Ashlee Vance

Intel Corp. revealed new details on both its Xeon and Itanium server processors on Tuesday at its Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Jose, as the company continues its quest to unseat IBM Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. from their positions atop the high-end server market.

IBM Corp. has bolstered the midrange of its storage hardware line with the release of two new products that aim to improve on the speed and features of previous systems, the company announced Monday.

IBM Corp. will continue to build out its blade server line throughout the course of this year, adding faster processors to current systems and delivering a new design that packs more computing power in a smaller space.

Microsoft Corp. issued two security advisories Wednesday, pointing to a "critical" flaw in its Internet Explorer browser and a second, less severe problem with its Windows XP operating system.

Veritas Software Corp. is expected to release Backup Exec 9.0 next week, a new version of a venerable and profitable product in the software maker's lineup, industry sources report.

Intel Corp. disclosed an updated road map for its Itanium 2 processor line on Thursday, detailing work on future versions of the fledgling chip that should help keep the pressure on rivals Sun Microsystems Inc. and IBM Corp., according to an industry analyst.

Sun Microsystems Inc. appears to be readying a new 12-processor server that will bring some of the high-end features found in its more expensive systems down to its lower cost line of products.

Sun Microsystems Inc. unveiled two sets of technology for its high-end servers last month in an attempt to give customers more choices for improving their data centres.