Hardware
Oracle Unveils New SPARC Servers, Roadmap
[December 3, 2010] Database giant showcases SPARC-based Exalogic Elastic Cloud and SPARC Supercluster, accompanied by a product roadmap for future development.
Say What? Top Five IT Quotes of the Week
[December 3, 2010] The iPhone as the primary computing device at work, a once-in-a-generation technology breakthrough at SAP, do-not-track rules for online advertisers and more.

Server Hardware Revenue Surges: Report
[December 2, 2010] The latest IDC figures show a third consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth in server revenue. Who made IDC's top five list?

Microsoft Looks to Advance Display Interface
[November 30, 2010] The software giant files a patent on a kind of "shape-shifting" technology for displays.

iPad Impacts PC Sales: Gartner
[November 29, 2010] The research firm says growing interest in Apple's iPad and other "media tablets" led it to forecast slower growth in PC shipments.

HP Tops Q4 Earnings Projections
[November 22, 2010] Computing giant tops Wall Street's expectations as it turns in its first balance sheet under the tenure of newly minted CEO Leo Apotheker.

Dell Posts Q3 Profits Ahead of Expectations
[November 18, 2010] Overall sales fell short, but Wall Street seems more concerned with the computing giant's earnings, which were enough to handily top analysts' forecast.

Dell Revamps Printer Lineup
[November 16, 2010] Monochrome and color models have workgroup and small-to-medium size business appeal.

Facebook Building N.C. Data Center
[November 12, 2010] Social networking firm looks to bring its IT infrastructure in-house as rapid growth continues. Meanwhile, rivalry with Google comes into sharp focus over open data.

Oracle Ops Center Aims for Hardware Efficiency
[November 9, 2010] Oracle is continuing its efforts to integrate its systems with those it acquired from Sun Microsystems, rolling out a new version of its Ops Center billed around cutting costs and easing the migration to the cloud.

Is Microsoft's Kinect a Breakthrough UI?
[November 4, 2010] With the launch of Microsoft's Kinect controller for Xbox 360, the era of "natural user interfaces" may be beginning.

Google's Chrome-Powered Netbook Almost Here?
[November 3, 2010] A Google-branded notebook may debut later this month with at least two other vendors following suit with models of their own in December.

Microsoft Buys 3D Chip Maker
[November 1, 2010] Microsoft ponies up for 3D technology and buys Canesta.

HP Debuts Slate 500 Tablet for Enterprise
[October 22, 2010] Computing heavyweight HP has formally entered the red-hot tablet market, unveiling its long-awaited Slate 500, a device geared for business customers.

Say What? The Week's Top Five IT Quotes
[October 21, 2010] Social Web opportunities, President Obama in praise of geeks, a blast from Steve Jobs' past and more.

MacBook Air Steals Apple's Big Show
[October 20, 2010] The new iLive consumer suite and preview of Mac OS X "Lion" were mere warm-ups to the sleek, new MacBook Air models.

IT Spending to Hit $2.5 Trillion in 2011: Gartner
[October 20, 2010] Research firm Gartner is out with a cautious forecast for global IT spending, projecting that budgets will inch up 3.1 percent next year, reaching $2.5 trillion.

Intel to Drop $8B on Oregon, Arizona Plants
[October 20, 2010] Chip-making giant commits to spending as much as $8 billion over the next several years to build a new development fabrication plant in Oregon and upgrade existing plants in that state and Arizona.

Tablet Sales to Hit 19.5 Million in 2010: Gartner
[October 18, 2010] Market research firm Gartner is projecting brisk sales for the emerging segment of media tablets, led by Apple's iPad, though it acknowledges that enterprise adoption will be gradual.

IT Buyer's Intent Is Looking Good: IDC
[October 12, 2010] Research firm says its measure of IT buyer's intent to purchase new hardware, software and services is well ahead of a year ago.

Linux Set to Eat Into Windows Server Share?
[October 12, 2010] Linux Foundation survey shows enterprise users plan to add more Linux servers over the next year.

Data Center Power Bills Sap IT Budgets: Gartner
[October 4, 2010] Research firm Gartner highlights rising costs of data center energy consumption, advising enterprises to take a systematic approach to measuring and containing expenses.

Microsoft Windows 7 Tablets on Hold Until 2011
[October 1, 2010] Microsoft has made tablet computers, or slates, as it prefers to call them, a chief development priority, but the new crop of devices running Windows 7 isn't likely to hit the market until the middle of next year, according to a financial analyst.

RIM Unveils PlayBook Tablet
[September 27, 2010] Smartphone maker takes the wraps off of its long-awaited entry into the tablet market, billing the new PlayBook device as "enterprise-ready" and a natural next step for current BlackBerry users.

Target Scores the iPad
[September 24, 2010] Apple's hot-selling iPad will be available in Target stores starting October 3. Will that lead to more users looking to IT to support the tablet in the enterprise?