Ashlee Vance

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Sybase and PeopleSoft team up, target China

Sybase Inc. and PeopleSoft Inc. Tuesday announced a partnership that forges closer ties between the two software makers

Sun could double processor count in servers

Sun Microsystems Inc. is likely to unveil new processors as early as next year that would allow customers essentially to double the number of processors in their existing systems without incurring any downtime.

IBM doubles up Unix clusters

IBM Corp. has doubled the size of a pre-certified cluster of Unix servers that it offers users to help them save space and cut down on management costs, the company announced Friday.

Sun speeds up storage drives

Sun Microsystems Inc. bulked up the capacity and improved the performance Wednesday of disk drives used in its midrange storage systems

IBM to sell and support VMware software

IBM Corp. has deepened its commitment to providing partitioning tools for its Intel Corp.-based servers, announcing a deal Monday to sell directly and support server partitioning software from VMware Inc.

Solaris for Intel to return

Sun Microsystems Inc. has a busy week planned for the LinuxWorld conference next month.

Shuttle computer runs cool and quiet

Shuttle Inc. released its latest "bare-bone" computer Wednesday, showing a system that packs all of the functions of a full-fledged PC in a case about the size of a large shoe box.

HP puts Dell printer deal on ice

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) has stopped selling its printing and digital imaging products to Dell Computer Corp., as the two companies jockey for position in a move one analyst likened to "marital jealousy" played out through largely symbolic, though still irksome, behavior.

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