There was a joke at the height of the Cold War: What should you do in the event of nuclear …
EMC adds flash to another array
EMC is introducing three storage arrays with options for solid-state disks, and is offering de-duplication and compression of primary storage …
Citrix drops price of hypervisor to zero
Citrix is making its core virtualization platform free, and announcing an enhanced partnership with Microsoft to promote interoperability between Citrix’s …
Project management for networking geeks
Network professionals are typically well versed in the technical aspects of networking: router and switch configuration, server deployment and management, …
9 Dirty Tricks: Social Engineers’ Favorite Pick-Up Lines
What the average guy might call a con is known in the security world as social engineering. Social engineering is …
Storage management solution for VMware environments
The StorMagic SvSAN is designed to enable the deployment of a high-availability shared storage solution for VMware ESX environments for …
Microsoft Visual Studio to boost SharePoint
Developers building solutions based on Microsoft's SharePoint collaboration and business process platform will gain expanded support in the planned Visual …
Cloud security fears are overblown: experts
It may sound like heresy to say it, but it's possible to worry a little too much about security in …
Virtual desktops ripe for deployment, hindered by cost
Desktop virtualization, with its promises of improved security, manageability and flexibility, may be on the verge of huge adoption, some …
Microsoft adds features to unified communications suite
The upgrade to Microsoft's Office Communications Server 2007 suite contains features targeted at driving IP-based communication within and outside of …
Managed services faring well in bad economy
One market faring OK in the recession is managed services. As corporate IT staffing gets squeezed, more firms will find …
Data center prices soar in ‘rack crunch’
The price of a data center rack rose by an average of 8.5 percent across Europe last year, with more …
Oracle goes up-market with new on-demand CRM apps
Oracle announced a number of new on-demand CRM (customer relationship management) modules, adding capabilities clearly aimed at large enterprises. The …
Microsoft-Red Hat deal shows need for virtualization support
A virtualization deal struck Monday between Microsoft and Red Hat shows the growing need for vendors to ensure customers can …
Cloud security fears are overblown, some say
It may sound like heresy to say it, but it's possible to worry a little too much about security in …
HP posts declines in all groups but EDS
Net revenue for the quarter reached US$28.8 billion, up 1 percent compared to the same period last year. Net income …
Netbooks worm their way into businesses
When ADNH Compass, a 17,000-employee catering company based in Abu Dhabi, decided to give its branch managers new PCs late …
CommVault Introduces Simpana 8 data management software
The release helps companies manage larger amounts of data, scale to accommodate an expanding, globally distributed enterprise, and implement cost-saving …
Fortinet expands security portfolio
The new FortiWeb-1000B is a mid- to large-enterprise product and is the first in a family of Fortinet web application …
Cisco ASR 1000 router
In an exclusive test, the ASR not only moved traffic at 20Gbps but also did so while running QoS, security …