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IBM and AMD announce plans to develop next generation of computing architectures

September 4, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on IBM and AMD announce plans to develop next generation of computing architectures
IBM  and AMD have announced plans to develop next-generation computing architectures based on the combination of quantum computers and high-performance computing, known as quantum-centric supercomputing

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Artificial Intelligence

Intel pushes edge AI vision with ecosystem play

March 20, 2025 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Intel pushes edge AI vision with ecosystem play
With more AI applications moving towards the edge, Intel aims to make sure the systems and applications needed will run optimally with new industry-specific design suites and deployment and management tools.

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Computers

HP’s Lores focuses on One HP, future of work, post-globalization

March 19, 2025 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP’s Lores focuses on One HP, future of work, post-globalization
In his Amplify Conference keynote, HP CEO Enrique Lores details a new go-to-market approach for HP that will focus on a “better together” message, and details how the company is changing for more regional manufacturing and eventually local design.

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Computers

Intel looks to boost vPro usage with new registration model

March 10, 2025 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Intel looks to boost vPro usage with new registration model
Intel expects its new SaaS model to boost the acceptance of its vPro management and security technology, and also introduces new integrations and a program to ensure a guaranteed “path” for the building of select PCs.

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Artificial Intelligence

Can the AI PC make selling computers fun again?

March 6, 2024 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Can the AI PC make selling computers fun again?
At HP’s Amplify Partner Conference, HP CEO Enrique Lores and Intel chief Pat Gelsinger made the case that the AI-enabled PC is a fundamental change that will restore value to the commodity endpoint.

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New Gen AI additions to PCs, and new Gen-AI based services highlight Dell MWC announcements

February 28, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Gen AI additions to PCs, and new Gen-AI based services highlight Dell MWC announcements
Dell Technologies is hardly alone this year at emphasizing its hardware-focused announcements at Mobile World Congress, but they think the broadness of their impacted portfolio and services will deliver an advantage.

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Intel lays out foundry vision and announces Intel Foundry

February 26, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Intel lays out foundry vision and announces Intel Foundry
Intel CEO announced the creation of Intel Foundry, which with Intel Products now becomes two symbiotic parts of Intel, and also announced a new partnership with Arm, which Intel said is now their most important.

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ASUS rolls out new commercial PC products

January 9, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on ASUS rolls out new commercial PC products
Like almost all of the new PC products, ASUS’ new commercial offerings emphasize the surge in AI, with both Intel and Google AI offerings.

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Intel heralds revolutionary impact of new Intel Core Ultra and Xeon 5th Gen processors

December 21, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Intel heralds revolutionary impact of new Intel Core Ultra and Xeon 5th Gen processors
Intel’s two new processors have been trumpeted by the company for months, and they are still emphasizing the massive impact that their AI will have on both, and what customers will be able to do with them.

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Intel reaches out to ISV ecosystem to design new AI use cases with AI PC Acceleration Program

October 23, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Intel reaches out to ISV ecosystem to design new AI use cases with AI PC Acceleration Program
Intel is looking to the new program as a key part of their PC AI Go-to-Market strategy, to turn Intel’s new AI technology innovations into an extremely broad portfolio of use cases.

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Intel touts AI PCs as game-changing technology

September 25, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Intel touts AI PCs as game-changing technology
Intel’s announcements at their just-concluded Intel Innovation Forum included new Core Ultra processors, formerly known as Meteor Lake, which are a key part of what Intel highlighted as a major AI PC initiative that should appeal to a broad range of partners.

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Channel Programs

HP to integrate acquired Poly, Teradici and HyperX into HP Amplify program with Amplify for All

April 3, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP to integrate acquired Poly, Teradici and HyperX into HP Amplify program with Amplify for All
HP will also integrate their distributors into the Amplify program, and announced two new enablement programs, More for More and Fast Lane.

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Computers

HP announces changes to services strategy

March 31, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP announces changes to services strategy
With services becoming an even more massive opportunity, HP is making a series of changes designed to make it easier for partners to work with HP around the services play, which will include simplification to significantly reduce the number of SKUs.

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HP says going on the offense is key part of future-ready plan

March 30, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP says going on the offense is key part of future-ready plan
HP leader Enrique Lores and senior HP leaders used the HP Amplify opening keynote to lay out the company’s vision going forward and their strategy to get there.

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Poly lays out road map complementary to HP’s Better Together Strategy

March 30, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Poly lays out road map complementary to HP’s Better Together Strategy
HP executives, including Andy Rhodes, who runs Poly, discussed where Poly has come since formally joining HP, and where they are going with their integrated technologies.

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Computers

Dell becomes CrowdStrike’s only PC OEM with new partnership agreement

March 9, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell becomes CrowdStrike’s only PC OEM with new partnership agreement
Dell’s exclusive deal will see it make CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform available to customers though multiple routes to market, and has led CrowdStrike to conclude that even a well-established company like themselves has much to gain from the partnership.

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HP doubles down on hybrid product and experience with CES announcements

January 4, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP doubles down on hybrid product and experience with CES announcements
New products with commercial market appeal include new All-in-Ones, an expanded DragonFly portfolio and new monitors covering hybrid workspaces ranging from the small to the very large.

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Cloud

Lenovo announces joint hybrid and edge solutions with VMware at Explore event

September 7, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo announces joint hybrid and edge solutions with VMware at Explore event
Lenovo announced enhanced collaborations with VMware around their ThinkAgile VX, TruScale Hybrid Cloud and the VMware Edge Compute Stack, as well as a partnership with Micron which uses their NVME SSDs, vSAN ESA and  Lenovo ThinkAgile VX to provide all NVMe storage.

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Dell unveils new form factors in refresh of three Precision workstation models

March 7, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell unveils new form factors in refresh of three Precision workstation models
While all the new models are new versions of Dell’s entry level 3000 series, they are emphasizing that the enhancements are so significant, that entry-level is now a misnomer as far as their capabilities go.

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Dell rolls out new OptiPlex machines to leverage strong desktop growth in commercial machines market

March 4, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell rolls out new OptiPlex machines to leverage strong desktop growth in commercial machines market
Dell announced two refreshed top-of the line 7000 series models, and brought the Wyse PCs into the OptiPlex family for the first time with the OptiPlex 3000 Thin Client.

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