February 2010 Strong financial results from Internet infrastructure equipment maker Cisco Systems are a good sign that the economic recovery is under way. The company on Wednesday reported that profits for its second fiscal quarter, which ended January 23, were up 23 percent compared to a year ago. The company reported profits of $1.9 billion, […]
January 2010 Oracle recently announced it completed its acquisition of Sun Microsystems in a deal valued at more than $7 billion, a move that transforms the database and business-software giant into a hardware company as well. Redwood Shores, Calif.-based Oracle has acquired several large companies in its drive to out-consolidate rivals in the business computing […]
February 7, 2010 IBM on Monday is launching its long-anticipated Power7 processor and systems based on the chip. IBM Power7 chip The processor is a big step for IBM, integrating eight processing cores–four times the number of cores in the prior-generation Power6–in one chip package, with each core capable of executing four tasks–called “threads”–turning an […]
