Recent Articles
-
Power.org Member Rapport, IBM Unveil Low-Power Cell Processor
Chip maker Rapport Technologies and IBM have developed the Kilocore1025, a new breed of cell processor technology both companies claim will bring disruptive technologies to the low-power computing market. The Kilcore 1025, will feature 1024 eight-bit processing elements together with a PowerPCTM core on a single, low-cost chip, allowing customers to put hundreds or thousands…
-
IBM Finance to Make $3.4B Available in ’06
IBM Global Financing, the IT giant’s leasing and lending arm, expects a streamlined process and favorable market trends to drive a busy lending year. IGF (IBM Global Financing) expects to deliver $3.4 billion in loans in 2006 to customers working through partners on IT projects, up 26 percent from $2.7 billion in 2005 and 41…
-
HP Sweetens PartnerOne to Boost Sales
Hewlett-Packard is driving partners to grow their HP business with PartnerONE program revisions including a new, quarterly rebate, upfront Market Development Funds and membership level changes designed to encourage VARs to sell across the HP portfolio. HP is placing more significance on “attach”—more HP product in the solution—emphasizing annual revenue for its PartnerONE membership levels…
-
Intel Promotes Interchangeable Notebook Components
Intel is promoting an initiative to make mobile PC components commonly interchangeable as a way to reduce user complaints and increase adoption. The chip maker’s Interchangeability Initiative, by promoting the use of common building blocks in notebook and mobile PC units similar to standards applied by desktop manufacturers, aims to reduce downtime and make mobile…
-
Office Delayed: Can Microsoft Make the Trains Run on Time?
Windows hasn’t cornered the market on Microsoft date slips. While the Windows Vista launch delay made big headlines this week, the Office 2007 one did not. On March 23—in the midst of the hubbub over Microsoft’s reorganization of its Platforms & Systems division—Microsoft officials acknowledged that Office 2007 is now going to launch in 2007,…
