Enterprises have seen an explosion of new applications, devices and classes of users on their LANs, which makes it harder …
Copper at the crossroads
Most companies like to think of their cabling systems as plumbing, a fixed quantity that is altered only at substantial …
Cisco enters server market with Unified Computing System
It's not a blade server – it's an architecture. Cisco stressed the holistic approach of its Unified Computing System during …
CA unwraps storage software for cutting IT costs, complexity
In keeping with the ongoing trend of IT cost-cutting, CA Inc. on Monday unveiled new storage software that it claims …
Knowing optical networking
Remember those World War II Navy movies where a sailor on one ship signaled to another by flashing Morse code …
Amazon, Microsoft improve their cloud computing game
Amazon has introduced EC2 Reserved Instances, which allow you to obtain a reduced hourly fee for an upfront payment that …
Google Voice — One number for all your phones
Tired of having colleagues and friends miss you when they call your office while you're in the car with another …
Cell phone, smartphone — what’s the difference?
What is a smartphone? The answer is not so simple, judging by the number of definitions available. In fact, it …
Juniper Networks expands SRX series
Ideal for data centre, enterprise, public sector and service provider environments in the Middle East, the SRX3000 line delivers the …
Microsoft slashes software leasing prices
In an attempt to retain recession-hit companies seeking to opt out of their software maintenance contracts, Microsoft Corp. is wooing …
Videophones dive into cool market
Tandberg and Polycom ventured again where many have failed before, each introducing a video phone for enterprise desktops. Image quality …
Motorola launches smaller rugged wireless devices
Motorola Inc. announced the smallest and lightest versions in its MC55 series of ruggedized enterprise digital assistants, offering two models …
Vendors face off in 11n ‘challenge’
When the wireless LAN controller architecture came into its own about half a decade ago, an exhausting, cutthroat features war …
Mobile browsers bring new security headaches
The new generation of mobile Web browsers is going to introduce for enterprise IT departments a rash of security challenges. …
Selecting an UTM
While information security has became the most important aspect for any form of business process, the mushrooming of vendors in …
Economic crisis means hard times, hard decisions for IT
As the economic news continues to get bleaker, double-digit budget cuts are becoming a fact of life in many IT …
Microsoft confirms IE8 kill switch in Windows 7
Microsoft Corp. confirmed that users will be able to remove Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), as well as several other integrated …
Ballmer promises faster Windows Mobile development
Under pressure from popular phones from Apple and Research In Motion, Microsoft hopes it has put in place changes that …
Cloud computing not fully enterprise-ready, IT execs say
Educational Testing Service, the developer of the SAT and other standardized tests, runs applications on software-as-a-service platforms such as Salesforce.com. …
HP ProCurve network port Sales grows 20 percent
In a market that saw shipments decline for the majority of vendors of Layer 2 through Layer 7 switched ports, …