“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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
Vendors scramble to rein in virtual environments
The rush to virtualize data-center resources has players across the entire IT landscape working to deliver virtualization products and win …
As Google turns 10, enterprise success in question
As the search giant celebrates its 10th anniversary of incorporation this month, riding a years-long bonanza from its search business, …
Virtual possibilities
In today's complex IT environments, server virtualisation simply makes sense. Redundant server hardware can rapidly fill enterprise datacenters to capacity; …
CIOs lack the ‘green’ to go green
Seventy-six percent of executives queried do not have a committed budget for a greening policy, even though 90% believe that …
HP launches product blitz for virtualisation
The products include a ProLiant blade server “built from the ground up” for virtualisation, four thin-client computers for virtualising desktops, …
Cisco buys into e-mail with $215 million PostPath acquisition
Cisco is buying PostPath, a maker of e-mail and calendaring software, for $215 million and plans to add those capabilities …
New EMC Celerra NX4
With a flexible design enabling it to be deployed in NAS (network attached storage), iSCSI and Fibre Channel SAN (storage …
Untangling the LAN
When troubleshooting a network outage, nothing is more annoying than going through dozens of hardware and software checks only to …
Videoconferencing on the rise for corporate communication
Remember the days when communicating with colleagues always involved walking down the hall? Now voicemail and e-mail are the norm …
Blade growth to be stymied
Gartner projects a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19 % for blade shipments from 2007 through 2012. The dramatic …
Cloud Computing, real deal or hype?
So what is the buzz all about? While cloud computing is too new an idea to be constrained by definition, …
A future look at data centre power
The “No Power Struggles Project” sounds like some utopian political system where different factions work for the common good. In …