HP (NYSE: HPQ) and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext and NYSE: ALU) today announced a jointly developed solution to help organizations move, store and access vast amounts of information by integrating data center infrastructure technology and high-performance communications networks.

Sysadmin tool, not Muppet movie

Puppet Labs, the upstart system administration toolmaker founded in 2005 by CEO Luke Kanies “out of fear and desperation” has some influential friends in high places – and with deep pockets. To be specific, Google, VMware, and Cisco Systems have just signed up to kick in a portion of the $8.5m in Series C financing that Puppet Labs has bagged.…

HP today issued the following statement: Today there has been sensational and inaccurate reporting regarding a potential security vulnerability with some HP LaserJet printers. No customer has reported unauthorized access. Speculation regarding potential for devices to catch fire due to a firmware change is false.

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Dusts off Pentium brand for one more go

Intel has not made a big fuss about it, but the chip maker has kicked out a promised 15 watt processor aimed at the fledgling and sometimes cloudy microserver market.…