Talk about full (well, almost-full) disclosure: As it promised in its 2007 Global Corporate Citizenship Report, tech giant Hewlett-Packard is reporting carbon emissions data not just for its own operations for those of its largest suppliers. The data represents about 80 percent of the company’s “first-tier manufacturing expenditures.” (Whatever…
Top 10: Google and Oracle boldly go to new markets
Sep 29, 2008 in
Hardware
Google entered the mobile phone market this week when T-Mobile rolled out the first handset running the search engine's Android mobile operating system. Oracle also ventured into new territory by announcing that it will sell a hardware product — a database server the company developed with Hewlett-Packard. IBM threatened to leave the standards bodies that determine software interoperability regulations over concerns that the standardization process is unfair. And Microsoft is still searching for a search strategy to compete with Google.
Toshiba Unveils 256 GB Drives For ‘Netbooks’
Sep 29, 2008 in
Hardware
The new category of mini-notebooks was popularized this year by the computers makers including Dell and Hewlett-Packard.
Panasonic is looking to upgrade its line of Toughbook notebooks to encompass several new laptops, including a new ultraportable PC and a tablet all based on new Intel processors. While not as prominent as HP, Dell or Lenovo, Panasonic has been trying to position its Toughbook notebooks as an alternative laptop for everyday business use as well as for vertical markets such as government and health care.
- Panasonic is updating its line of Toughbook notebooks to include a new ultraportable laptop and tablet that will feature some of the latest Intel processors, including a low-volt model.
While not entrenched in the enterprise like Hewlett-Packard, Dell or Lenovo, Panasonic is trying to expand its ru…
It’s still good to be green, whether it’s accidental or not
Sep 28, 2008 in
Hardware
One of the IT services companies that closely partners with IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems, released an interesting survey earlier this week that confirms what I’ve believed for some time: IT managers don’t really care about being green in the environmental sense as much as they care about saving money….
Cheap yet capable Vista PCs
Sep 26, 2008 in
Desktops
Cheap yet capable Vista PCs from Dell, eMachines, and Hewlett-Packard
Ellison pitches high-speed data warehouse server
Sep 25, 2008 in
Hardware
Oracle saved the biggest news for last at its OpenWorld conference in San Francisco. CEO Larry Ellison took the stage Wednesday afternoon to announce two hardware products developed with Hewlett-Packard that are designed to provide very high performance for data warehousing applications.
