 notebook with a 15.4-inch display. The T60 ThinkPad model had previously come with a 14-inch and 15-inch screen. By offering a bigger screen, Lenovo is continuing to make its […]

Hitachi America is eyeing the North American blade market. The Brisbane, Calif.-based subsidiary of Hitachi announced Nov. 28 that it is rolling out a new blade server into the North American market, where it intends to compete with heavyweights like IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems. The new server, which the company named BladeSymphony, is equipped […]

Separate reports from research firms IDC and Gartner point to a more robust market for servers in the third quarter of 2006. This renewed corporate interest in servers reflects the growing popularity of blades and demand for high-end hardware, according to the reports. Overall, server revenue climbed 9.1 percent from a year ago and reached […]

Hewlett-Packard is getting a boost from one its processor partners—AMD. Advanced Micro Devices is purchasing more than more than 700 HP ProLiant BL465c blade servers, a Hewlett-Packard spokesperson said Nov. 21. These servers, which use HPs Blade System c-Class architecture, already use AMDs dual-core Opteron processors. The Sunnyvale, Calif., chip maker said it was looking […]

Despite a delay of almost a week, Dell released its fiscal third-quarter results on Nov. 21 and beat Wall Street estimates with a net income of $667 million. For the fiscal quarter that ended Nov. 3, the Round Rock, Texas PC maker posted revenue of $14.38 billion, a 3.5 percent increase from last year, and […]

Apple Computer is now working on developing a second iPhone that will likely have instant messaging capabilities and will work with its iTunes software, according to one Wall Street analyst. Shaw Wu, an analyst with American Technology Research, wrote in a Nov. 20 research paper that this iPhone will leverage the iChat feature on the […]

Advanced Micro Devices has been hit with a lawsuit that claims the chip maker violated three patents that belong to Opti, a Mountain View, Calif., company that makes controller chips for PCs and LCD monitors. Specifically, the lawsuit charges that AMD violated Optis patented “predictive snooping” technology. The lawsuit, according to a statement from Opti, […]

Helped by strong sales of printers, notebooks and servers, Hewlett-Packard reported that its fourth-quarter fiscal profits grew a whopping 308 percent compared with last year. On Nov. 16, the Palo Alto, Calif., company reported net income of $1.7 billion or 60 cents per share for the quarter that ended Oct. 31. That represented a 308 […]

IBM announced Nov. 16 that is taking another step to offer solutions for IT professionals looking to save money, conserve energy and cool down the data center. The Armonk, N.Y., company is rolling out the latest version of its Power Executive suite of technologies, which allows IT administrators to monitor and predict how much power […]

Following several months of corporate scandals and business miscues, rivals Dell and Hewlett-Packard were each scheduled to face investors on Nov. 16 and report their latest quarterly results. Now, HP will go at it alone. Late in the day on Nov. 15, Dell announced that it would delay its third-quarter financial results. The Round Rock, […]

Apple Computer has released a firmware update that the company said will fix problems with its Boot Camp software. The Cupertino, Calif. company posted the firmware update on the Apple Web site on Nov. 13. The update affects Intel-based Macs, including the iMac, the MacBook, MacBook Pro and the Mac mini. According to the companys […]