A standards group released specifications for a new Universal Serial Bus standard that could speed up data transfers between computers …
‘Efficiency is key to Avaya’s success’
Charles Giancarlo spent more than a decade at Cisco Systems and was widely considered a likely heir to Chairman and …
Virtual World
Thanks to the XenSource acquisition, Citrix has inherited one of the most advanced technologies for open source virtualization: however Xen …
Setting up Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi discovery and connection tools have existed since the early days of 802.11. But while many of these tools have …
BSA recognises Pan Arab media for protecting IPR
Business Software Alliance (BSA) announced the winners of the Pan Arab IPR Media Awards 2008 in Kuwait. The Arab IPR …
Identity-Based Encryption
Much of its strength comes from the use of paired keys, which are separate (but mathematically related) codes that encrypt …
Adobe’s new offering for UI development
Adobe Systems, facing greater competition from Microsoft, is updating its Flash platform with new tools for building user interfaces for …
‘Business gateway for Cloud’
Microsoft’s new launch of Azure Service Platform, which includes the cloud operating system called Windows Azure, defines the scalable backend …
High-performance video encoder from Axis
Axis Communications introduces three new video encoder products that support the latest and highly efficient video compression format, H.264. The …
Vote for Obama’s future CTO
Barack Obama hasn't even appointed a chief technology officer yet, but thousands of people are using a new Web site …
Upto 18 % job cuts expected from SUN
Sun is laying off 15 percent to 18 percent of its employees as part of a restructuring plan aimed at …
Brave new world
NWME: Most enterprises still don’t seem to understand the real benefits of the Unified Communications technology. Bayer: That’s because unified …
Juniper Networks unveils Data Center Infrastructure Solutions
Juniper Networks has introduced its new Data Center Infrastructure Solutions designed to advance IT initiatives for data center consolidation, server …
The balance of virtualization
All too often, virtualisation is like a see-saw. As hardware costs are reduced, administrative costs rise. As workloads and compute …
Google adds ‘on demand’ indexing for enterprise users
Google will enhance its hosted site search service for businesses on Thursday by letting Web publishers trigger a re-indexing of …
Novell lays out Red Hat attack plan
Novell took aim at rival and Linux market leader Red Hat with a migration service designed to help move Linux …
Cisco’s cloud computing ambitions
Cisco's interest in cloud computing doesn't involve becoming an IT services provider and selling its infrastructure capacity in the same …
Endpoint Protector 2008 expands in the Linux world
CoSoSys announced today the release of its latest version of Endpoint Protector 2008 which features support for Red Hat Linux …
Microsoft fixes critical Web bugs
Microsoft released two security updates for its Windows operating system Tuesday to patch flaws that could give attackers new ways …
Pool of opportunity
With IT usage growing maturing it is time for SIs to re-think their offerings and scale up the value chain. …