Ashlee Vance

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) is set to release a new line of powerful blade servers in about two months that will be among the first to use Intel Corp.'s speedy Xeon processors.

PC sales declined for the fifth quarter in a row, dashing hopes for a speedy recovery in computer sales, according to data published Thursday by two research companies.

Hewlett-Packard Co. has picked storage vendor Quantum Corp. as the supplier for its high-end automated tape libraries, ending a relationship with Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek).

PC sales declined for the fifth quarter in a row, dashing hopes for a speedy recovery in computer sales, according to data published Thursday by two research companies.

IBM Corp. will release two new versions of its high-end storage system, code-named Shark, in August, making significant upgrades to the overall performance and capacity of the system, the company said Monday. The move will place it head-to-head with rival Hitachi Data Systems Corp. (HDS), according to an industry analyst.

Aiming at medium-sized businesses looking for some relatively low-cost hardware in which to store their data, IBM Corp. in August plans to start shipping a networked storage appliance that offers close to half a terabyte of storage, the company said Wednesday.

IBM Corp. is rethinking its product strategy for an emerging storage protocol known as iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface). It has halted development of an iSCSI storage appliance released last year, two industry sources said, and is preparing systems that should better address the needs of customers.

Intel Corp. is scrapping its Web hosting business after less than three years of operation and will take a US$100 million charge in its second fiscal quarter as a result of the move, the company announced Tuesday.