Stories by Ashlee Vance

Despite a decline in new software licenses, Oracle showed an uptick in overall revenue for its third quarter as the company reported its latest financial results.

Larry Ellison, chairman and chief executive officer of Oracle, is backing a secretive storage company with US$100 million in funding.

Hardware giant Dell Computer has fleshed out its service offerings with a new program that gives small businesses a hand with building out their computer networks.

Dell Computer and IBM have released their long-awaited blade servers, joining HP and RLX Technologies as the major players to have adopted this new technology for keeping computing systems slim.

Microsoft has named three members of its anti-trust compliance committee, an initial step in complying with court-ordered sanctions designed to keep the software maker's behaviour in check.

Vendors selling server appliances not so long ago promised customers they could have a box up and running in 15 minutes. Well, for the vendors, their 15 minutes of fame are up.

Dell Computer has raised its third-quarter revenue forecast, citing stronger than expected server and storage system sales.

Hewlett-Packard has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against EMC, charging that its competitor uses HP's technology in both storage hardware and software products, the company announced on Monday.

Sun Microsystems has paid stock worth $US160 million to acquire storage hardware maker Pirus Networks, according to an industry analyst, who said the deal could signify the start of renewed investment and innovation in the storage business.

Hewlett-Packard next week will announce a new version of a key product in its storage software portfolio, adding support for other vendors' hardware as part of the software upgrade.

Sun Microsystems has speeded up two of its low-end servers, adding some of its latest processor technology to the systems.

Quantum is to lay off close to one-third of its workforce and consolidate parts of its business in an effort to offset falling revenues caused by declining hardware sales.

Intel has shifted its third-quarter earnings down slightly, saying microprocessor sales have been slower than expected for the period.

Hewlett-Packard has launched a new line of Unix servers aimed at cost-conscious buyers, as it tries to inject new life into its flagging high-end hardware business.

A flagging worldwide economy has Sun Microsystems still expecting a loss for its first fiscal quarter.