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- Cisco Delivers Strong Second Quarter Earnings
Thu, 09 Feb 2012
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) is having a really good start to 2012. The networking giant reported second quarter financial earnings late Wednesday that surpassed their own expectations. - You Can Never Really Get Rid of Botnets
Thu, 09 Feb 2012
As botnets go, the Kelihos botnet is a small and rather insignificant criminal enterprise. Its claim to fame doesn’t lie in the number of victims it mustered in to its zombie hoard, nor would anyone have ever call it sophisticated or advanced, rather it was a botnet that rose in notoriety because of the efforts to take it down. In particular, it was the first time Microsoft named a defendant in a botnet civil case and, - Juniper Debuts New Access Routers
By Sean Michael Kerner | Thu, 09 Feb 2012Juniper Networks is rolling out a portfolio of five routers this week as part of a new end-to-end solution called Universal Access
- VMware vCloud Integration Manager Expedites Cloud
By Sean Michael Kerner | Wed, 08 Feb 2012New solution enables service providers to rapidly provision cloud deployments.
- Google Tops Greenpeace's Cool IT Rankings
Wed, 08 Feb 2012
Not that Google necessarily needs the acclaim, but Google has another reason today to gloat. It was just ranked as the greenest tech company by Greenpeace in its latest edition of its Cool IT Leaderboard. - New ACX Routers Usher in Universal Access
Wed, 08 Feb 2012
At the heart of Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) Universal Access solution is the new ACX series router series, which sit at the access layer of a network helping to improve connectivity for both wireless and wireline users. - vCloud Integration Manager ties Cloud and CRM Together
Tue, 07 Feb 2012
VMware (NYSE:VMW) is well known in the industry for its dominance in enterprise virtualization. VMware is now well positioned to dominate the cloud as well with its rapidly expanding vCloud programs and a new solution that will get those clouds provisioned quicker. - Network Virtualization Startup Nicira Emerges from Stealth
Mon, 06 Feb 2012
Servers and storage have long enjoyed the workload elasticity provided by virtualization, relatively speaking. What's missing are automated, efficient ways of moving and re-sizing those workloads across networks that eliminate the bulk of manual network configuration and streamlines networking hardware overhead. - In Defense of Enterprise Architecture
Mon, 06 Feb 2012
It's more than an academic question now that the age of the cloud is upon us. For one thing, it would seem to be a moot point for most data users, and data managers for that matter, considering resources, infrastructure and architectures will soon be available in multiple forms at the touch of a button - HP Steps Up OpenFlow Support
By Sean Michael Kerner | Mon, 06 Feb 2012HP is taking the bold step of being the first major vendor to offer full commercial support for OpenFlow software defined networking technology.
- Riverbed Debuts Granite for the Edge
By Sean Michael Kerner | Sun, 05 Feb 2012New Edge Virtual Server Infrastructure effort is introduced to aid branch consolidation and WAN optimization and powered by a new hardware series called Granite.
- HP Opens Up Its Switches to OpenFlow
Fri, 03 Feb 2012
OpenFlow technology has been used for years by researchers and early adopters as a way to build software defined networks. OpenFlow is now getting a major vote of confidence from HP with a portfolio of at least 16 switches that will offer full support for OpenFlow. - Cisco Brings 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet to its Switching Portfolio
By Sean Michael Kerner | Thu, 02 Feb 2012Catalyst and Nexus switches will now benefit from 40G and 100G Ethernet speeds as well as more ports and virtual networking technology.
- Cisco Speeds Up Wireless Access with Aironet 3600
By Sean Michael Kerner | Wed, 01 Feb 2012New access point, includes four antennas and 802.11r support for fast roaming.
- Brocade Opens Up ADX with Openscript
By Sean Michael Kerner | Wed, 01 Feb 2012Following on the heels of it's 12.3 ADC release that improved IPv6 performance, Brocade is providing more scriptable extensibility via Perl but it staying away from the firewall moniker unlike rival F5.
- VeriSign Growing Revenues as .com Renewal Nears
By Sean Michael Kerner | Mon, 30 Jan 2012As renewal of the .com registry nears, VeriSign posts strong 2011 results
- Juniper Networks Hit By Service Provider Slowdown
By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 27 Jan 2012The big carriers are starting to spend less on networking gear and services and wasn't good for Juniper's Q4 but, for the year, the company came out nine percent ahead.
- Intel Jumps Into InfiniBand with $125 Million Acquisition
By Sean Michael Kerner | Tue, 24 Jan 2012Intel is best known in the networking space for its 10 GbE networking dominance, but now it's moving to take a place in InfiniBand too
- F5 Lays out 2012 Roadmap
By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 20 Jan 2012Revenues continue to grow at F5, as CEO maps out product plans for 2012.
- Data Center Equipment Market Growing
By Sean Michael Kerner | Tue, 17 Jan 2012Infonetics Research report puts F5 ahead of HP for the No.2 spot, but there is a catch.
- Internet Top Level Domain Set to Expand
By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 13 Jan 2012A historical day dawns as the formal process that will expand the number of top level domains available on the Internet begins.
- Aruba Brings Wi-Fi to Wall Plates
By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 13 Jan 2012802.11n with GbE backhaul in a wallplate is now a reality.
- Cisco Discontinues Umi Home Telepresence Hardware
By Sean Michael Kerner | Thu, 05 Jan 2012Umi follows the Flip, right out the door at Cisco.
- Nginx Gaining Web Server Share
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 - Juniper Attacks Palo Alto Networks Over Patents
By Sean Michael Kerner | Wed, 21 Dec 2011Juniper alleges patent infringement, Palo Alto disagrees.
- Alcatel-Lucent Brings 40 Gigabit Ethernet to Top of Rack Switches
By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 16 Dec 201140 Gigabit Ethernet modules debut as networking vendor accelerates cloud delivery strategy
- Ethernet Switch Market Still Growing
By Sean Michael Kerner | Wed, 14 Dec 2011Latest market stats show continued demand for Ethernet gear as 10 Gigabit adoption expands.
- Blue Coat Going Private for $1.3 Billion
By Sean Michael Kerner | Mon, 12 Dec 2011WAN optimization and security vendor is being taken private. How will it affect their business?
