Clint Boulton

IBM plans soon to release a new version of its pSeries 630 that is powered with its most powerful chip to date, the Power4+ processor. Karl Freund, vice president, IBM eServer pSeries, claimed the addition of the Power+ chip would make the p630 the most powerful entry level 4-way server on the market, with as […]

Lindows.com, the firm who developed a desktop version of a Linux operating system to lure customers from Microsoft’s Windows OS, has designs on becoming a bit more it seems — a full-fledged maker of personal computers. The San Diego, Calif., company introduced two company firsts Thursday at the Desktop Linux Summit — a Linux-powered laptop […]

A week after the Internet Engineering Task Force ratified the iSCSI standard for storage networking, research firm META Group said Fibre Channel will continue to reign as the dominant SAN architecture in data center deployments in the SAN storage market through 2006, or even 2007. SAN storage interconnects different kinds of data storage devices with […]

IBM Tuesday readied three new software products for small and medium businesses (SMBs) under its Express banner from its DB2, Lotus, and Tivoli brands. IBM Express consists of software products designed and priced to help enterprises with no more than 1,000 workers evolve into on-demand businesses. They also support open standards to allow integration with […]

BEA Systems refreshed its Java Virtual Machine (JVM) program, tailoring it to better support Intel’s IA-32 architecture and its own WebLogic Enterprise Platform. BEA WebLogic JRockit 8.0, which according to Bob Griswold, vice president and general manager of the Java RunTime Products Group at BEA, is the first offering of a standalone JVM geared for […]

Lindows.com — the San Diego operating system developer gunning for Microsoft — Tuesday said an integrated antivirus service is now available for its flagship software, LindowsOS. The service is one of many safeguards software firms have been cranking out since the Slammer worm plagued millions of computer systems worldwide last month. Convinced that Linux’ popularity […]

A number of storage solutions vendors quickly announced support for Internet SCSI (iSCSI) following the standard’s ratification last week by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Network Appliance (NetApp) Monday will bring iSCSI products to the fore and made some upgrades to its hardware and software lines. On Friday, Adaptec, announced full product support for […]

IBM Monday broadened its storage product line for medium-sized companies, including a new high-end midrange disk system and the next iteration of its midrange tape system for archiving data and disaster recovery. Big Blue, presiding over its IBM PartnerWorld conference in New Orleans this week, introduced the FAStT 900 from its TotalStorage line of midrange […]

In an effort to jumpstart the sales of its online subscription service in a competitive, but soft-demand market, Listen.com Thursday teamed with Terra Lycos to let customers use its Rhapsody digital music service to burn as many songs as they want for 49 cents per track. The promotion is available to Rhapsody subscribers who sign […]

Folks in the storage industry have been talking about iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface) for so long, those new to the sector would swear it has been a fixture. But Tuesday marked the official ratification of iSCSI (pronounced “I-scuzzy”) by its master, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Bryce Mackin, Marketing Chair for the […]

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) and Oracle Wednesday pledged to pad their long-standing storage-oriented relationship with new endeavors in technology, services and support, as well as sales and marketing, to lure enterprise customers. Financial terms of the bolstered alliance were not made public. HDS, a Hitachi division who works closely with Oracle to make sure that […]

Borland Software bore the first fruits of its TogetherSoft purchase Wednesday when it released new products to help customers speed up and simplify the creation lifecycle for Java applications. As the latest iteration of the Together ControlCenter product line, Borland Together Edition for JBuilder is designed to work with Borland JBuilder to help enterprises deliver […]