Andy Patrizio

IBM is working on what it jokingly calls a “Gameframe,” but you won’t find one of these on the shelf at the local Electronics Boutique or GameStop. The company is working on a project to integrate its Cell Broadband Engine processor with its System z mainframes to create a hybrid computer that has the power […]

Microsoft has pulled together its somewhat scattered malware  programs, projects and efforts under one roof to more closely resemble the research centers of Symantec, McAfee and other security vendors. Microsoft  formally introduced the Malware Protection Center today during a keynote at the RSA Conference Japan 2007 in Tokyo. The division’s general manager Vinny Gullotto announced […]

McAfee on Tuesday announced McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Gateway, a server gateway that ensures your data doesn’t leave the network if it’s not supposed to. DLP Gateway, which sits at the server and network gateway layer, is a complement to the company’s Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Host, announced in February, which is installed on […]

An investment firm is hailing a huge reversal of fortune for Intel in its battle against AMD, but the numbers reflect a single quarter aberration that should level out shortly, according to the source of those figures. Investment advisor JP Morgan trumpeted stats from Mercury Research that showed Intel’s market share jumped from 74 percent […]

Sun Microsystems continued its recovery from a multiyear tailspin, reporting improved revenues and profitability for its third fiscal quarter ended April 1, 2007. Revenues for the quarter were $3.283 billion, an increase of 3.3 percent over the third quarter of fiscal 2006. Total gross margin was 44.5 percent, up from 43 percent in Q3 ’06. […]

Just a few miles north of the official geographic territory known as the Silicon Valley in San Mateo, Calif., one of the hottest companies in the high-tech sector is launching a hatchery of sorts for software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers. Salesforce.com  took over what had been the offices for Siebel Systems after Oracle bought the company and […]

Palamida today announced it is extending is software compliance technology to include source code vulnerability reporting as well. The new service, Vulnerability Reporting Solution (VRS), identifies, prioritizes and spotlights known vulnerabilities in source code being used within an enterprise. Palamida’s main product is IP Amplifier, an audit compliance solution that examines all of the open […]

Tradition has it that when Microsoft releases a new operating system, hardware OEMs shift to the new platform almost immediately and phase out the old OS as soon as possible. But Dell’s customers have told it, not so fast, pardner. For the second time since establishing IdeaStorm to solicit customer feedback, Dell  is changing policy […]

It was not a happy crew on AMD’s quarterly financial conference call, as CEO Hector Ruiz and his top lieutenants had to explain a net loss of $611 million for the first quarter of 2007. AMD  reported first quarter 2007 revenue of $1.233 billion, but thanks to expenses from its ATI acquisition, a price brawl […]

Worldwide PC shipments rose by 8.9 percent in first quarter of 2007, but for the first time, the U.S. market slipped to third place as the rest of the world’s growth continued at a rapid pace. IT research firm Gartner said a total of 62.7 million PC units were sold in the first quarter of […]

For political candidates and their campaigns that are constantly on the move and have donor information and contributions to track, it can be difficult to keep all the information straight. Salesforce.com has an answer for them. The software-as-a-service (SaaS)  vendor today announced CampaignForce, Salesforce Political Campaigns Edition, an on-demand application specifically designed for political campaigns […]

In the course of Tuesday’s earnings conference call with press and analysts, Intel’s CEO inadvertently confirmed what Microsoft would not: that there is a service pack coming for Vista later this year. While discussing its projections, Paul Otellini was asked where Vista fits in to Intel’s  sales projections for the year. Otellini responded that he […]