Andy Patrizio

IBM today announced fourth-quarter 2009 and year-end numbers that exceeded analyst projections, capping off a year of recovery for the IT systems and services giant. The company also reported positive signs that it felt were indicative of a recovery in the business market, which has lagged behind consumer products in recovering from the economic downturn. […]

For hosting providers, load management is a balancing act. With a new virtualized load-balancing offering, Kemp Technologies thinks it’s got the answer. Server Watch has the story. Kemp Technologies has launched a new virtual-appliance application delivery controller called Virtual LoadMaster, which handles load balancing for managed service and hosting providers. Through better load balancing of […]

Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile have all announced plans to revamp their wireless plans with more emphasis on 3G data than on voice, an acknowledgement that the wave of the future is data, not voice communications. The Verizon (NYSE: VZ) rollout comes ahead of its planned 4G launch and is undoubtedly designed to shift to […]

Oracle may cut up to half of Sun Microsystems’ staff in the next few weeks when it finally closes the long-delayed acquisition of the troubled systems vendor, according to a report by an analyst at UBS AG. Internally, Sun has denied the report, telling employees it is “absolutely untrue.” But sources close to the merger […]

EnterpriseMobileToday has the story of pricing moves by Google and T-Mobile and other issues related to the Nexus One phone. Google appears to be getting its arms around some of the launch complaints regarding the Nexus One. The company and its carrier partner T-Mobile have changed the Nexus One pricing policy for existing T-Mobile subscribers […]

Intel said consumer demand has returned and it expects there will also be an uptick in business computing buying this year. That’s good news for all of the hardware vendors that use Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) chips. The chip giant, long considered a bellwether for the rest of the industry, exceeded analyst expectations for the fourth […]

After years of negotiations between corporate attorneys, Kodak says it’s had enough. The firm is headed to the courts with a lawsuit aimed at the makers of two of the world’s most popular smartphones. Enterprise Mobile Today has the story. Perhaps emboldened by a recent court victory, Eastman Kodak announced on Thursday it has filed […]

It’s been 12 months since the disastrous fourth quarter of 2008, where Intel saw its revenue fall by 20 percent and the company nearly reported a loss as the economy imploded and buying came to a screeching halt. One year later, the chip giant is now leading the way to recovery with revenues and profits […]

It was a very merry fourth quarter for PC vendors, as both Gartner and IDC reported this week that fourth quarter PC sales growth exceeded 20 percent year-over-year. The difference in figures between the two firms is minimal and by and large their figures match. IDC said 85.8 million units shipped in the fourth quarter […]

An e-mail sent to members of Intel’s Retail Edge promotional program and obtained by an Apple enthusiast site reveals that Apple has new MacBooks featuring the Core i5 processor in the works. AppleInsider said it got its hands on a promotion for members of the Intel Retail Edge Program that reads: “January Prize Draw: Win […]

Intel will kick off the earnings season for tech firms on Thursday and is likely to set the bar very high. Analysts predict not only will the fourth quarter of 2009 exceed projections, but that the momentum will carry right into 2010. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expect Intel to post earnings of $1.9 billion, […]

The other shoe has fallen. HardwareCentral has the story of Intel’s aggressive response to two major lawsuits. Intel today blasted the antitrust suits filed late last year by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the State of New York — taking both sharply to task for what it says are wildly inaccurate claims. In a […]