Michael Singer

IBM and AMD have devised a new silicon transistor technology they claim will boost the speeds of single- and dual-core chips. The process, known as “Dual Stress Liner,” uses IBM and AMD’s jointly developed strained silicon technology and could increase transistor speed as much as 24 percent without using any additional power, the two companies […]

While the ink has barely dried on Lenovo’s contract to buy of IBM’s PC business, executives are already claiming victory for their customers and partners. Deepak Advani, who has just been named chief marketing officer of the new company, told internetnews.com IBM’s personal computer business is all but guaranteed a smooth transition because very little […]

Siemens will acquire wireless LAN technology player Chantry Networks to fill out its HiPath lineup, executives said Thursday. The two sides are familiar with each other, having a number of testing projects already in the works. Siemens said the long-term strategy is to add additional VoIP capabilities and other voice communications technologies to its HiPath […]

Strategies are shifting among other PC vendors as IBM’s sale of its PC business to Chinese PC maker Lenovo starts to play out. Several research firms are advising clients to review their desktop needs, as both HP and Dell are sure to offer enticing trade-up deals to IBM’s existing customers concerned about a new provider […]

SAN FRANCISCO — The gap between disk and tape storage is about to get erased, EMC’s Joe Tucci said Thursday. The president and CEO touted disk-based recovery, disk replication and back up courtesy of ATA as a way companies can keep up with the influx of data (a la Sarbanes-Oxley) with a limited budget. Tucci […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle is approaching its legions of developers with a new set of tools and incentives to invigorate its install base. The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based software giant announced the start of Project Columbus, a platform for developers made by developers that is expected to launch in earnest next year. Oracle also announced Oracle […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is convinced that had the intelligence community used a unified database from Oracle, the terrorist attacks on 9/11 would never have happened. “As it was, Mohamed Atta passed through international customs saying he was visiting on a holiday, while the police in Broward County, Florida had an outstanding […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Sun CEO Scott McNealy is hoping people are fed up enough with viruses, security updates and computer crashes to consider his Sun Ray vision as an alternative. As previously reported, Sun is expected to outline the thin client strategy this Friday. As a precursor, McNealy said Sun is working on disrupting the […]

SAN FRANCISCO — If Oracle can pull off its $9.2 billion hostile takeover plans, PeopleSoft’s software divisions should remain generally untouched. That’s the message delivered this week at Oracle’s OpenWorld conference here. In a briefing of press and analysts, company President Safra Catz said Oracle is looking to keep as many PeopleSoft and former J.D. […]

In a highly anticipated announcement, IBM confirmed late Tuesday it is selling its PC division to China’s Lenovo Group. The company that popularized the personal computer in 1981 said it has been repositioning itself over the last few years to focus more on its enterprise business products, R&D and the creation of IBM’s intellectual capital […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle will update the marquee parts of its 10g family of software, the company said today. As previously reported, the Redwood Shores, Calif.-based software giant is revising its Oracle 10g Application Server, Database Server and Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control platforms. Each one is slated for a mid-2005 release. The second-generation release […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Michael Dell said Tuesday that he isn’t surprised that IBM might sell its PC business. When asked about the news that IBM is in talks with Chinese computer maker Lenovo, the man who leads the Round Rock, Texas-based computer maker told reporters that IBM’s PC business was waning long before Lenovo became […]