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PA-RISC and the freedom to choose

PA-RISC and the freedom to chooseHP and its approach to software[ Equally importantly, what support HP has provided for open source porting to HP-UX and Tru64 has produced a list of about 480 open source packages for HP-UX -virtually all of which are also available free of charge ...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, Processors, OPEN SOURCE, Digital Equipment Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Sun Microsystems Inc., HP-UX, Intel Itanium, HP PA-RISC, Linux, software, OpenOffice

Discussion threads 2006-03-06

PA-RISC and the freedom to choose

Back in the early to mid nineties HP's K series machines offered real value to customers: combining mid range performance with extraordinary reliability and good support to earn deep customer loyalty. Since then, of course, HP was first taken over by Wintel true believers who shut down the PA-RISC line...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP PA-RISC, HP-UX

Blog posts 2006-03-06

HP Superdome Hybrid Servers: Intel Itanium 2 and PA-RISC nPartition Mixing

HP Superdome servers based on the HP sx1000 chipset can support configurations with both PA-RISC nPartitions and Intel Itanium 2 nPartitions in the same server. This paper addresses the hardware, firmware, operating systems, and management tools required and supported for mixing PA-RISC nPartitions and Intel Itanium 2 nPartitions on Superdome...

Tags: HP Superdome, Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Itanium, Intel Itanium 2, HP PA-RISC, Intel Corp., Processors, Utility Computing, Servers, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

White papers 2006-01-01

Itanium: A cautionary tale

Itanium: A cautionary talepoor performance per dollarunfortunately everyone has a budget, for the price of a single itanium cpu (1.5Ghz = $1900) you can have a complete entry level dual-core system.History lessonSun became the number one UNIX vendor when they came out with SPARC. One thing they did was to...

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, EPIC architecture, Inhell, chip, Digital Equipment Corp., EPIC, Alpha, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP PA-RISC, Itanic, Intel Itanium

Discussion threads 2005-12-07

Itanium allies to pool development efforts

Itanium allies to pool development effortsThe Problem With Itanium . . .was that everyone kind of expected it to be the 64 bit motherload that the Xeon was to x386. Well, that hasn't materialized and with good reason. Sure 5,000 apps is a good start, but until M$...

Tags: Processors, 64-bit, Network technology, EPIC architecture, Intel Itanium, chip, HP PA-RISC

Discussion threads 2005-08-30

HP shifts last of Itanium work to Intel

HP shifts last of Itanium work to IntelPoor Itanium ....Opps, the 64-bit processor business isn't as easy as one might thought. It almost brought SUN to bankrupcy and so far only IBM seems to be able to pull it off. Ofcourse lowly AMD is still hanging out and it is...

Tags: Processors, Network technology, IBM POWER5, Intel Itanium, Hewlett-Packard Co., 64-bit, HP PA-RISC, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-12-15

Additional Resources

Mashups turn into an industry as offerings mature

There were a great many product announcements at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last month, but it was the number of announcements around Web-based mashups in particular that received a large share of attendee and media attention. By my count there were at least nine significant announcements in...

Tags: Web, Industry, Mashup, JackBe, Lotus Mashups, MashupHub, Mindtouch, Itasca, Serena, Mashup Exchange, SnapLogic, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2008-05-15

News to know: Comcast-Plaxo; Icahn-Yahoo; Linux; Microsoft

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly? Dennis Howlett: Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move Dan Farber: Comcast goes social with Plaxo acquisition Techmeme EIC podcast: HP-EDS; Google; SaaS Adrian...

Tags: Plaxo Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Comcast Corp., Workday, Microsoft Corp., Zoho, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Rootkits, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Hardware, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware

Blog posts 2008-05-15

EIC podcast: HP-EDS; Google; SaaS

On this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk about HP's purchase of EDS, Google's Friend Connect and the latest happenings in SaaS. First up, HP's big purchase of EDS has brought along a lot of Carly 2.0 analogies, but the argument doesn't hold up too...

Tags: Google Inc., Software-as-a-service, Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Podcasts, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-14

OK, Dell. Maybe your tech's greener, but what about green services?

Great timing on Dell's part. Wait until arch-rival or at least one of them Hewlett-Packard is busy chatting up the press about a minor (ha!) services acquisition, and then WAY up the ante when it comes to an energy-efficiency proclamation. Here's the thing: While other vendors, including...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Data Centers, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-05-14

HP partners with Desktone to advance virtualized desktops as a service

Desktone, the desktop as a service DaaS provider, has lined up a powerful ally in Hewlett-Packard HP, which has signed on as the first member of Desktone's partner program for desktop virtualization technology. Desktone announced HP's involvement at the same time it unveiled its service provider...

Tags: Desktop Virtualization, Hewlett-Packard Co., Environment, Service Provider, Desktone, Virtual-D Platform, Desktops, Hardware, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Dell: We're greener than HP

Dell said Wednesday that it is designing its laptops and desktops to consume up to 25 percent less energy by 2010 compared to today. Welcome to the latest in the "we're greener than you" game where green technology intersects with marketing-speak. Green IT is fashionable, but increasingly...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Power Management, Hewlett-Packard Co., Green Technology, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Dell Inspiron desktop now $300

Dell has cut the price of its budget Inspiron 530 by $140. The $300 configuration includes a 2.0GHz Pentium E2180 dual-core processor, 1GB of memory, a 320GB hard drive, Intel GMA 3100 graphics, and Windows XP. The deal is part of a Dell tax rebate marketing gambit...

Tags: Desktop, Hard Drive, Dell Computer Corp., Memory, Microsoft Windows Vista, Rebate, Graphics, Dell Inspiron, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-05-14

News to know: Zoho; HP; Windows 7; Patch day

Notable headlines: Dennis Howlett: Zoho's Googley login raises interesting questions Ed Bott: The key to Windows success? It's all about the drivers News.com: Facebook pulls ‘stalker list' tool after Gawker exposes it Mary Jo Foley: Gates emphasizes PC-phone...

Tags: Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Intense (and really thoughtful) ranting from the OLPC front

Ivan Krstić has made his way into this blog before. As OLPC's former director of security architecture and one closely involved with their Peru rollout, his posts offered great insights into just how the XO worked or was supposed to work on the backend. Now he,...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, Ivan Krstić, Nicholas, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-05-13

TopQuadrant welcomes Jena lead architect as Chief Product Architect

Established North American Semantic Web company TopQuadrant today announced that Jeremy Carroll is joining the company as Chief Product Architect. Whilst at HP Labs, Carroll was lead architect on the open source Jena toolkit that lies behind much of today's commercial and non-commercial work on the Semantic...

Tags: Toolkit, TopQuadrant, Semantic Web, Software Development, Internet, Software/Web Development, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-13

EDS internal memo on the HP purchase

EDS internal memo on the HP purchase"We are – and will remain – EDS."They'd better. It's not like laid-off EDS techs would push brooms for a living.

Tags: Electronic Data Systems Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2008-05-13

Will EDS deal make HP Microsoft's IBM?

Will EDS deal make HP Microsoft's IBM?DoubtfulAs I noted in my response to Paul Murphy, this looks a lot more like an HP that's run out of ideas and feels bound to play the serial acquisition game to disguise the fact, and maybe have some new cash cows ready for...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-13

HP to Acquire EDS ?

HP to Acquire EDS ?The fake Steve Jobs quote wasn't needed.He was wrong for all the usual good reasons. Best of all, the urge to bloviate loudly ideas from the conventional wisdom within his set.But you're right.The Compaq merger might be considered a success by those who consider layoffs...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Government, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., merger, Compaq Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-13

Why HP-EDS is a disaster in the making

As I've noted elsewhere HP's takeover of Compaq destroyed essentially all of HP's pre-takeover value and left the Compaq organization operating as HP. Now they've announced their intention of taking over EDS. On the good news side there won't be a culture clash in bringing these...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows, Manufacturing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, Operating Systems, Software, Investment, Finance, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-05-13