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 …
Five steps to safer virtual servers
1. Protect your host operating system by using server hardening tools and methodologies. Additional OS features such as isolation capabilities …
Wireless networks: The burning questions
How will 802.11n high-throughput wireless LANs affect the corporate net? A surprising number of wireless LAN vendors have recently announced …
Conficker hype may have harmed security efforts, FBI cyber chief says
Media hype leading up to the Conficker worm's April 1 update may have distracted computer users from other dangerous security …
Being offline !
Although the Internet seems to be everywhere these days, there are still times when it's beyond your reach — on …
Internet Explorer 8: Security Features for Enterprise Users
Over the past year, Internet Explorer has lost market share while browsers such as Mozilla's Firefox, Apple's Safari and even …
Palm deal could redefine HP’s tablet OS strategy
HP's purchase of Palm could redefine the PC maker's mobile OS strategy, potentially impacting the company's reliance on Microsoft operating …