H.P. Explains Its Computing Shotgun
Hewlett-Packard has prided itself on the cost advantages it gets from running the biggest supply systems in tech. From the way top executives are talking though, that supply chain is about creating...
View ArticleThe New Economics Behind the Oracle-Dell Partnership
This week's announcement of a partnership between Oracle and Dell had some analysts talking about "competition" between the two computer server companies. In fact, there is little overlap and much to...
View ArticleOracle and Salesforce: a Data-Sharing Deal
Two of the fiercest competitors in enterprise software will allow data sharing between their products. It is another sign of how much cloud computing is changing the tech world, and what businesses...
View ArticleIn Fighting for His Company, Dell Aims to Reclaim Legacy as Founder
Michael S. Dell wants to take his company private and retool it without quarterly earnings pressure. After Dell Inc. missed the shift to mobile, he has his work cut out for him.
View ArticleDaily Report: Dell Delays Vote on Sale to Founder
Dell has bought itself six more days to win backing for its proposed $24.4 billion sale to its founder, but the fight for additional support remains tough.
View ArticleDaily Report: Profit Tumbles at Dell as PC Sales Slow
Dell, once a major player in the PC market, missed the industrywide shift toward smartphones and tablets, and the company’s financial on Thursday reflected that mistake, Brian X. Chen reports.
View ArticleThe ‘Other’ Server Makers Are Gaining Ground
Two research reports had troubling news for well-known makers of computer servers: The lesser-known Chinese and Taiwanese manufacturers are shipping enormous volumes, probably to cloud-computing...
View ArticlePC Shipments: It Could Have Been Worse (and Probably Will Be)
The third quarter was another tough one for personal computers on a global basis, though less than in the recent past. That doesn't mean analysts think PCs are about to make a big comeback; the way we...
View ArticleFor PC Makers, the Good News on 2013 Is That It Is Over
Last year was the first in which personal computer shipments fell at a double-digit percentage rate, according to two leading market-research companies.
View ArticleDell Moves Toward Cheap Networking
The lower costs of open-source operating systems and nonspecialized semiconductors destroyed the old computer server business and made cloud computing possible. Now Dell, which felt the pain of that,...
View ArticleCompanies Back Initiative to Support OpenSSL and Other Open-Source Projects
The Heartlbleed bug that weakened the security of millions of web servers and Internet-connected devices also exposed a flaw in open-source software maintenance that many have promised to fix.
View ArticlePersonal Computing’s Big Three Get a Little Bigger
Latest numbers from Gartner and IDC show somewhat better than expected PC shipments in the second quarter. More interesting, however, is the domination of the market by Lenovo, H.P. and Dell.
View ArticleHackers Target Video Games for Fun, Profit and Better Scores
Sophisticated hackers are infiltrating video game makers not only to steal credit card numbers, passwords and trade secrets, but also, it turns out, simply for the virtual street cred.
View ArticleDecline in PC Sales Starts to Slow; Largest Makers See Growth
Analysts say that the PC business is shrinking less slowly than in the last couple of years. It may even be poised for a period of moderate growth, at least for the large companies. Smaller ones may be...
View ArticleComing of Age in Cloud Computing
Cloud computing, particularly in the big rental businesses of Microsoft and Amazon, has been criticized as undependable and tough to manage. A number of recent announcements suggest that some companies...
View ArticleTech Companies Line Up Behind ‘Containers’ and the Cloud
So-called software containers got backing from companies including Cisco Systems and Google, while another group of companies detailed plans to automate certain aspects of cloud computing.
View ArticleGoogle Unveils New Chrome Operating System for Business Customers
Google and Dell show off the next version of Chromebooks. They look nice, but what really matters is changes in the back end to get older applications online.
View ArticleDaily Report: Google Stays in the News with Chromebooks and Antitrust Issues
Google unveiled a new version of its Chrome operating system, along with Chromebook computing devices made by Dell. It's been busy week for the company that's reinventing itself as Alphabet while...
View ArticleDell Agrees to Sell Microsoft’s Surface Tablet
The usual deal is a bit like Niketown agreeing to sell Adidas sneakers. "This is unique," Kirk Schell, vice president of Dell Commercial Client Solutions, said in an interview. "We don’t do this with...
View ArticleDaily Report: A Potential Deal Between Dell and EMC
Dell is said to be in advanced talks to buy EMC.
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