“We need to do some work to fundamentally reinvent the search business model,” Ballmer said during a dinner at the …
Cisco bolsters collaboration lineup
Additions to the Cisco collaboration portfolio include a new release of the company's Unified Communications software, a WebEx-enabled product for …
How green is your valley?
Right from servers that consume lesser power, switches that drop to lower power while idle and even high-end videoconferencing systems, …
Intrusion-prevention systems still not used full throttle: survey
Infonetics Research interviewed 169 security professionals responsible for managing IPS in their organizations to find out whether the full functionality …
Intel’s six-core server chip hits the market
The new chip line offers a performance bump over its predecessor, the Xeon 7200 series, Intel said. Much of that …
Mirror, mirror on the wall, how safe are we?
There is a fundamental tenet in business: “If the rate of change outside an organisation is greater than the rate …
Fortinet debuts database vulnerability assessment appliance
The FortiDB-1000B appliance is a mid-enterprise product designed to “harden” databases by detecting weaknesses in passwords, access privileges and configuration …
McAfee to acquire Secure Computing
The deal is being touted as combining Secure Computing’s strengths in firewall, Web and e-mail gateway filtering with McAfee’s intrusion …
Data networks won’t cut it for convergence
Today's data networks won't cut it as foundations for real-time applications like voice and video, experts said this week at …
Six steps to an effective data governance program
In the past few years, dozens of high-profile incidents involving data mismanagement have gained international attention. Caught off guard by …
Brocade gearing up to fight ‘Cisco fatigue’
With its acquisition of Ethernet vendor Foundry Networks expected to close by year's end, the storage networking company will have …
SanDisk says no to Samsung takeover bid
The two companies had been in takeover talks for about four months, but Samsung went public with its offer Tuesday, …
Cisco to enter blade server market?
In a bulletin issued this week as a preview to Cisco's Sept. 16 analyst conference, investment firm UBS states that …
Study shows glacial pace of IPv6 adoption
The report, from Arbor Networks, claims to be the most comprehensive study of IPv6 use to date. It includes few …
Dell unwraps products designed for virtualization
On Wednesday, Dell introduced two blade servers, support for more capacity in its storage products, and new partnerships with companies …
IT budgets suffer more shrinkage
Industry watchers are once again lowering their forecasts for IT spending as enterprise IT buyers report they are cutting budgets …
Extreme Networks, HP boost VoIP security
Extreme Networks plans to unveil a software upgrade to its security appliances designed to better safeguard VoIP traffic. Separately, HP …
Juniper eyeing Aruba, Meru?
FT.com stated this week that new Juniper CEO Kevin Johnson, who started at the company this week, is on the …
Avaya debuts affordable UC solutions
The new Avaya Unified Communications solutions provide essential tools for the way employees work today, with proven, interoperable software, hardware …
Going virtual
Are Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPNs the way to go? For many corporate network needs the answer is yes, absolutely, …