Scott Ferguson

With an eye toward offering more storage and virtualization, Hewlett-Packard is gearing up to release the latest version of its HP-UX operating system. HP-UX 11iv3 starts shipping to HPs customers on Feb. 15. In addition, HP is scheduled to unveil two new servers, the Integrity BL860c blade system and the Integrity rx2660, a traditional rack-mounted […]

The amount of electricity used to power the worlds data center servers doubled in a five-year span due mainly to an increase in demand for Internet services, such as music and video downloads, and telephony, according to a new report. If current trends continue, the amount of power to run the worlds data center servers […]

While the launch of Microsofts Windows Vista operating system will drive consumer PC sales in the coming months, the operating systems impact on sales of Apples Macintosh are expected to be minimal, according to a recent report. In a Feb. 14 research report, Gene Munster, an analyst with Piper Jaffray, surveyed 50 Best Buy retail […]

When IBM rolls out its first 45-nanometer processors in 2008, the companys customers, in addition to getting a much smaller and more powerful chip, can now expect increased performance in memory as well. At the International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco on Feb. 14, the companys engineers plan on introducing a paper that […]

IBM is expanding its System p with new virtualization and operating system features. The Armonk, N.Y., company announced at the LinuxWorld OpenSolutions Summit in New York City on Feb. 14 that it would begin to offer the System p5 560Q server, which will use an IBM Power5+ processor that runs at 1.8GHz. By using IBMs […]

Virtual Iron and Reflex Security, two companies each trying to grab a larger piece of the growing virtualization marketplace, are now teaming up to offer a more secure virtual infrastructure. The two companies are planning to announce Feb. 13 that Virtual Iron will now offer Reflex Securitys Reflex Virtual Security Appliance through its virtualization platforms. […]

Advanced Micro Devices is ready to offer its graphics technology to developers of handheld devices such as PDAs and smart phones. The worlds second largest producer of chips announced Feb. 13 that it has created a new business unit to develop graphics technology, such as low-power 2-D and 3-D graphics for mobile phones and other […]

IBM is ramping up its virtualization capabilities, aiming for greater security and expanded use of the technology in its mainframe systems. The technology giant announced the new offerings at the IDC Virtualization Forum here Feb. 6, where analysts said the technology is ready to move into its 2.0 phase, in which it not only will […]

Advanced Micro Devices, which announced a change in the pricing structure of several of its dual-core Opteron chips Feb. 7, is preparing to lower the prices on several of its dual-core and single-core desktop Athlon processors. The lower prices will primarily affect the Sunnyvale, Calif., chip makers dual-core Athlon processors. However, the price restructuring will […]

For the second time in less than a month, Advanced Micro Devices is preparing to expand its portfolio of high-end embedded chips. The Sunnyvale, Calif., chip maker will use the Embedded World Exhibition and Conference in Nuremburg, Germany, to launch several new offerings within its embedded line, including dual-core Opteron and Athlon processors, new Geode […]