Force10 Networks this week unveiled a new line of switch/routers designed to improve the performance, management and cost effectiveness of …
Cisco competitors downplay new blade server
Cisco introduced a blade server that is based on future Intel Nehalem processors and includes memory improvements to support applications …
Microsoft, Intel to back Cisco’s “Unified Computing” launch
Contrary to previous reports, Cisco's data center vision does not seem to be a largely solo effort. Microsoft, Intel, BMC, …
Fibre Channel over Ethernet: allowing the big data-center synch
For the County of Los Angeles – with more than 10 million residents, the nation's largest county – the timing …
Develop a game plan for storage security
How much progress is really being made in securing storage? For several years now, pundits have sounded the alarm about …
HP, IBM push new OASIS encryption key standard
A group of industry vendors, led by IBM, Hewlett-Packard and EMC, is proposing a new standard to make their encryption …
Smart moves
Brocade is already the top player by market share in the modular SAN switch market, ahead of second-place Cisco. Acquiring …
Fibre Channel over Ethernet: allowing the big data-center synch
For the County of Los Angeles – with more than 10 million residents, the nation's largest county – the timing …
Force 10, Turin Networks merging
Both companies are privately held. The agreement is another example of consolidation in the Ethernet switching marketplace as Cisco maintains …
Three deals symbolized storage trends in 2008
Overall demand for storage capacity is growing by about 60 percent per year, according to IDC. Another research company, Enterprise …
Cisco Nexus 5000 bridges the network gap
A switch that promises to deliver the services of Ethernet and FC over the same wire without packet losses and …
Blade growth to be stymied
Gartner projects a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19 % for blade shipments from 2007 through 2012. The dramatic …