Lenovo and Nutanix have partnered to jointly develop and offer new hyperconverged appliances to customers through Lenovo’s global channel partners. The Lenovo hyperconverged appliances will feature Nutanix’s software and incorporate Intel technologies to run enterprise applications, databases, virtualized desktops and big data analytics, Lenovo said Wednesday. Yang Yuanqing, chairman and CEO of Lenovo, said the […] More

Lenovo has completed the initial terms for its acquisition of IBM‘s x86 server business. Lenovo has bought the System x, BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches, x86-based Flex integrated systems, NeXtScale and iDataPlex servers, IBM said Wednesday. The company will also serve as IBM’s original equipment manufacturer and reseller of IBM’s Storwize storage products, Linear Tape Open products […] More

IBM expects to complete the $2.1 billion sale of its x86 server business to Lenovo on Oct. 1 as the latter firm moves to expand its offerings in enterprise hardware and services. Lenovo said Monday that System x, BladeCenter, Flex System, NeXtScale, iDataPlex, x86-based Flex systems and blade networking are included in the transaction. Yang Yuanqing, Lenovo chairman and CEO, said the company will now focus on managing […] More

Rory Read, senior vice president and head of business area global communications platform at Ericsson, has joined the board of directors of Booz Allen Hamilton. Read brings over 30 years of global technology leadership experience to the board, where he will serve on the audit committee, Booz Allen said Monday. He joined Ericsson as part of the company’s […] More

Intel has formed a new government affairs advisory committee to provide a range of perspectives to company leaders on global governmental and political matters. The committee members are Gregory Smith, chair; Jon Huntsman, vice chair; Erich Clementi; Michele Flournoy; Fred Kempe; Robert Kimmitt; Janet Napolitano and Yuanqing Yang, Intel said Wednesday. “The eight distinguished members […] More

Intel has earmarked over $50M in funding for COVID-19 response initiatives with external partners as well as efforts to support online learning and technology development projects.

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Jason Kimrey is a 13-year veteran of Intel and serves as the chip maker’s U.S. federal area director, where he leads a business development team focused on technology products and services for defense and civilian agencies. Intel’s focus areas for federal agencies include high-performance computing as the company is partnering with the Energy Department and national laboratories to […] More

International Data Corp. reports that the global cloud IT infrastructure market achieved a 25.1-percent year-over-year growth in sales revenue to reach $6.3 billion in the first quarter. IDC said Thursday spending also grew from 26.4 percent of overall first-quarter IT infrastructure spending last year to almost 30 percent this year. The growth is due to increasing demand […] More