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Data centre hardware

• February 23, 2004 23 Feb'04

  Intel plays catch-up on hybrid 64-bit chips

  Intel has unveiled plans to develop 64-bit extensions in future versions of its 32-bit Xeon server chip. The move follows its...

• February 23, 2004 23 Feb'04

  Whitehall delays launch of national e-crime plan

  E-crime minister Caroline Flint will use the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit's e-congress today to underline the government's...

• February 23, 2004 23 Feb'04

  CW backs BCS awards

  Computer Weekly is partnering with the British Computer Society for its prestigious annual IT Professional awards. The awards...

• February 23, 2004 23 Feb'04

  Campaign gains all-party support

  MPs from the three major political parties are supporting a campaign by Computer Weekly to reduce the number of IT-related...

• February 23, 2004 23 Feb'04

  ROI on mobile devices not a big concern, say CIOs

  Wireless technology and mobile workforces have become so ingrained in companies that return-on-investment concerns rarely become...

• February 23, 2004 23 Feb'04

  IBM wins huge German mainframe contract

  IBM will deliver 20 high-performance mainframe computers to a German financial IT service company in a deal worth more than...

• February 20, 2004 20 Feb'04

  BEA boosts quarterly profit and revenue

  BEA Systems increased its revenue and profits in its fourth quarter, citing strong sales of its WebLogic server software.

• February 20, 2004 20 Feb'04

  Be prepared for the terabyte era, says Intel

  The semiconductor industry will have to rethink many of the architectural approaches it has taken to build today's processors to...

• February 20, 2004 20 Feb'04

  GoodLink software makes UK debut

  Mobile synchronisation product GoodLink, which keeps PalmOne Treo 600 devices continually synchronised over wireless links, has...

• February 20, 2004 20 Feb'04

  Hewlett-Packard turns in profit

  Hewlett-Packard has reported first-quarter net income of $936m (£495m).

• February 19, 2004 19 Feb'04

  PA-Risc wins stay of execution as HP begins migration to Itanium

  With the launch of the PA8800, a new PA-Risc processor, Hewlett-Packard has extended the life of its HP9000 server by at least...

• February 19, 2004 19 Feb'04

  HP lifts lid on mobile comms offerings

  Hewlett-Packard has lifted the lid on a range of new communications products and services, including a system that unifies voice...

• February 19, 2004 19 Feb'04

  Microsoft beta tests Virtual Server 2004

  Microsoft has started a testing program for its Virtual Server 2004, a software product which allows users to run different...

• February 19, 2004 19 Feb'04

  Intel releases more chip details

  Intel offered more details yesterday about its Itanium processor family as well as its forthcoming mobile technologies.

• February 19, 2004 19 Feb'04

  Intel promises 64-bit extensions technology

  Intel's next-generation Xeon processor and future versions of the Prescott processors will come with 64-bit extensions...

• February 18, 2004 18 Feb'04

  Sony Ericsson bundles RealPlayer

  Media player company RealNetworks signed a deal to put its player on Sony Ericsson handsets.

• February 18, 2004 18 Feb'04

  Cisco adopts global standard for ethernet ports

  Cisco Systems is embracing a global standard for powering network-connected devices over ethernet, allowing its customers to take...

• February 18, 2004 18 Feb'04

  Intel boosts the digital home

  Intel has promised that future digital consumer products will be simple to install and offer more connections to the rest of the...

• February 17, 2004 17 Feb'04

  Legislation is only way to stop central government IT disasters

  Computer Weekly campaigns to enforce best practice in public sector project management.

• February 17, 2004 17 Feb'04

  AMD unveils low-power Opterons

  Advanced Micro Devices has released six Opteron processors designed for low-power applications such as blade servers and...

• February 16, 2004 16 Feb'04

  Linux will not rival Windows on the desktop for another two years

  A desktop Linux rival to Windows is two years away, according to Stuart Cohen, chief executive of the Open Source Development...

• February 16, 2004 16 Feb'04

  Lack of user consultation doomed CRB system

  The calamitous implementation of a system at the Criminal Records Bureau stemmed in part from false assumptions that were...

• February 16, 2004 16 Feb'04

  IBM blends three techniques to create 970FX chip

  IBM has released further details about the manufacturing process used to create its 90-nanometer PowerPC 970FX chip.

• February 16, 2004 16 Feb'04

  IBM 'Microsoft Office for Linux' rumoured

  IBM is keen to migrate Microsoft Office suite to Linux, although Microsoft has said it is not involved and suggests that IBM...

• February 13, 2004 13 Feb'04

  PC market to stay strong in 2004, says Gartner

  Growth of PC shipments will continue at double-digit rates in the first quarter of 2004 and hold that pace throughout the year,...

• February 13, 2004 13 Feb'04

  Vodafone launches 3G mobile data service

  Vodafone will begin offering customers in selected markets high-speed mobile data service based on latest 3G technology.

• February 12, 2004 12 Feb'04

  Nokia deal may damage Symbian challenge to Microsoft PocketPC

  Nokia's plans to become the majority shareholder of Symbian could affect the mobile software developer's independence and prevent...

• February 12, 2004 12 Feb'04

  Motorola licenses Opera browser for phones

  Motorola's Personal Communications Sector (PCS) division has signed a licensing agreement with Opera Software ASA to use the Oslo...

• February 12, 2004 12 Feb'04

  AMD founder and chairman steps down

  Advanced Micro Devices founder and chairman Walter Sanders is to step down as chairman in April in favour of president and chief...

• February 12, 2004 12 Feb'04

  Sun adds processors to its UltraSparc roadmap

  Sun Microsystems has outlined plans for two latest processor families which will use multithreading techniques to boost the...

• February 11, 2004 11 Feb'04

  Sun buys server firm and rehires co-founder

  Sun Microsystems has agreed to acquire Kealia, a privately held server design company based in California, and is rehiring one of...

• February 11, 2004 11 Feb'04

  PalmSource's latest OS targets enterprise users

  PalmSource has unveiled its latest handheld OS, adding features for business users and support for different device types such as...

• February 11, 2004 11 Feb'04

  June launch for Proxim wireless switch

  Wireless supplier Proxim is to sell a new generation of its Orinoco access points on their voice integration abilities, backed by...

• February 11, 2004 11 Feb'04

  AOL to embed IM services in mobile phones

  America Online has reached a deal with AT&T Wireless Services to embed its AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) and ICQ chat software on...

• February 10, 2004 10 Feb'04

  Sun adds Opteron and updates Ultrasparc servers

  Sun Microsystems has unveiled its Opteron servers along with servers based on the latest edition of its UltraSparc processor in a...

• February 10, 2004 10 Feb'04

  Microsoft lets customers decide on software assurance programme

  Microsoft's customers will get to pass judgment on its software maintenance plan this year when their existing software assurance...

• February 10, 2004 10 Feb'04

  PC drives predicted to reach 600Gbytes by 2007

  The standard desktop PC of 2007 will have a hard disc drive with capacity between 500Gbytes and 600Gbytes, predicts Mark Geenen,...

• February 10, 2004 10 Feb'04

  German finance office opts for IBM mainframe

  The German Federal Finance Office in Berlin has replaced more than 30 smaller servers with one mainframe computer, IBM's eServer...

• February 10, 2004 10 Feb'04

  Intel prepares for future of computing

  Intel will talk about increasing mobility, the digital home, and the "tera era" of large data sets and complex applications at...

• February 10, 2004 10 Feb'04

  Microsoft faces trial over 'autoplay' feature

  Microsoft faces a trial in a patent infringement suit over the "autoplay" feature in Windows that automatically starts an...

• February 10, 2004 10 Feb'04

  HP promises slow transition to Itanium

  Hewlett-Packard has promised users that it would not move them abruptly to Itanium and has released a PA-Risc chip claimed to...

• February 09, 2004 09 Feb'04

  More questions and answers from SAN School lesson # 5

  Here are additional questions and answers from SAN School Lesson 5: Designing a SAN. The questions cover topics ranging from how to determine an effective SAN design to meet your needs, to the differences between fabric switches and loop switches.

• February 09, 2004 09 Feb'04

  Faster 32-bit offers more than hybrid chip

  Intel is likely to use its developers' forum next week to unveil plans for a 32/64-bit hybrid chip codenamed "Yamhill", mirroring...

• February 06, 2004 06 Feb'04

  Mobile phone sales strong in 2004, says Gartner

  The worldwide mobile handset market continues to beat expectations and could exceed 510 million units in 2003, according to...

• February 06, 2004 06 Feb'04

  Samsung develops satellite TV-receiving mobile phone ahead of broadcast service launch

  Samsung is planning a mobile telephone that can receive multimedia programming broadcasts via satellite.

• February 06, 2004 06 Feb'04

  Gateway launches services through resellers

  Gateway's latest programme to sell services through its network of resellers aims to address the needs of its business customers...

• February 05, 2004 05 Feb'04

  MS releases public Windows XP beta for Athlon 64

  Microsoft has made a beta version of Windows XP available to the public which runs on desktops or workstations using Advanced...

• February 04, 2004 04 Feb'04

  Seagate launches latest hard drive for server and storage consolidation

  Seagate Technology will launch its Small Form Factor (SFF) hard drive aimed at server and storage consolidation.

• February 04, 2004 04 Feb'04

  IBM launches Thinkpad X40 in US

  IBM is to bring the ThinkPad X40 notebook to US customers next week.

• February 03, 2004 03 Feb'04

  Industry group updates digital media spec

  Industry group the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) has launched version 2.0 of its Digital Rights Management (DRM) specification to...

• February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04

  Gateway to acquire eMachines

  Gateway will acquire eMachines for about $200m (£110m) to bolster its shrinking PC revenue while it pursues the consumer...

• February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04

  Intel to preview 64-bit processor to rival Opteron

  Intel is to demonstrate a processor with 64-bit extensions during the upcoming Intel Developer Forum, confirming speculation that...

• February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04

  Raytheon/Nasa San backs up Mars data

  A storage area network developed by Nasa in conjunction with Raytheon is collecting data sent back from the Spirit and...

• February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04

  Intel's Prescott first in 90-nanometer race

  Intel has released four processors based on its 90-nanometer Prescott core, the first major revision to its Pentium 4 processor...

• January 30, 2004 30 Jan'04

  Gates holds to line on public sector pricing

  "This is the decade when IT will change the productivity of the economy," said Bill Gates in London last week, when he met...

• January 29, 2004 29 Jan'04

  Corporate spending pushes server shipments up

  Increased corporate spending and seasonal growth pushed worldwide shipments of server computers to 1.6 million in the final...

• January 29, 2004 29 Jan'04

  IBM takes steps towards on-demand vision

  IBM has rolled out an IT service which helps corporate users remotely automate and manage datacentres made up of a patchwork of...

• January 28, 2004 28 Jan'04

  Microsoft ISA Server 2004 released as public beta

  Microsoft has released a public beta version of its Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004.

• January 28, 2004 28 Jan'04

  IBM Lotus customers remain wary of Workplace

  IBM Lotus users have cautiously welcomed the first Workplace products unveiled at the Lotusphere show in Florida.

• January 28, 2004 28 Jan'04

  Sun prepares second version of Java desktop

  Sun Microsystems is to release the second version of its Java Desktop System, featuring new tools for centralised management of...

• January 28, 2004 28 Jan'04

  WTO investigates South Korean claims of unfair trade barriers

  South Korea's claims that the US and the European Union imposed unfair trade barriers on sales of Korean memory chips are to be...

• January 28, 2004 28 Jan'04

  Handheld shipments fall in 2003

  Worldwide shipments of handheld devices for 2003 were about two million units shy of the shipment total posted in 2002 as users...

• January 28, 2004 28 Jan'04

  Leicester City builds strong e-mail defence

  Premiership club Leicester City struggled to maintain secure network management practices until it discovered e-mail security...

• January 27, 2004 27 Jan'04

  Atheros creates single-chip 802.11g product

  Atheros Communications is to release a single-chip 802.11g product in the second quarter claimed to reduce the cost of placing...

• January 27, 2004 27 Jan'04

  Microsoft launches search toolbar

  Microsoft's MSN Internet division has developed a search toolbar that users can add to their web browsers via a free download.

• January 27, 2004 27 Jan'04

  Westcon boosts broadband wireless offering

  Datatec’s Westcon Group, a global channel provider of networking technology products, has expanded its wireless portfolio...

• January 27, 2004 27 Jan'04

  Intel outlines broadband wireless vision

  Broadband wireless technologies will help bring the next five billion users to the internet, claimed an Intel executive at the...

• January 26, 2004 26 Jan'04

  Computer Associates unveils latest version of ARCserve Backup

  Computer Associates International is releasing the latest version of its Brightstor ARCserv Backup software, which aims to speed...

• January 26, 2004 26 Jan'04

  Kyocera recalls explosive mobile phone batteries

  Kyocera Wireless is recalling mobile phone batteries used in one of its smartphones after discovering the batteries can explode.

• January 26, 2004 26 Jan'04

  Move RealNetworks antitrust suit to Washington state, says Microsoft

  Microsoft has asked a judge to move an antitrust suit filed by RealNetworks from California to Washington state, where both...

• January 23, 2004 23 Jan'04

  AMD develops hardware fix to target major XP security risk

  AMD is developing technology in the next generation of x86-compatible microprocessors to combat one of the largest security...

• January 23, 2004 23 Jan'04

  Enterprise users targeted for desktop Linux

  Corporate IT directors were the prime targets of suppliers at the LinuxWorld conference in New York last week.

• January 23, 2004 23 Jan'04

  TCO not SCO will decide fate of users' Linux deployment plans

  Users seek to rely on indemnities to protect them from SCO pressure as suppliers press the case for Linux on the desktop

• January 22, 2004 22 Jan'04

  Dell fixes smoking PowerEdge servers

  Dell is warning users of its PowerEdge 1650 servers of a defect that could cause the systems to overheat, emit smoke and shut...

• January 22, 2004 22 Jan'04

  EMEA sales boost PC shipments

  The surge in PC shipments in the fourth-quarter of 2003 has highlighted the importance of sales in Europe, the Middle East and...

• January 22, 2004 22 Jan'04

  Toshiba squeezes more chips into standard package

  Toshiba has developed new chip production technology which increases the number of layers of components that can be crammed...

• January 21, 2004 21 Jan'04

  SuSE and IBM gain higher security ceritification

  SuSE Linux and IBM say they have achieved a more rigorous security certification for Linux operating system software running on...

• January 21, 2004 21 Jan'04

  Texas mobile phone chipset moves closer to Edge

  Texas Instruments has announced its first chipset for Edge (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution) networks, a stepping stone on...

• January 21, 2004 21 Jan'04

  Sun acquires Nauticus to boost its blade servers

  Sun Microsystems will acquire Nauticus Networks, a maker of content switches for the datacentre, in a move aimed at boosting its...

• January 21, 2004 21 Jan'04

  AMD revenue growth pushes company back into profitability

  Advanced Micro Devices has reported strong revenue growth bringing the company back to profitability in the fourth quarter.

• January 20, 2004 20 Jan'04

  Infineon remains profitable despite drop in sales

  Infineon Technologies reported first-quarter revenue of €1.6bn, up 13% year-on-year but down 8% compared with the previous...

• January 19, 2004 19 Jan'04

  MyTravel IT issues contribute to losses

  The failure of holiday company MyTravel to align its business processes to new IT systems contributed to a record £911m pre-tax...

• January 19, 2004 19 Jan'04

  California start-up claims fuel cell breakthrough

  A California start-up company has claimed that its direct methanol fuel cell membrane will make the cells - envisaged as a future...

• January 19, 2004 19 Jan'04

  Intel still lags in Wi-Fi race despite chip launch

  Intel introduced the third version of its Centrino Wi-Fi chip set last week, but it still runs at least a generation behind...

• January 16, 2004 16 Jan'04

  Nokia plans US launch of Edge phone

  Nokia will deliver of its first smart phone in the US in the second quarter of this year.

• January 16, 2004 16 Jan'04

  Intel delays Dothan chip launch

  Notebook buyers will have to wait until the second quarter for Dothan, Intel's 90-nanometer version of its Pentium M chip.

• January 16, 2004 16 Jan'04

  Intel's fourth-quarter revenue hits $8.74bn

  Intel's fourth-quarter revenue hits a record high of $8.74bn, slightly more than the previous record for the third quarter of...

• January 16, 2004 16 Jan'04

  Forward planning boosts IBM's quarterly income

  IBM has reported net income of $2.7bn for its 2003 fourth quarter, up from $1bn for the same period in 2002.

• January 16, 2004 16 Jan'04

  Sun's McNealy upbeat despite net loss of $125m

  Sun Microsystems has reported a net loss of $125m for the second quarter of its 2004 financial year.

• January 15, 2004 15 Jan'04

  Resource guide to disk-based backup

• January 15, 2004 15 Jan'04

  Dell Axim X3 PDA armed with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi

  Dell's Axim X3 personal digital assistant has both a Bluetooth and an 802.11b chip.

• January 15, 2004 15 Jan'04

  iPod sales drive strong quarter for Apple

  Apple Computer has posted revenue $2bn for its first quarter of 2004, its highest quarterly revenue in four years.

• January 14, 2004 14 Jan'04

  Microsoft releases 32-bit Itanium software

  Intel and Microsoft have released software designed to improve the performance of Windows applications designed for 32-bit...

• January 14, 2004 14 Jan'04

  IBM to resell Infiniband switch

  IBM has signed a five-year agreement to resell an InfiniBand switch as a high-speed I/O interconnect for its servers and storage.

• January 14, 2004 14 Jan'04

  Matshushita ploughs £653m into chip facility

  Matsushita is investing ¥130bn (£653m) to build a semiconductor facility to make chips for DVDs, digital TVs, mobile...

• January 14, 2004 14 Jan'04

  Orange first to offer Europe push-to-talk service

  Orange is poised to become the first mobile operator in Europe to offer a commercial push-to-talk service similar to the...

• January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04

  Dell releases Latitude D505 notebook

  Dell has rolled out the Latitude D505, the latest edition to its line of laptops designed for mobile business users.

• January 12, 2004 12 Jan'04

  More vulnerabilities found in Linux kernel

  Linux distributors Red Hat and Guardian Digital and open source developers rushed out a new version of the Linux kernel last...

• January 12, 2004 12 Jan'04

  Disc failure cripples cashpoints

  Halifax customers were unable to use cash machines last week following a disc failure on one of the bank's servers.

• January 12, 2004 12 Jan'04

  SGI takes Altix Itanium server to midrange

  Silicon Graphics is to ship a smaller member of its Altix family of technical computing servers, called the Altix 350.