Scott Ferguson

Fujitsu Computer Systems wants it customers to think thin. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company announced March 6 that its latest notebook, the four-pound Lifebook S2210, is now available. The notebook, which is based on dual-core Turion processors from Advanced Micro Devices, is being marketed to enterprise customers looking for a lightweight notebook to take on the […]

Virtual Iron, which has been presenting itself as a low-cost virtualization vendor alternative to VMware, is releasing the latest version of its enterprise platform, which will now offers support for iSCSI storage capabilities. The Lowell, Mass., company will start offering Version 3.5 of its virtualization software on March 5. As with previous versions of the […]

VMware is releasing a new beta of its virtualization software for desktops and laptops that it plans on marketing toward enterprise customers concerned about security and mobility. The beta of VMwares ACE (assured computing environment) 2 is available through the companys Web site starting March 5. The company released the original version of its desktop […]

VMware is looking to entice Apple enthusiasts with a new beta release of its “Fusion” virtualization software for Macintosh desktops and laptops. The Palo Alto, Calif., company announced on March 2 that Beta 2 of its free virtualization software for Macs can now be downloaded from its Web site. VMware launched the original beta on […]

Dell, which has watched as other PC vendors continue to take away its market share, wrapped up a difficult financial period March 1 by announcing that its net income for the fourth fiscal quarter dropped 33 percent year-over-year. In addition to its income, the Round Rock, Texas, PC maker reported that its earnings of 30 […]

Lenovo Group is voluntarily recalling about 200,000 ThinkPad notebook battery packs that contain faulty Sanyo Electronic lithium-ion batteries, the company announced on March 1. Lenovo, which is based in Raleigh, N.C., will replace the faulty battery packs that were used in some of its ThinkPad R, T and Z series notebooks. These notebooks were sold […]

IBM is looking to expand its high-performance computing product offerings with an eye toward gaining traction in the midmarket space. The IT giant, based in Armonk, N.Y., is announcing on Feb. 28 several new software applications for its Cluster 1350 product line that are aimed at midmarket companies such as financial institutions, CAE firms and […]

Advanced Micro Devices is finally delivering on its promise to integrate ATI graphics technology into its product line. On Feb. 28, the chip maker, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., plans to introduce a pair of chip sets called the AMD 690 series that will integrate ATIs Radeon graphics processors. The two new chip sets, the 690G […]

What started as a massive drop in stock prices in China on Feb. 27 eventually showed up problems in the infrastructure of several well-known brokerage firms in the United States. The day after the Dow Jones industrial average fell 3.3 percent—the largest single-day drop since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks—online brokerage firms were left […]

Hewlett-Packard is looking to add an extra layer of virtualization to the data center. On Feb. 27, the Palo Alto, Calif., IT company will expand its Virtual Connect Architecture for its c-Class blade platform with new Ethernet and Fibre Channel modules. In keeping with its blade agenda, HP also announced that it will start to […]