Tom Krazit

Intel Corp. is working with Itanium 2 server vendors on a bug that has surfaced in the McKinley version of its Itanium processor family, an Intel spokeswoman said Monday.

Almost a year to the day after it acquired Compaq Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) will consolidate several departments in its Enterprise Systems Group (ESG) into one new hardware unit, and create two other groups to focus on strategy and sales, the company said recently.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) bumped up the performance of its Athlon MP processor line Tuesday with additional cache, the company said in a statement.

Almost a year to the day after it acquired Compaq Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) will consolidate several departments in its Enterprise Systems Group (ESG) into one new hardware unit, and create two other groups to focus on strategy and sales, the company said Friday.

IBM Corp. is planning to announce its first Itanium 2 server this week, ending speculation about the strength of the company's commitment to Intel Corp.'s processor, according to sources familiar with IBM's plan.

Dell Computer Corp. publicly demonstrated an Itanium 2 server for the first time at Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Server 2003 launch event in San Francisco Thursday, and said it will release such a system later this year.

A blue postcard distributed by Dell Computer Corp. and Good Technology Inc. to journalists Wednesday offers a tantalizing hint at "an important news announcement" scheduled for next Tuesday. The prospect of Dell's fast-growing Axim handhelds married to Good Technology's wireless synchronization service could boost enterprise adoption for both products, analysts said.

Handheld shipments continued to decline in the first quarter, as poor consumer confidence and tight IT budgets take their toll on sales of PDAs (personal digital assistants), IDC said in a release Wednesday.