Intel will collaborate with BEA to develop the WebLogic application server software on Intel processors, including the new 64bit Itanium chip. While most development work for BEA applications is undertaken on Intel platforms, most implementations...
Some mainstream software has been optimised for Itanium II from vendors such as BEA, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Red Hat, SAP and SAS. Intel has denied it is disappointed with sales of its 64-bit Itanium II product, despite sluggish demand for the...
Sun is also working to boost software support for the version of Solaris that runs on "x86" chips, such Intel's Xeon or AMD's Opteron. Wal-Mart Stores, the world's largest retailer, has begun selling Microtel PCs that come with Sun Microsystems...
A closer competitor is IBM's x460 server, which can be expanded by adding new four-processor modules up to a total of 32 Xeon chips. However, among those selling servers using x86 processors such as Intel's Xeon, Unisys ranked eighth in market...
The eSys PCs come with 256MB of RAM, a 2.4GHz Intel Celeron processor and a 40GB hard disk, and will be sold in Asda's 271 stores for £279 from 25 August. The quest for growth is forcing vendors to test the limits of PC price elasticity," said...
The government had pledged to offer patients the e-booking service by 1 January 2006 but NHS chief executive Sir Nigel Crisp told MPs at a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing this week that while patients will still be able to choose which...