5th August 2005 Archive

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EMC crams Clariions full of high-end goodness

Major Flare up

EMC this week wrapped a few upgrades for the Clariion line of storage systems around a common theme - making midrange to low-end boxes stronger. Most notably, EMC will ship the Clariion CX300, CX500 and CX700 systems with UltraPoint hardware and software that permits "point-to-point" links between disk drives and storage …

PC Builder 5 Aug 2005, 09:00
AMD ships dual-core Opteron 165

Calling embedded-market customers

AMD has begun shipping dual-core Opteron 1xx series processors to the embedded market, the chip maker said yesterday. AMD has shipped dual-core Opteron 2xx and 8xx chips for two- and four-way servers, but has yet to offer a version of its Opteron 1xx family, aimed at uni-processor servers and workstations. Earlier this week, …

PC Builder 5 Aug 2005, 09:13
Intel 'not quitting' low-end desktop chipset biz

Re-prioritising manufacturing, apparently

Intel isn't abandoning the low-end desktop chipset market, merely adjusting its product mix, the chip giant claimed this week. Various spokesfolks cited by a number of websites all said the company was tweaking its manufacturing schedules to favour products for which there's currently strong demand. However, with wafer …

PC Builder 5 Aug 2005, 09:18
Six patches for MS August Patch Tuesday

In brief Beige alert

Microsoft plans to release six patches next Tuesday, 9 August. All of the patches involve Microsoft Windows and at least one is critical, according to minimalist details from an advance bulletin notification from Redmond issued Thursday. ® Related stories Three critical fixes in MS July security update Oracle taken to task …

Software & Security 5 Aug 2005, 10:26
NPfIT still failing to engage doctors

Haven't we been here before?

Yet another study of the UK Health Service's National Programme for IT has found that frontline staff, GPs, feel they have been left out of the planning and decision making processes. The study warns that the failure to engage with GPs has put the entire project at risk. The report, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ …

IT Channel 5 Aug 2005, 16:00
EDS wins £39m prisoner profile deal

Plus a potential £40m extra in services

Government favourite EDS has reportedly won a £39m contract with the National Offender Management Service to develop technology that will be able to track offenders as they pass through the criminal justice system. The so-called National Offender Management Information System (NOMIS), is the underlying technology that will join …

IT Channel 5 Aug 2005, 16:03
MPs demand Granville Technology probe

What went wrong at Tiny/Time firm?

MPs are queuing up to demand an inquiry into last month’s collapse of Granville Technology Group Ltd. Burnley-based Granville, which operated the Time, Tiny and Computer Shop brands, collapsed into administration just over a week ago, following months of losses. One and a half thousand workers immediately lost their jobs. …

PC Builder 5 Aug 2005, 16:32