Juniper Networks announced the availability of the EX8216 Ethernet switch, a 16-slot platform with a switch fabric capacity of 12.4 …
Degrees of excellence
Al Ahli Holding Group is an enterprise holding group working in different sectors through more than 20 companies in steel, …
Aruba unveils low-priced WLAN gear
Aruba Networks showed off a new family of low-priced wireless LAN access points and controllers designed for fast setup and …
Game plan for Unified Communications
For example, customers are demanding simpler user experiences and faster service delivery and response times. Employees, especially new-generation workers, have …
Data center 10G whets switching companies appetites
Announcements from four vendors this week highlight a growing trend in data center networking: the rapid uptake of 10 Gigabit …
Apple, Dell, HP laptop owners sue Nvidia over faulty graphics
Owners of Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard laptops have combined their lawsuits against Nvidia in an attempt to force the graphics …
As wireless monitoring device popularity grows, so do privacy worries
The wireless industry is abuzz with plans for expanding remote monitoring of just about any device over wireless networks. Examples …
Expand a small network with an ethernet switch
Most home-office networks start with a PC, a router, and a modem. But when a small single-user network grows into …
Wireless IT in healhcare
After years of talk about wireless technologies' potential for widespread use in medical applications, they appear to be ready for …
Juniper bolsters branch router, switch lines
Juniper Networks this week will extend its branch office line with routers and switches designed to enable remote workers to …
Is it time to cut the Ethernet access cable?
A range of companies with wireless LANs are discovering that 50% to 90% or more of Ethernet ports now go …
HP ProCurve gets into security with new server blade
HP ProCurve is adding a security blade to edge and core switches that enables businesses to insert firewalls, VPNs and …
IBM to resell Brocade’s Foundry switches
Brocade has extended an OEM relationship with IBM to include its recently acquired Foundry switches in a deal that appears …
Oracle-Sun deal renews calls for OpenOffice.org’s independence
Oracle Corp.'s purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc. last week is reviving calls for Sun's open-source OpenOffice.org suite to be spun …
Group proposes cloud management standard
The Distributed Management Task Force announced it had formed a group to tackle management and interoperability issues that will arise …
Is mobile computing the Achilles’ heel in your organization?
Mobile computing, from laptops to the myriad handheld devices such as smartphones, BlackBerries, iPhones, USB tokens and PDAs, can certainly …
VMware looks to bring data centers under the cloud
VMware Inc. last week launched the long-awaited upgrade of its core virtualization software, which it calls a cloud operating system. …
Seven burning security questions
There's no shortage of burning questions about IT security these days, some sparked by nasty threats, others by economic concerns …
Cloud security stokes concerns at RSA
Cloud security has dominated discussions and drove the entire action at RSA Conference 2009. Throughout the event, attendees — who …
Windows bugs never really die
Hackers can successfully attack Windows PCs months — even years — after Microsoft Corp. fixes a flaw, a security expert …