Clint Boulton

IBM Corp. Monday continued its server-side assault on chief rival Sun Microsystems Inc. when it launched a new midrange Unix server. The product introduction comes just a few days after IBM was awarded the title of worldwide server market leader by research firm IDC Corp., which claimed Big Blue continued to hold its lead over […]

Campbell, Calif.’s FineGround Networks Inc., a firm devoted to content acceleration for the enterprise, Monday will unleash the latest version of its flagship Condenser software product. With an emphasis on delivering dynamic, or “live” Internet content 10 times faster than normal deliveries and reducing bandwidth by 95 percent to help customers cut costs, Condenser 3.0 […]

With Microsoft Corp. unleashing its Pocket PC 2002 operating system to much fanfare, it’s easy to gloss over the myriad firms who have stepped up to endorse the new wireless software. That is, except for Palo Alto, Calif.’s Hewlett-Packard Co., which, after announcing a blockbuster merger with Compaq Computer Corp. on Labor Day, began shipping […]

Wednesday marked ReplayTV’s re-entry into the hardware market as the company, operating under new owner SONICblue, introduced a new line of DVR devices equipped with home networking capabilities. Just being able to pause TV, as was the case with ReplayTV’s first DVR three years ago, wasn’t enough. ReplayTV 4000, the new hotshot on the block […]

Confident in its belief that storage management software sales will bloom over the next few years from businesses desperate to backup loads of data, McDATA Corp. Wednesday snapped up a whole subsidiary devoted to that very sector. The Broomfield, Colo.-based storage networking solution provider, which eschews the idea that storage software is all about disaster […]

Schaumburg, Ill.-based Motorola Inc. Tuesday said it has forged a computer processor that is roughly 35 times faster than today’s models and that will cut the cost of making such devices as cell phones and DVD players. The chipmaker told the Associated Press that the chip is made with a mixture of silicon and gallium […]

And the lean only get leaner. Stamps.com, the Santa Monica, Calif.-based leader of Net-based postage, Friday made its third round of job cuts in less than a year and welcomed a new chief executive officer to the fold as part of a restructuring plan. The struggling firm, which actually beat loss expectations in July (reporting […]

With the launch of some and the pending availability of many key Microsoft Corp. software products, many other tech firms have been scrambling to update their own offerings to pair them with the largest, most powerful software brand in the business. IBM Corp. Thursday showed that it is no exception as it launched its latest […]

Digital design firm Autodesk Inc. Thursday took more steps to bolster its software offerings when it agreed to acquire the software product line from Media 100, a Marlboro, Mass.-based digital media specialist responsible for facilitating the delivery of the popular short films made by BMWfilms.com. Autodesk promised to pay Media 100 $16 million in cash […]

One day after Gateway Inc. announced a major overhaul, Menlo Park, Calif.’s E*Trade Group Inc. Wednesday vowed to streamline its operations to boost profitability. Just as the computer maker took a major charge, E*Trade estimates a significant one — $220 to $245 million in the third quarter to go along with $60 to $70 million […]

With so many unknown variables swirling around pay-to-play online music distribution, the phrase “a day late and a dollar short” is hardly applicable to research firms who step up to comment. GartnerG2, the fairly new addition to Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Inc., offered their perspective Wednesday in a research report, titled “Digital Copyright Law: Protect Content […]

Angling to return to profitability by the fourth quarter of 2001, Gateway Inc. Tuesday unveiled the second major plot points in its story to shift focus from being a computer manufacturer to becoming a “personalized solution provider” when it said it will restructure considerably, including a global 25-percent workforce trim. The San Diego-based firm said […]