Anne Chen

About

As a senior writer for eWEEK Labs, Anne writes articles pertaining to IT professionals and the best practices for technology implementation. Anne covers the deployment issues and the business drivers related to technologies including databases, wireless, security and network operating systems. Anne joined eWeek in 1999 as a writer for eWeek's eBiz Strategies section before moving over to Labs in 2001. Prior to eWeek, she covered business and technology at the San Jose Mercury News and at the Contra Costa Times.

Latitude D620

Boasting a wide screen, intels latest dual-core processors and a broad set of connectivity choices, Dells Latitude D620 is a strong notebook contender that will be especially appealing to road warriors. The D620 has a starting weight of 4.37 pounds with a four-cell battery and comes with a choice of Intel Core Solo or Core […]

Wide-Screen, Wide-Ranging Dell Notebook Looks Good

Boasting a wide screen, Intels latest dual-core processors and a broad set of connectivity choices, Dells Latitude D620 is a strong notebook contender that will be especially appealing to road warriors. Click here to read the full review of Dells Latitude D620. 2 Boasting a wide screen, Intels latest dual-core processors and a broad set […]

Testing Out the Latest in Laptops

Intels Centrino Duo—the chip makers latest mobile platform—is the next big thing when it comes to enterprise laptops. During the last few weeks, Ive been testing a trio of systems based on the platform, formerly code-named Napa. While Centrino Duos most-hyped feature is the Core Duo processor, formerly code-named Yonah, the dual-core chip isnt the […]

Sossaman Powers Down

Intels new power-saving chip—the dual-core Low Voltage Xeon—makes one of its earliest appearances in Rackable Systems C1000-L01 server. eWEEK Labs tests of the server with the new chip—formerly code-named Sossaman—show it will provide organizations with exceptional performance per watt per dollar in a tiny 1U (1.75-inch) half-depth chassis. As enterprises contend with power consumption and […]

Firm Cuts Power Costs Amid Data Center Growth

When Spectrum Energy and Information Technology Inc. began looking for a way to reduce energy costs while significantly growing its data center, the global provider of services for oil and gas seismic processing turned to Rackable Systems. By deploying servers from Rackable Systems that use efficient DC power and are half the depth of conventional […]

Averting An Energy Crisis

There are few, if any, IT managers today who can fill their data centers without worrying about increasing electricity and cooling costs. A survey of 1,177 organizations commissioned last year by eWEEKs parent company, Ziff Davis Media, found that while 44 percent of companies were able to supply more power to their data centers, 27 […]

Intels Sossaman Chip Saves Power in Rackables Server

Intels new power-saving chip—the dual-core Xeon Low Voltage 2GHz—makes one of its earliest appearances in Rackable Systems C1000-L01 server. Click here to read the full review of Xeon Low Voltage 2GHz. 2 Intels new power-saving chip—the dual-core Xeon Low Voltage 2GHz—makes one of its earliest appearances in Rackable Systems C1000-L01 server. eWEEK Labs tests of […]

Sun Ultra 40 Is a Powerhouse

Sun Microsystems Ultra 40 workstation offers a solid triad of performance, graphics capability and memory capacity, making the Opteron-based workstation ideal for performance-intensive applications, grid computing and software development. Click here to read the full review of Sun Microsystems Ultra 40 workstation. 2 Sun Microsystems Ultra 40 workstation offers a solid triad of performance, graphics […]

Going to Your PC Is Faster, More Elegant

The latest version of Citrix Systems popular hosted remote control solution, GoToMyPC Corporate, has been enhanced in ways that users are bound to appreciate, with the addition of drag-and-drop file transfers, true 24-bit color support, and improved performance when in session and when connecting to the host computer. Click here to read the full review […]

Office Live Targets Small Firms

Microsoft Office Live, a set of Web-based services aimed at small businesses, is a compelling offering for organizations that lack the IT expertise, time or money to manage an e-mail server, Web site or collaboration platform. eWEEK Labs got an early look at the first Office Live beta, which became available Feb. 15. Access to […]