When the first 10 gigabit Ethernet standard was released, sky-high prices of more than $50,000 per port kept many IT …
Nortel seeks to sell off more business units
The company is looking for buyers of its wireless equipment and enterprise telecom businesses, according to a report in the …
Sharp turns like Cisco’s have a long history
But even though it's the most hotly anticipated move in a long time for an IT vendor, this isn't the …
Avaya desk phone
A media phone is a cross between a telephone and PC, allowing direct access to applications and Internet-based information through …
Cell phone, smartphone — what’s the difference?
What is a smartphone? The answer is not so simple, judging by the number of definitions available. In fact, it …
Making the grade
The Glenelg School of Abu Dhabi opened September last year. The mission of the school, set up at the behest …
Juniper Networks expands SRX series
Ideal for data centre, enterprise, public sector and service provider environments in the Middle East, the SRX3000 line delivers the …
Cables that bind
Although we may take a wired world for granted, the consequence is that we rely on wires to connect us …
WLAN market shriveled globally in Q4 2008
The wireless LAN market shriveled at the end of 2008, according to new, if sketchy, data released by Infonetics. The …
Optical Ethernet for metropolitan nets
Ethernet has taken over sector after sector of the networking world, from workgroups to enterprise backbones. Now, a technology called …
10 Gigabit Ethernet is the one bright spot
The Ethernet switch market is feeling the effects of the sagging economy in a record-setting way, with Dell'Oro Group forecasting …
Android For Desktops? I Doubt It
For years, my friend Stephen J. Vaughan-Nichols has been trying to turn Linux into something it is not: A successful …
Videophones dive into cool market
Tandberg and Polycom ventured again where many have failed before, each introducing a video phone for enterprise desktops. Image quality …
Motorola launches smaller rugged wireless devices
Motorola Inc. announced the smallest and lightest versions in its MC55 series of ruggedized enterprise digital assistants, offering two models …