Monday, April 23, 2012
How clustered workstations kept Scorsese happy With clusters of workstations and a rendering cloud, animators in the U.S., Europe and Asia could all work on a shot for the notoriously demanding director's animated masterpiece Hugo while Marty slept peacefully. WITH VIDEO
Monday, April 23, 2012
Dell redesigns Precision workstation line The company takes the wraps off a line three years in the making. Plus, what differentiates Dell's workstations from HP's
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
HP fits all-in-ones into tight spaces Hewlett-Packard's new all-in-one computers are workstation calibre, not PC class, execs say at the company's worldwide partner conference
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
IBM rolls out raft of Power servers IBM Corp. Tuesday rolled out a raft of new servers based on its Power5+ processors, including a new server with a Power5+ chip running at 2.2GHz and several new machines based on its quad-core module (QCM) technology that allows four Power5+ 1.5GHz cores to plug into a single socket. 
Thursday, July 07, 2005
Wireless mesh works wonders for Royal Ottawa hospital The Royal Ottawa Hospital will be the first in Canada to deploy a wireless mesh network for telemedicine, accessible from all hospital facilities and grounds, when it opens to patients in December 2006. The Nortel Mobility solution will debut at the hospital's mental health centre and research institute for use by more than 1,000 doctors, researchers and hospital staff to improve efficiency and productivity, and enhance the quality of care delivered. 
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Quick login makes for better patient care Bill Henry, CIO for St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, logs on to the insitution's Clinical Workstation system. The setup allows workers to more easily get to their tools.
Sunday, August 29, 2004
New Orion workstation puts cluster in a box A new company thinks it has the answer to the complaints of scientists and engineers looking for high-performance computing (HPC) on the desktop. The Orion Cluster Workstation packs the power of a PC cluster into a desktop-size package using low-power chips and an innovative motherboard design.
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
HP to manage IT for Finnish energy giant Finnish energy giant Fortum Corp. has signed a five-year agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) to manage its IT infrastructure and support about 10,000 users across Europe. 
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
HP updates Unix workstation Nothing hurts the ears of a user like the droning buzz of a Unix workstation. With that in mind, Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday announced its newest unit, the c8000, which has been designed to run quietly, among other improvements.
Monday, October 27, 2003
Red Hat pins enterprise hopes on Ingram Micro Red Hat Inc. is expecting to get greater penetration into the Australian enterprise market thanks to a distribution agreement struck with market heavyweight Ingram Micro Inc.
Monday, March 10, 2003
Xeon zooms over 3GHz Intel Corp. announced Monday it has made available its Intel Xeon processors for dual processor servers and workstations with speeds exceeding 3GHz.
Thursday, February 20, 2003
New software helps manage the call centre The phones and e-mail aren’t ablaze yet, but for a Toronto-based not-for-profit company, the expectation is that the lines will heat up in its call centre, and when the moment arrives, it has prepared itself with a software offering from Computer Talk Technologies (CTT) Inc.
Sunday, February 16, 2003
Possible password flaw discovered in Windows XP A security flaw recently revealed in Microsoft Corp.’s Windows XP could enable unauthorized users to access password-protected PCs.
Thursday, February 06, 2003
Letting others manage your call centre The phones and e-mail aren¡¦t ablaze yet, but for a Toronto-based not-for-profit company, the expectation is that the lines will heat up, and when the moment arrives, it has prepared its call centre with software from Computer Talk Technologies (CTT) Inc.
Thursday, November 28, 2002
Pentium 4 uses hyperthreading Intel Corp. launched its latest Pentium 4 desktop processor in November,
the first P4 to break the 3GHz speed barrier.
Wednesday, November 13, 2002
Intel headlines ‘hyperthreading’ Pentium 4 Intel Corp. launched its latest Pentium 4 desktop processor Thursday, the first P4 to break the 3GHz speed barrier.
Tuesday, September 24, 2002
Vulnerabilities uncovered in Cisco VPN client software New vulnerabilties discovered in the Cisco Virtual Private Network (VPN) 5000 Client software could allow an attacker to gain root access to a local workstation running the VPN client software or to capture password information used by the client, according to statements released by security company Ubizen NV and by Cisco Systems Inc. last week.
Thursday, September 19, 2002
Vulnerabilities uncovered in Cisco VPN client software New vulnerabilities discovered in the Cisco Virtual Private Network (VPN) 5000 Client software could allow an attacker to gain root access to a local workstation running the VPN client software or to capture password information used by the client, according to statements released by security company Ubizen NV and by Cisco Systems, Inc. Thursday.
Monday, November 05, 2001
Dataquest: Dell tops slumping workstation sales Worldwide sales of workstations were down 17 per cent in the third quarter of 2001, but Dell Computer Corp. and IBM Corp. bucked the trend, according to research and consulting firm Dataquest Inc., a division of Gartner Inc.
Thursday, July 26, 2001
Engineers should be able to explain how networks work During a recent period of severance, I interviewed for a variety of positions, one of which was for a network architect/engineer. Being more of a manager than an engineer, I didn't expect much out of the interview, but I went anyway.
Monday, July 09, 2001
Microsoft antitrust ruling may open options The recent U.S. Court of Appeals decision in the Microsoft Corp. antitrust case could ultimately give corporate end users the ability to pick and choose among some Windows applications that the company plans to integrate with future versions of the operating system, say some legal and industry analysts.
Thursday, May 31, 2001
They are not computers, they are Evo Compaq is trying to explore the theme of convergence with its latest hardware offerings. The company’s new line of products — called Evo — will replace some older brand names with in the next 12 months.
Tuesday, May 29, 2001
Intel aims high with Itanium server chip Intel Corp. pulled back the curtain Tuesday on its long-awaited Itanium processor, promising a new wave of competition in the server and workstation markets which eventually could result in lower prices and more choices for end users.
Tuesday, May 22, 2001
Intel rolls out Xeon chips with NetBurst Intel Corp. rolled out on Monday its first post-Pentium III Xeon chips. The dual-processor chips, simply called Xeon processors, now ship with Intel's NetBurst architecture, which originally debuted in Intel's Pentium 4 chip, according to Intel officials.
Thursday, April 19, 2001
Symantec eases desktop management Symantec Corp. has introduced an upgraded management package designed to reduce time spent manually administering to end users’ desktops.