Cuts in fiber-optic lines early Thursday at two locations near Silicon Valley shut down two IBM facilities and affected an …
What’s on tap from EMC, VMware?
EMC is promising a look at the “virtual data center of the future” in an announcement scheduled for Tuesday. EMC …
Gartner: 20% of e-mail to SaaS platform by end of 2012
The software-as-a-service (SaaS) model for e-mail is proving attractive for many customers and will represent 20% of the commercial e-mail …
Unified communications start-up aims to challenge Microsoft, Skype, Google
Dutch start-up Perzonae Unified Communications is working on a service that will combine e-mail, instant messaging and, later, calls and …
Report: Nokia Siemens bids for much of Nortel
Nokia Siemens Networks, Avaya and Siemens Enterprise Communications are moving in to buy parts of troubled Nortel Networks, the Wall …
IBM lights online collaboration services
IBM/Lotus has launched the first major piece of its LotusLive online strategy, its biggest move yet to deliver collaboration services …
Sun made colossal mistake on IBM’s offer, analysts say
With IBM/Sun negotiations reportedly at a standstill, a consensus seems to be emerging among industry analysts: Sun has made a …
IT pros: Private clouds a good first step to cloud computing
Deploying a private cloud network is a good way for enterprises to ease into cloud computing before deploying applications on …
Learning curve
NWME: Can you tell us about Fast Lane? We set up in shop in Dubai 13 years back to provide …
Raising the bar
In 2001, when 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches were introduced, the average per-port cost was $39,000, according to IDC. Today, a …
Microsoft exec blasts ‘Open Cloud Manifesto’
A set of principles promoting cloud computing interoperability was sharply criticized by a Microsoft Corp. executive just days before its …
IT security vendors worth following on Twitter
Enterprise IT companies are setting up Twitter accounts in droves, and security companies are among the most enthusiastic given that …
Google to buy Twitter?
The rumor mill is in full gear over speculation that Google may acquire Twitter. The news comes from two separate …
Advanced uses of unified communication apps shine
The Avaya Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. opening keynote addresses at VoiceCon Orlando focused on the potential of unified communications, …
5 best router and switch features you never use
It's been said that Microsoft Word users only exploit 10% of the software's capabilities. The same might be true of …
Cloud computing vendors converge on standard definition, goals
When “cloud computing” became the buzz-phrase du jour in IT sometime in the past year or two, you could probably …
Conficker on April 1st: Eve of destruction or big joke?
Security experts say Conficker.C (also called Downadup) presents a serious threat. Infected machines — said to number from 3 million …
Top 10 technology skills
Amid the worst job market in 25 years, IT is holding steady. Most CIOs are maintaining their current staffing levels; …
Polycom CEO sees videoconferencing on handhelds
NWME: Polycom has just had a record year of revenues. Why has videoconferencing come so far now when it was …
How to future-proof your videoconferencing gear without breaking your wallet
Businesses can reap 80% to 90% of the benefits of telepresence via upgrades to existing videoconference gear at a fraction …