Where did the Conficker worm come from? Researchers at the University of Michigan are trying to find out, using a …
IBM said to be poring over Sun’s contracts
Lawyers for IBM are examining Sun Microsystems' contracts and other documents in a due diligence process that could precede an …
What Cisco’s UCS means to management vendors?
Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) launch earlier this week impacted several vendors across the management software market. Not only did …
Could IBM be Sun’s savior?
The high-tech rumor mill churned at high speed Wednesday as industry watchers debated the good, the bad and the ugly …
What Cisco’s power play really means
Ever since Cisco's $150 million investment in VMware a few years back, the two companies have reportedly enjoyed a close …
Major shift to cloud IT services inevitable, IDC says
IT infrastructure and services delivered over the cloud will be ubiquitous within five years, and vendors that ignore the shift …
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 …
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 …
Sale of key Nortel assets may be inevitable
Nortel Networks may have no choice but to sell off key parts of its business, industry analysts said after reports …
Sharp turns like Cisco’s have a long history
But even though it's the most hotly anticipated move in a long time for an IT vendor, this isn't the …
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 …
Android For Desktops? I Doubt It
For years, my friend Stephen J. Vaughan-Nichols has been trying to turn Linux into something it is not: A successful …
Seagate, AMD Showcase Super Fast SATA Drive
As the year marches on, work proceeds apace on the next big step in the Serial ATA specification. Alternately called …
HP expands virtual storage offerings
Hewlett-Packard aims to cut the total cost of storage while allowing enterprises to keep adding capacity and forging ahead with …
Network management for the masses
The old saying that “you can only manage what you can measure” happens to be true, so what can you …
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. …
Juniper introduces Adaptive Threat Management
Juniper is this week introducing software that lets security platforms – even those made by other vendors – share and …
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 …
The promise of desktop virtualisation
What is desktop virtualisation? The use of software to abstract the operating system, applications and associated data from the user's …
Corporate SaaS considerations myriad, complex
Amid the growing popularity of software-as-a-service, IT managers are faced with a sometimes monumental task of developing big-picture strategies and …