Nexans has launched a new series of environmental monitoring and access control (EMAC) devices that provide intelligent management of power …
802.11n complications are imminent
As you likely know, the current fair-haired wireless LAN version, 802.11n, is multidimensional, making product comparisons challenging. Those comparisons are …
Oracle, entering hardware arena, agrees to buy Sun for $7.4B
Oracle has signed a deal to purchase Sun for $7.4 billion, plunging the enterprise software vendor into the hardware market …
One winner in the Oracle-Sun deal: Microsoft?
Microsoft Corp. has had few critics more vocal than Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Sun Chairman Scott McNealy. With their …
BladeSystem Matrix takes aim at Cisco
HP has rolled out BladeSystem Matrix, a converged software, server, storage and network platform designed to compete against Cisco's Unified …
Oracle-Sun union means tough decisions on ID management
Oracle will have to make some significant product decisions and integration plans to address the overlap it has with Sun …
Rising data-loading speeds may be leaving most BI users behind
One of the more prosaic parts of data warehousing is getting information into a warehouse in the first place. Vendors …
The state of spam 2009
Spam – not SPAM the luncheon meat (and you have GOT to visit the official SPAM Web site, which plays …
Cisco reveals aggressive pricing for blade server system
As promised, Cisco this week divulged more details on its Unified Computing System for data centers, including pricing and performance …
Report: Sun still open to an IBM bid
Sun Microsystems would be willing to revive acquisition talks with IBM if the latter company “makes a stronger commitment to …
The carbon footprint of spam?
Is spam causing the environmental hazard of greenhouse gas emissions? That's what McAfee says in its “Carbon Footprint of Spam” …
Mobile devices tax unprepared IT groups
Companies expect to support a growing range of smartphones and mobile employees — but their mobile infrastructure lacks key elements …
Pan Emirates to upgrade IT infratsructure
To keep pace with its ambitious expansion plans, Pan Emirates has commissioned EMW, The Smart Convergence Experts and leading supplier …
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Breakthrough enables Terabit Ethernet
A year ago, we talked about reaching for Terabit Ethernet, the next power-of-10 increase in speed over the state of …
A faster, sleeker way to do MySQL?
The archetypal MySQL database chugs along in the server room of a Web 2.0 start-up, powering a small but promising …
Microsoft patches ‘insane’ number of bugs
Microsoft released eight security updates that patch 23 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Excel and other software in the company's …
IT trembles over mobile management
There is a widespread lack of confidence among IT professionals in their ability to deliver consistent mobile service levels. Yet …
Sun fires back at Cisco with blade network switch
Sun Microsystems introduced its Nehalem-based server line-up on Tuesday, along with a new networking product that takes aim at an …
Sun boosts new servers with flash memory
Sun Microsystems Inc. will test whether it can sell new servers at the same it is trying to sell the …