Andy Patrizio

Strong demand in Asia, Latin America and the U.S. buoyed overall demand for new servers, particularly x86-based boxes, but increased competition between the top-tier manufacturers kept overall revenue growth mostly in check. As Server Watch reports, the latest figures show that U.S.-based companies are finally starting to upgrade their aging hardware to accommodate new software […]

If the first quarter is any indication, leading netbook, notebook and tablet PC makers are in for a very good year as strong consumer demand combined with an expected jump in enterprise upgrade cycles should lift overall unit sales by at least 22 percent in 2010. As Datamation reports, this surge in consumer demand for […]

Turn about appears to be fair play in the netbook/tablet PC arena where Apple’s immensely popular iPad device is already swaying consumers away from the cheaper netbooks that were once considered the future of consumer computing. As Enterprise Mobile Today discovered, almost one in three people who were thinking about buying a netbook have changed […]

It may not have won the battle to purchase Data Domain and doesn’t quite enjoy the limelight of EMC, but NetApp is still a major player in the storage market. With the recovery taking place in the server market, and growing interest in cloud computing and virtualization, NetApp rode a fantastic wave to its best […]

IT managers face a bewildering array of systems and software to keep track of. It’s not a new problem, but one that’s been exacerbated by the growing number of hardware and software systems a typical enterprise needs to keep track of. As Datamation reports, there are a range of products, some quite expensive, designed to […]

Tablet computers have been around for years, but none of the models excited consumers and the industry press until Apple unveiled the iPad which is selling about as fast as Apple can make them. As EnterpriseMobileToday reports, the latest entry to the tablet market, Dell, has taken a unique approach in terms of form factor […]

The iPhone has taken the smartphone world by storm, grabbing sales from established players like RIM’s BlackBerry line and forcing RIM and others to revamp their strategies to keep up. As EnterpriseMobileToday reports, the Apple rumor mill has been running hot with talk of a new iPhone model in the works. What does that mean […]

ScaleMP is trying to take server virtualization to the next level. The company has released vSMP Foundation 3.0, the next iteration of its server virtualization and aggregation software. With the new release, ScaleMP believes it’s entering previously uncharted territory. Specifically, the company claims that the product is the first to stack multiple virtual machines inside […]

There are so many moving parts on a laptop, but the battery seems to be the most vulnerable to problems. That’s mostly due to the chemical reactions taking place inside the battery, which is a lot more volatile than a hard drive spinning. The latest company facing an exploding battery problem is the last company […]

Road warriors have always coveted thin and light when it comes to notebook computers because they are easier to pack than more mainstream notebooks, and less weight to carry around. But the thin and light class of notebooks have traditionally cost more and not been available in the variety of models of more mainstream models. […]

With the new Momentus XT, Seagate is trying to walk a fine line, combining speedy solid-state technology with the robust capacity of a platter-based hard disk in a new hybrid drive. The secret ingredient in Seagate’s latest is an algorithm that comes to learn a user’s computing habits and places the most frequently accessed data […]

Apple appears to have pulled the plug on its ‘Get a Mac’ campaign that people felt all along did a better job selling the PC than Macs, and made Mac users look like smug, insufferable jerks in the process. The ads always featured the PC (embodied by the talented John Hodgeman) trying vainly to get […]