Michael Singer

HP Wednesday said it has acquired a U.K.-based software management and licensing firm to compliment its global services division. As part of the deal, FH Computer Services (FHG) will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of HP and will operate as a regional customer support site for HP Services. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. […]

On the road to releasing its next generation Xeon processor, Intel is taking a little side trip along its current generation of workhorse server chips. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant is expected to announce a substantial upgrade to its Xeon processor family specifically its “Gallatin” version. The multi-core processor’s current configuration runs at […]

Semiconductor trade groups know that after the holiday rush there is a quiet sales period called January. But this year chips sales have been a little more lively than usual. After coming off a successful year of double digit chip sales, a new report published Monday by the

Rambus may be out of the legal woods with the dismissal of an anti-trust lawsuit against the memory chipmaker, but evidence in the case released this week does not bode well for other DRAM makers. A settlement decision filed by a federal judge in a separate case the Federal Trust Commission brought against Rambus contains […]

SAN FRANCISCO — With the federal government working toward a deadline to adopt digital certificates and online transactions, a grouping of government and IT enterprise companies demonstrated Wednesday how a Web services specification could be both secure and sexy. Eleven vendors, including Sun Microsystems and HP, joined with the U.S. General Service Administration (GSA) E-Gov […]

“Frustration” can pretty much sum up the feeling of Internet users in 2003 as the IT sector scrambled to thwart a barrage of hacks, attacks and flaws that compromised networked computers around the globe. According to online encryption firm RSA Security, the outlook for easing those frustrations in 2004 is not very encouraging. As part […]

Looking to expand its portfolio, supercomputer maker Cray announced Wednesday that it would acquire privately held OctigaBay Systems in a cash and stock deal worth about $115 million. A regular sweetheart of government contracts, Seattle-based Cray makes systems that dot the Top 500 list of fastest supercomputers. But to compete with larger, more established companies […]

SAN FRANCISCO — A dozen computer security firms announced a new advocacy group Wednesday with the goal of protecting the enterprise and critical networked infrastructures. The Washington-based non-profit collective calls itself the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA). Paul Kurtz, former special assistant to President Bush and a senior director for the White House Homeland Security […]

SAN FRANCISCO — In his quest to kill spam, Microsoft Chief Software Architect Bill Gates Tuesday appealed to security leadership, asking them to adopt his fledgling “Caller ID for E-mail” program. The multi-tiered project would act much like how caller identification for telephones shows the phone number of the person calling. The proposal is part […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Intel is quietly and purposefully looking to change the IT landscape, one Fortune 500 company at a time, with a kinder, gentler approach to IT services. Known more for its chip making than its systems solutions, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based firm is targeting only the biggest and the brightest industries such as […]

UPDATE: Despite its close ties with Intel, Hewlett-Packard will announce support for AMD’s Opteron server chip this week, internetnews.com has learned. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer and printer maker has scheduled a Tuesday morning press conference to discuss “the expansion of its industry standard solutions portfolio.” As late as Monday, HP execs refused to comment […]

Hewlett-Packard has signed an agreement to purchase German IT services provider Triaton in a $430 million deal that could help HP secure bigger contracts with automakers and other manufacturing firms. The computer and printer maker said German steel and engineering group ThyssenKrupp AG agreed to sell off its Triaton companies — Triaton GmbH (Germany, which […]