Michael Singer

UPDATED: SAN FRANCISCO — Four mainstream IT companies are pooling resources to launch a standardized enterprise grid infrastructure based on their products. Dell , EMC , Intel and Oracle are spearheading the enterprise-focused venture dubbed “Project MegaGrid.” Based in Austin, Texas, the 128-node cluster of Dell servers runs on Linux with a vision of getting […]

IBM is tweaking its semiconductor technology to help extend the performance of its servers and enterprise PCs, the company said Monday. The Armonk, N.Y.-based firm said it has built a component for high-speed computer memory that is about 10 times smaller than what’s currently on the market. The process, when perfected, could allow for more […]

SAN FRANCISCO — After a year since its debut, Oracle is preparing to announce the second version of its 10g server software. Oracle chairman Jeff Henley said the company would announce the update of one of its more popular database and application server products on Tuesday morning. A source close to the news said Oracle […]

Sun Microsystems is building a foundation for additional open source projects courtesy of a new public license. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based network computer maker submitted its new Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) to the Open Source Initiative (OSI) last week. Market watchers suggest the submission could be the next step in Sun’s long-term plans […]

SAN FRANCISCO — HP’s Carly Fiorina is making no bones about her company’s relationship with Oracle . The chief executive said the two companies will unite their value added resellers (VARs) to entice small to medium sized business (SMB) to buy more HP ProLiant servers. The first phase includes selling HP ProLiant servers pre-bundled with […]

Much to the delight of joint customers, Unisys is playing peacemaker between rivals Oracle and Microsoft. Engineers from Unisys and Oracle are now working together to make sure Oracle applications can run on Windows-based systems, the companies said Monday. The Unisys, Oracle partnership is expected to certify the latest applications and hardware including Oracle 10g […]

After more than 50 years as part of Motorola, Freescale Semiconductor is finally going it alone. The Austin, Texas-based firm said Thursday that it has officially spun off from parent Motorola since becoming a publicly traded company in July 2004. The division was established after Motorola decided to focus only on its wireless systems and […]

Intel plans to make its future chips more platform and application specific by adding to its list of extensions. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker briefed reporters this week on some of the changes coming to its processors in the next 12 months and beyond. The idea was to provide roadmaps on its chipset plans for […]

HP is dropping its efforts to port some Tru64 Unix products to HP-UX with the help of storage player Veritas . The two companies announced a multi-year agreement Thursday that finds HP’s sales teams offering Veritas Storage Foundation products as HP’s preferred file system and volume management solutions for HP-UX 11i environments. Previously, HP had […]

Four Infineon executives agreed to plead guilty to charges they conspired to fix prices in the computer memory sector, officials said Thursday. The U.S. Department of Justice said each of the executives with the German-based chipmaker has agreed to pay a $250,000 criminal fine and serve prison terms ranging from four to six months for […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Philadelphia’s controversial plan to create low-cost wireless Internet service is fueling a debate among technology firms at the Wi-Fi Planet trade show here. Pennsylvania governor Edward Rendell signed a telecommunications bill late Tuesday allowing the sixth-largest U.S. city to continue its “Wireless Philadelphia” project, which includes building a mesh network that […]

UPDATED: Microsoft and Sun are running over some easy terrain to start their long journey toward product interoperability. The two companies checked off a short laundry list of compatibility issues they’ve been working on since celebrating the end of their legal war. The first leg of the 10-year roadmap includes using APIs to make the […]