Now that AMD has confirmed its purchase of low-power server maker SeaMicro, I bet its next move will be an announcement around licensing the ARM architecture. That’s right: AMD will do a deal with the company that provides the architecture for chips inside your cell phone. Read More »
Less than three years in, that’s a very big number, especially since data center buyers tend to be a conservative bunch. Cisco’s Unified Computing Systems definitely has legs, but it still hasn’t cracked the top five server vendors. Rival HP still holds the top slot. Read More »
With the industry in uproar and a good reputation in TVs, Vizio has picked a great (perhaps the greatest?) time in recent PC industry history to try to make its mark on the industry by taking an entertainment-focused, Windows-based approach to laptops and desktops. Read More »
Oracle customers have lots of questions for the database giant. If you’re one of the 50,000 people Oracle expects to converge on the Moscone Center starting Sunday–or even if you’re not–here are some key things to look out for at the big Oracle OpenWorld 2011 … Read More »
For nearly 30 years, personal computers as we’ve known them have been the drivers of the technology engine, from Intel to Microsoft to Dell to HP. But the rise of mobile computing is upending the technology business and redefining the PC and how we use it. Read More »
More employees toting mobile devices don’t have to cause harm to large enterprises with strict IT compliance rules. In fact, those employees armed with tablets and smartphones can be trained to become brand ambassadors on social media sites and to help the company’s image. Read More »
Gaming service WildTangent is opening a rental service later this year that will allow Android users to rent games and apply their fees toward purchases. It could be another tool for developers to unlock dollars from games on the Android platform. Read More »
The global economy continues to face uncertainty, but despite this, many technology companies have cash on hand and are opting to spend it on mergers and acquisitions. Here we examine some likely strategies from five different companies: IBM, Oracle, HP, Cisco and Hewlett-Packard. Read More »
Fundamental changes in networking and computing are leading to new business models, new services and shifts in corporate and consumer behavior. It’s also leading to a lot of M&A activity as companies jockey for position before the ongoing technology shift settles into the new status quo. Read More »
Mobile computer sales in the first quarter of 2010 grew 43 percent over the same quarter in 2009, but two of the top five vendors enjoyed even higher growth rates. It’s no coincidence that these were also the first two that jumped into the netbook market. Read More »
Apple was given up for dead by many of its competitors. Its products drew snickers but in the end Steve Jobs & Co. prevailed. Market cap of $235 billion puts it behind Exxon and Microsoft. Its one-time nemesis, Dell is worth only $33 billion. Read More »
Dell will use cloud computing software made by Joyent, a San Francisco company that owns and operates public clouds. Dell will use Joynet’s software to offer a new Dell Cloud Solution for Web Applications. The moves allows Dell to sell gear to owners of private clouds. Read More »
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With Palm living on borrowed time after posting yet another horrendous quarter and warning that results for the current fiscal period will also fall short of expectations, we take a look at some of the companies that might sweep in and pick up the beleaguered firm. Read More »
Wikia is quitting Dell servers thanks to both a functional and philosophical disagreement stemming from Dell’s demands that all hard drives in its newest PowerEdge servers are certified by Dell, highlighting the disconnect between web-scale companies and equipment providers still designing boxes for enterprise data centers. Read More »
In President Obama’s budget announced yesterday, the feds may have opened a window of opportunity for cloud computing companies large and small hoping for some government largess. The federal budget hopes to increase spending on IT in 2011 by 1.2 percent to $79.4 billion. Read More »
Microsoft and HP today announced the two companies would invest $250 million over the next three years to create an optimized platform for cloud computing. The move exemplifies a trend that should worry open cloud advocates and is a blow to Dell, Oracle and perhaps IBM. Read More »
As day two of CES unfolds, lots of innovative new products and initiatives are showing up, including as-yet-unseen concepts for netbooks and mobile displays, numerous type of tablets, and more. Here are some of the notable debuts. Read More »
A long list of companies will bring new tablets to market this year in the hopes of duplicating the success of Apple’s iPod touch. Whether demand will meet that supply, though, is far from clear. Read More »
Dell is partnering with AT&T to come to market on its home turf with an Android-based smartphone. But the company faces an enormous challenge in carving out a share of the cutthroat market. Read More »
A small wave of Android tablets is coming to market, giving users a better mobile web experience than smartphones can offer without adding the heft of a netbook. But can the smaller, sleeker tablets succeed where so many other MIDs have failed? Read More »
As Lenovo steps back into the mobile business, it’s becoming clear that Android will democratize the hardware for mobile phones allowing the PC makers (both Dell and Acer are using it) to make a compelling handsets and put the hurt on traditional handset makers. Read More »
Intel today said it’s invested an undisclosed amount in Joyent, the 6-year-old Sausalito, Calif.-based startup that started out as a web hosting company but eventually evolved into a cloud service provider. Neither Intel nor Joyent disclosed the amount of money invested, but Intel’s … Read More »
Dell has finally made its smartphone play official, saying it will target users in Brazil and China with a new Android-based handset dubbed the Mini 3 by the end of the year. It’s a smart strategy — the company’s existing presence in both countries could … Read More »
Updated: HP said today that it plans to buy router and switching gear maker 3Com for $2.7 billion — a deal that seeks to put HP on better competitive footing against Cisco and its server efforts. HP and the rest of the computing … Read More »
Liquid Computing, a startup going head-to-head with giants, today launched its own version of unified computing gear that stands in almost direct contrast to the announcements made yesterday by Cisco, EMC and VMware about Vblocks and the new Acadia services arm. Also today,
Acer today posted a record $5.2 billion in revenue for the third quarter, thanks largely to its netbook and laptop sales, and the company forecast even better times ahead. But can Acer — or its rival Dell — move the needle in the crowded smartphone … Read More »
Dell today said it’s agreed to resell gear from Juniper Networks as the Round Rock, Texas, computer maker attempts to fill the networking hole in its product line. It signed a similar agreement with Brocade in August in the face of an onslaught … Read More »
The Android world is getting bigger all the time. After much speculation, Verizon this week confirmed the introduction of its first Android phone with a slick advertising campaign. The Verizon Droid, which is expected to be announced next week, will be made by Motorola. (The … Read More »
Claudville, Va., is a small town of about 1,000 people that was served primarily by dial-up Internet service. But thanks to a group of technology companies it is now home to the nation’s first functioning white spaces network, an alternative form of wireless broadband. … Read More »
Containerized data centers were the hot trend for server vendors last year, although the rate of adoption seems to be fairly slow. But a rep for Dell recently let me know that one of that company’s employees had essentially created a data center in a … Read More »
“The technology industry is always going through transition, and there are some big changes going on now,” said Dell Computer founder and CEO Michael Dell in Silicon Valley Tuesday night. He spoke onstage at a Churchill Club dinner event in Santa Clara with Wall Street Journal … Read More »
Salesforce’s revenue run rate is currently more than $1.2 billion, CEO Marc Benioff said during a talk at the Oracle World conference in San Francisco today. And over 63,000 customers are using the company’s cloud-based services, according to Benioff, who spent 13 years at Oracle. … Read More »
Xerox, the document management company, said today it will buy Affiliated Computing Systems in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $6.4 billion. The combination of the two companies highlights the convergence of corporate documents and the cloud as with the ACS buy, Xerox will now … Read More »
Dell said today it would pay $3.9 billion to purchase IT services company Perot Systems in a deal designed to help the computer giant compete as the business of supplying computer hardware becomes more entwined with offering services — from unified computing packages … Read More »
While smartphone sales have proliferated, netbooks are a burgeoning market that was put in the spotlight when Google announced its Chrome OS this summer. Though netbooks aren’t a new player in the tech space, it’s undeniable that consumers’ interest in these devices is rising … Read More »
Dell has signed partnership agreements with Brocade and Scalent to answer the threat posed by Cisco’s servers and the need to create a computing environment that can handle virtualized servers, networking and storage. The idea is to create what most call … Read More »
Intel this morning lifted estimates for its third-quarter revenue, saying it now expects sales of $9 billion, give or take $200 million. That’s up from its previous guidance of $8.5 billion, give or take $400 million, issued just last month. The chipmaker, … Read More »
The bespectacled, geeky PC guy from the Apple commercials finally has something to gloat about. Macs are not shaping up to be the top choice of students this back-to-school shopping season, as they’re opting instead for more affordable netbooks and PC laptops. According to … Read More »
Cisco Systems today announced that its earnings for the quarter ended July 25 slumped 46 percent, to $1.1 billion from $2.01 billion a year ago. Revenue dropped to $8.5 billion from $10.4 billion. But Cisco CEO John Chambers said that things are looking up, and … Read More »
HP said today that it has agreed to buy IBRIX, a Billerica, Mass.-based maker of software that allows customers to build out scalable storage clouds. Terms of the deal, which will augment HP’s sales to businesses requiring high-performance computing, were not disclosed. Like
Austin is among the places that people are flocking to in the recession, according to BusinessWeek. Other magazines have given Austin (and all of Texas) similar praise, mostly because it’s so darn cheap to live here. But I don’t want to … Read More »
Since Dell keeps telling folks it wants to buy some companies, we’ve written out a list that Michael Dell should consult as he expands his eponymous empire. Second-hand sources quoted in the Wall Street Journal today said that the company was seeking deals in data … Read More »
Hewlett Packard today announced a new line of servers, a data center mapping program and some consulting and financing services aimed at companies that build out mega data centers. Potential purchasers of the new HP machines include those building cloud computing offerings and enterprise customers … Read More »
By Stacey Higginbotham
Jun. 1, 2009, 7:49am PT
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With the excitement and chatter around the soon-to-be-released Palm Pre reaching a fever pitch, the company’s stock ended Friday’s session at its highest level since Oct. 24, 2007. Shares of Palm closed Friday at $12.19, and at last check had traded hands for as much … Read More »
Computer Sciences Corp., the IT service organization, today laid out its strategy for the cloud. Unsurprisingly, CSC’s cloud products will focus on being reliable and secure enough for enterprises and the federal government. CSC will continue providing its managed hosting business, but later this year will … Read More »
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