Michael Singer

BURLINGAME, Calif. — If the open source movement is to continue its traction in the enterprise, it will have to develop a better managed business model. That’s the conclusion of IT professionals that attended Thursday’s SDForum Open Source Summit here. Representatives from Oracle, IBM, Novell, IBM, Red Hat, Apache, BEA, Sun, and HP huddled to […]

It may not be the largest chip maker, but AMD is working to capture the buzz of developers with next-generation product releases, many aimed at digital media for the home. Following last month’s news about a new plant in Germany, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company Thursday said it is establishing a new wholly owned subsidiary and […]

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Hewlett-Packard is reinventing itself once again. The company confirmed Wednesday during a briefing with editors that it will combine its HP Services and Enterprise Systems Group (ESG) into a new Technology Solutions Group (TSG). Services head Ann Livermore is expected to run TSG, with former ESG head Peter Blackmore focusing on sales. […]

Seeing a trend in consolidating wireless technologies, Intel is combining two of its communications businesses under one roof. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant has named its Intel Communications Group (ICG) as the organization that will also manage the company’s Wireless Communications and Computing Group (WCCG). Intel executive vice president and ICG general manager […]

Texas Instruments is fortifying its position in the wireless Internet world with a slew of announcements. The Dallas-based company has announced a new “all-in-one” chipset it said would help bridge the gap in network standards between Bluetooth and 802.11 technologies , commonly referred to as Wi-Fi. The chipmaker is also teaming up with previous partner […]

How many times have you wished your computer knew what you were thinking? Working at the chip level, Intel is the latest company to produce software that taps into the “predictive” computing realm. The chip making giant Monday said its new tools for its processors could help developers build computers that “learn” from their experiences. […]

IBM continued its foray into better chip-making methods this week with a new technique to build microscopic memory processors. The Armonk, N.Y., company said it’s using “molecular self assembly,” a technique that uses nanotechnology components (one-billionth of a meter) to help build smaller, faster electronic devices. The technology is compatible with existing chip-making tools and […]

Low-power chipmaker Transmeta is silently helping to shift the way you access the Web. In the past few months, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based firm has scored several contracts to put its processors in not only laptops, but also in non-traditional desktop hardware as well as thin clients Low-power chipmaker Transmeta is silently helping to shift […]

Sun Microsystems has announced a major contract to supply its Java-based server and desktop software to the British government. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based network computer maker said it has signed a five-year strategic agreement with the U.K. Office of Government Commerce (OGC) as part of a computer modernization program worth an estimated USD$4 billion (2.3 […]

Intel Monday launched a bid to entice Global 500 corporations with a free trial period to “try-and-buy” the latest microprocessor techniques built into its Intel Itanium processors. The Itanium lines deploy a new 64-bit processing architecture that includes cutting-edge microprocessor techniques, including long instruction words (LIW), instruction predication, branch elimination, and speculative loading. It is […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Intel and Cisco Systems are poised to propose new standards to improve wireless networking. The two Silicon Valley-based companies said this week that they will introduce an industry standard for wireless mesh networking during an inaugural study group at the Wi-Fi Planet Conference and Expo. Other companies in this area include […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Intel may be one of the driving forces behind the Wi-Fi craze, but the man who helped fund the chip making giant’s dreams says there are dangers ahead. “Do we really understand the user’s needs?” said current Intel Board Member Les Vadasz during a keynote address at the Wi-Fi Planet Conference […]