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Annual review of network technologies, companies and ideas that have died this year.
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Embotics' V-Commander 2.0 and VKernel's Capacity Analyzer, Chargeback and Modeler appliances make the best-of-their-kind products list for easing virtualization management complexity.
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How DNS cache poisoning works, and how to stop it. See slideshow
Gartner recommends re-examining cell phone plan costs, virtualizing servers.
10 things that won't make Windows 7 a success...and one that will.
The Cisco Learning Network has partnered with CareerBuilder.com to provide access to one of the largest job databases on the Internet. Post your...
Microsoft is starting to release beta code for Windows Vista SP2 to testers as we speak. No news yet about new user features as Bluetooth 2.1 and...
Cisco and other big names are behind efforts to improve Ethernet for use in data centers. Meanwhile, pre-standard technologies have started to roll out -- along with...
A peek into the services that make GPS work, including chip maker Broadcom's key role.
Mozilla Wednesday formally released the alpha version of its mobile Firefox browser, dubbed Fennec. 2
McAfee is hunkering down to integrate the security technologies it has bought over the past several months into its varied line of security software and appliances. Here's a... 1
SolarWinds updates its Orion network performance management software with support for VMware virtual server environments and introduces a free utility to help IT get started...
X86 server virtualization platform sales increased substantially in the second quarter, as VMware held its market lead despite a strong push from Microsoft. 3
American firms will have to go north of the border if they want to subscribe to the continent's best MPLS offerings, says a new study by Forrester Research.
EMC and NetApp pushed new Fibre Channel over Ethernet products at Storage Networking World in Dallas this week 1
Google posted revenue growth and healthy profit margins for the third quarter, but executives warned about threats to its online search and advertising businesses from the...
Microsoft Thursday issued a statement saying it still has no interest in Yahoo after CEO Steve Ballmer said that for shareholders a deal would make economic sense. 2
Industry watchers say the market for IT services will go relatively unscathed during the economic crisis as IT departments work to cut costs and streamline operations.
A prolonged, ongoing Gmail outage has some Google Apps administrators pulling their hair out as their end users, including high-ranking executives, complain loudly while they... 3
When there's not quite the right fit in network security gear to meet your needs and goals, you might wind up settling for some distant second choice, if one exists. But...
A recent research project has led me to look at information security and in particular, the root cause of data breaches. 2
In tough economic times, all enterprise departments are required to tighten their belts. To help IT execs navigate through the cost-cutting maze, Gartner analysts Wednesday... 7
Any IT pro watching on TV -- or make that trying to watch -- Sunday's football game in Buffalo between the Bills and Chargers missed a good chunk of the action, yet also had another chance to see the havoc than can be played when a problem of some sort pulls the plug on the electricity....
Nine rocket-powered vehicles will compete for NASA's $2 million, 2008 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge, Oct. 24-25.The goal is to accelerate development of commercial Lunar Landers capable of bringing payloads or humans back and forth between lunar orbit and the lunar surface. NASA of...
Just about every week now I'm getting a call from the PR rep for a new "mobile advertising" company wanting to...
Microsoft is starting to release beta code for Windows Vista SP2 to testers as we speak. No news yet about new user...
Over the past seven years each CCIE has annually been averaging $2M in net sales and $397K in net income for Cisco. Perhaps... 1
Continuing its quest to increase the number of certified Cisco engineers in its emerging markets, Cisco has extended its... 1
Microsoft as the launch platform for open source Web apps- That looks to be the case with Microsoft's Web Application...
In the years of trying to convince network operators and executives of the urgency behind getting started on an IPv6... 4
Interesting findings from a pair of brothers in Canada about the differences in searching the Web between men and women. The...
Just testing out a new-ish service that provide a very sophisticated editor as a service that allows you to edit your blog.... 2