Reading the coverage of the recent breach of Adobe passwords, we learned that 1.9 million users used “123456” as their password. That’s right: out of 38 million cracked passwords, almost two million adults used ones more suited to five-year-olds.
Brocade predicts 5 top Middle East IT trends for 2014
Marcus Jewell, vice president, EMEA at Brocade looks into his crystal ball to outline the top technology trends that Middle East enterprises should watch out for in 2014:
How to simplify your infrastructure
It’s a cold, hard fact that enterprises are putting more strain on their networks now than ever before. On top of this, never before has the risk of downtime been more pertinent―businesses simply can’t afford for their networks to be down, even momentarily, meaning the pressure is on CIOs to ensure that all services are up-and-running all of the time.
Brocade worldwide channel survey
The survey reveals that channel partners who can help customers migrate to fabric-based networks will succeed in new networking landscape
Microsoft’s Desktop Optimisation Pack gets Win 8.1 management capabilities
The Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) suite of IT management tools has been updated with support for Windows 8.1 device and application management and Office 2013 virtualisation.
Experts debate Cisco’s 2017 cloud computing forecast
Cisco Systems’s third annual Global Cloud Index forecasts that global cloud traffic will more than quadruple, from 1.2 zettabytes in 2012 to 5.3 ZB in 2017. That works out to about 443 exabytes a month, or about 476 billion GB.
Brocade launches high-density 10/40 GbE Network Switch
Campus networking solutions vendor Brocade has unveiled its ICX 7750 fixed-port, high density 10/40 GbE switch.
‘Kill switch’ for stolen phones rejected by operators
Mobile carriers are opposed to the plan for a smartphone ‘kill switch’ that would render smartphones inoperable after they are stolen, claiming that it could be misused by hackers to block critical services.
Nokia Solutions and Networks mobilises Technology Vision 2020
Big data telco platform prototype analyses one million live messages a second, bridges the best of IT and telco technologies.
FVC highlights new vendors
FVC ramped up its annual participation in GITEX this year, thanks to the addition of four new vendor-partners to its portfolio.
HP enjoys networking success, predicts the same for Big Data
HP has transformed its position in the networking space from a year ago and is now ready to do the same with Big Data, according to the heads of its Middle East operations.
How to more easily upgrade your network to 40/100G Ethernet
Upgrading you network from 10G Ethernet to 40G and 100G is not as easy as swapping out switches and line cards.
Ericsson launches new multiple-application card
To meet the demand from the vast amount of traffic streams generated by new innovative cloud services, Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) today announces the release of a new multiple-application card that will support various services concurrently without compromising performance.
Brocade shifts focus from exhibition to customers
Brocade is using GITEX to meet key customers and clients this year, as opposed to simply proclaiming its presence at the show, the company’s EMEA Vice President, Marcus Jewell, said today.
Facebook networking chief: No more secret ASIC commands
Facebook’s head of network operations has great expectations for software defined networking (SDN), though he may not be relying on commercial hardware vendors to bring SDN to the social networking giant’s own infrastructure.
Gitex Preview: Huawei
1) What is the main theme of your presence at GITEX this year? Huawei’s Enterprise Business Group will be the …
HP and VMware Enable Customers to Unify Data Center Networks
HP and VMware, Inc. announced plans to collaborate to deliver the industry’s first federated network solution, designed to provide customers …
Windows 8.1 to cost the same as Windows 8 for U.S. retail customers
While Windows 8.1 promises many changes from Windows 8, one thing that will remain the same is the price to U.S. consumers.
The open-source network
A brand new network built using free tools sounds great on the face of it, but what are the pitfalls? CNME investigates.
Don't waste your time (or money) on open-source networking, says Cisco
Despite a desire to create open and flexible networks, network managers shouldn’t be fooled into thinking that the best way to achieve this is through building an open-source network from scratch, according to Cisco’s Den Sullivan.