Michael Singer

HP’s new CEO said he is looking forward to jumping underneath the hood at the computer and printer maker and getting his hands dirty. Mark Hurd, who was named to the post Tuesday, is being characterized as a blue-collar CEO, more interested in rolling up his sleeves to solve problems than appearing in front of […]

UPDATED: After a month of searching for a new leader, HP named Mark Hurd as its new president and CEO. Hurd, a veteran of National Cash Register (NCR) replaces the ousted Carly Fiorina. Fiorina was asked to leave in February after the board of directors disagreed with her strategic direction. Hurd will move into the […]

HP is looking to unify its connections between server and storage devices with standardized technologies, the company said. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer and printer maker said it is trying to differentiate itself from competitors like IBM, EMC and Sun through by unifying Smart Array serial controllers, storage enclosure (MSA), HP ProLiant servers, and with […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Two of the biggest forces in the IT industry called on developers to begin porting their applications to x86-based 64-bit architectures. Microsoft and Intel said hardware and software pieces are in place to convert the computing industry away from a 32-bit Wintel ecosystem to a world where all platforms, from servers and […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Intel CEO Craig Barrett may be leaving his post this year, but he won’t be going quietly. The outgoing executive used his time at his last Intel Developers Forum to lambaste the government’s adoption rate with broadband technologies, and blast its level of investment in both K-12 education and scientific R&D at […]

Companies that run PeopleSoft software are doing some serious soul-searching these days, according to a report due this week from Yankee Group. The IT analyst group found 46 percent of the 193 PeopleSoft customers (including JD Edwards users) surveyed are leaning toward swapping out their current software applications, with 31 percent remaining undecided. The report […]

Apple Computer said it will let developers get as close as they want to its next-generation Mac OS X, code-named Tiger, as part of its annual summer forum. The Macintosh-maker said it is scheduling more hands-on and expert-led coding sessions at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in early June so that members of its Apple […]

HP is prepping a new class of products it hopes will set Cisco Systems and other networking rivals on their ears. As part of its ProCurve family of products, HP announced its first ever ProCurve Secure Router 7000dl series and its Access Controller Module software ($5,499) for the ProCurve Switch 5300xl. Shipping on April 1, […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems will be releasing a separate version of its Solaris 10 operating system for military-grade networks later this year, executives said Thursday. John Loiacono, executive vice president of software at Sun, said the updated version would be based on the current build of its enterprise OS, which is a combination of […]

In a post-Fiorina world, HP said it wants to accelerate its strategy. What that strategy is, though, has not been exactly clear. Interim CEO Bob Wayman and new chairman Patricia Dunn said they would clarify that point after HP hires a full-time replacement for Carly Fiorina. Mark Stahlman, managing director of research at investment bank […]