The FortiDB-1000B appliance is a mid-enterprise product designed to “harden” databases by detecting weaknesses in passwords, access privileges and configuration …
McAfee to acquire Secure Computing
The deal is being touted as combining Secure Computing’s strengths in firewall, Web and e-mail gateway filtering with McAfee’s intrusion …
Data networks won’t cut it for convergence
Today's data networks won't cut it as foundations for real-time applications like voice and video, experts said this week at …
Six steps to an effective data governance program
In the past few years, dozens of high-profile incidents involving data mismanagement have gained international attention. Caught off guard by …
Cisco buys Jabber for instant messaging
Terms of the deal, which is expected to be completed in the first half of Cisco's fiscal 2009, were not …
Brocade gearing up to fight ‘Cisco fatigue’
With its acquisition of Ethernet vendor Foundry Networks expected to close by year's end, the storage networking company will have …
SanDisk says no to Samsung takeover bid
The two companies had been in takeover talks for about four months, but Samsung went public with its offer Tuesday, …
Cisco to enter blade server market?
In a bulletin issued this week as a preview to Cisco's Sept. 16 analyst conference, investment firm UBS states that …
Study shows glacial pace of IPv6 adoption
The report, from Arbor Networks, claims to be the most comprehensive study of IPv6 use to date. It includes few …
Dell unwraps products designed for virtualization
On Wednesday, Dell introduced two blade servers, support for more capacity in its storage products, and new partnerships with companies …
IT budgets suffer more shrinkage
Industry watchers are once again lowering their forecasts for IT spending as enterprise IT buyers report they are cutting budgets …
Leviton names new ME boss
As Managing Director for Middle East Sales, Nassif will be headquartered in Dubai and spearhead sales of the company’s line …
Juniper eyeing Aruba, Meru?
FT.com stated this week that new Juniper CEO Kevin Johnson, who started at the company this week, is on the …
Avaya debuts affordable UC solutions
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 …
Alcatel-Lucent names new CEO
The board has also approved the appointment of Philippe Camus as the company’s non-executive Chairman as of October 1st, 2008. …