Clint Boulton

Dell Computer Corp. scored a major coup over fellow storage providers Monday when it revealed that the National Football League (NFL) will embrace Dell servers and Dell/EMC storage systems exclusively over the next year. While specific financial terms of the arrangement were not disclosed, Dell spokesperson Michelle Mosmeyer told InternetNews.com that the NFL is expected […]

In a time when business contingency plans are huge for computerized data storage, Houston’s Compaq Computer Corp. Monday unveiled Fibre Channel and Internet Protocol (FC-IP) technology to implement global data replication networks. Also known as storage tunneling, FC-IP enables the transmission of Fibre Channel information by tunneling data between storage area network (SAN) facilities over […]

IBM Corp. , which has been outsourcing some operations or shedding units outright to cut costs, offered to help enterprise customers do the same Friday. In a time when wallets are lighter for many people and businesses, the Armonk, N.Y. firm has set up a 90-day payment plan for certain IBM services, courtesy of IBM’s […]

What’s that saying about not being able to keep a good thing down? Napster Inc. — the embattled peer-to-peer file sharing concern shut out by the record industry and courts for gross copyright infringements — is creeping its way back into the digital music limelight. But just how sweet it will be remains to be […]

The 2002 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is still very much alive, and, contrary to the media glut, not all of the news revolved around the convergence of DVDs and digital media. Palm Inc. Wednesday said it had teamed with communications chipmaker Broadcom Corp. to create a new Bluetooth architecture for future […]

It’s done portal work for the indomitable fast-food behemoth McDonalds, but Yahoo! Inc. Wednesday inked an even greater deal with Philadelphia’s CIGNA Corp. to offer the benefits provider’s health care members and retirement plan participants personalized benefits Web sites. In a multi-million-dollar and multi-year pact, for which financial details were not made public, Cigna and […]

Armonk N.Y.’s IBM Corp., which has been shedding certain business units lately, said Tuesday that electronics manufacturer Sanmina-SCI Corp. will take on a “significant portion” of its PC manufacturing needs. IBM will still design and market the NetVista line in the three-year, $5 billion deal, in which Sanmina-SCI will provide desktop manufacturing services for the […]

The convergence of home entertainment and technology continued on a strong note Tuesday at the 2002 international Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as San Jose, Calif.’s TiVo Inc. and Seattle’s RealNetworks Inc. penned a deal that will grant the top digital video recorder (DVR) service provider’s customers access to music, streaming video and other […]

Microsoft Corp.’s first bit of news out of the gate at the 2002 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was that some DVD player makers have gotten cozy with Windows Media for their new hardware. The announcement comes a month after DVD chip manufacturers, representing 90 percent of the burgeoning industry, voiced their support for the […]

Next to a whole lot of developers trotting out new findings, creations or developments, attendees of MacWorld can be certain of one thing in particular: intense rivalry among software powerhouses Microsoft Corp. Adobe Systems Inc. and Macromedia Inc. This was in no small supply as MacWorld San Francisco and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) kicked […]

Embattled infrastructure provider Lucent Technologies Inc. Monday named Patricia F. Russo — who helped create the AT&T spin-off in 1996 — as the company’s president and chief executive officer. Russo takes over for Henry Schacht, who will become the Murray Hill, N.J. outfit’s chairman. A veteran executive with 20 years of leadership experience, Russo most […]

“Media Grok,” the saucy and sardonic media watchdog newsletter that had been published under the Industry Standard brand, relaunched Friday, four months after the company that offered it ceased publication online. Newly dubbed “Media Unspun,” the newsletter is published independently from any large media entity, but the content and writing crew remains the same to […]