The ATCA-F125 is designed to enable network equipment manufacturers to combine many functions on a single blade. – Emerson Network Power, a division of Emerson and a specialist in
business-critical continuity solutions, announced its latest and most
cost-effective 10G AdvancedTCA (switch blade, the ATCA-F125. The
ATCA-F125 is designed to enable network equipment manufacturers to
combine many functions on a s…
Three U.S. senators denounced the Egyptian government for shutting down Internet services in that nation while defending their proposed cyber-security bill that would give the president authority to take over computer networks and systems. – U.S. senators
who want to give the president power to shut down the Internet denounced
Egypts president for essentially doing the same thing.
quot;The
steps the Mubarak government took last week to shut down Internet communications
in Egypt were, and are, totally wrong, quot; said Senators Jos…
Sophisticated software products developed offshore have given rise to streamlined operations in every business area and are having a significant contribution in increasing business prospects.
The Ethernet switch market in the third quarter hit records for port shipments and revenue, thanks to 10GbE demand and products from HP, Juniper, Cisco and F5, according to DellOro Group. – DellOro Group analysts in February predicted the
Ethernet switching space would continue to expand in 2010, fueled in large
part by the growing demand for 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology both as a
connectivity technology for servers and as an aggregation tool in data centers.
Numbers
from the th…
Switch & Sync, from Laplink Software, will save a lot of time for users who want to salvage documents and e-mail files from a Windows PC and move them to a Mac OS X computer. It offers a simple alternative to the old way of doing things: repeated drag-and-drop copying of directory hierarchies, followed by invoking a mail conversion utility. But it needs some work before it is fit for use in all but the most controlled or trivial circumstances. It is severely lacking in the areas of security and user interface, has only the most rudimentary of logging abilities, and ignores the built-in authentication, security and user interface features of the Mac platform. For ongoing use, caution is necessary, because this is a tool that should raise an audit flag in any organization committed to regulatory compliance and adherence to governance schemes. But for instances where security can take a back seat to convenience, the simplicity and low price of Switch & Sync make it an attractive choice. – …
A good tool for file transfer and e-mail conversion could be better – Utility programs are supposed to be, as the name would
imply, useful. But today, one expects a little bit more than bare-bones
functionality from a utility, especially from a company with a reputation in
the software business that goes back a couple of decades. Laplink Softwares
Switch amp; Syn…
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Mark Papermaster, a former IBM executive who left Apple after the iPhone 4 antenna issues arose, will run Ciscos switching technology group. – Mark Papermaster, who spent 25 years with IBM
before a tumultuous year-plus at Apple, is now in charge of the chips that go
into Cisco Systems key data-center switches.
Papermaster
reportedly started work with Cisco Nov. 15, where he is vice president of the
networking giants Silicon Switching …
Dell’s decision to switch its workers from BlackBerry to Windows Phone 7 could be a sign that mobile enterprise is swinging in Microsoft’s favor. Maybe. – Is Windows Phone 7 slated to become the next big enterprise device?
That becomes a more pressing question following news
that Dell plans on dumping Research In Motion’s BlackBerry from its corporate
offices, in favor of Windows Phone 7 devices manufactured by the company.
Within hours of that ne…
A Microsoft Office executive criticized Google’s new Gmail tool that allows users to sort e-mail messages by date and claimed the messaging and collaboration software maker is copying Outlook features. – A Microsoft Office executive laughed off a new Google
Gmail feature that lets users sort e-mail messages by date, claiming that
Google should just hit the quot;like quot; button on Microsoft’s Facebook page
instead of copying Office functionality.
Google Sept. 29
introduced a toggle switch tha…
Russia will switch on Iran’s first nuclear power plant as Moscow seeks to boost its global influence by acting as a power broker between Tehran and the West.
Russian nuclear chief Sergei Kiriyenko said the Bushehr reactor will open under international supervision.
Sudip Thakor, who will be initially based in New York as head of global emerging markets products in the asset management division, will move to Singapore in his new role next year, according to an internal note seen by Reuters.
Apple’s iPhone smartphone market share was 28 percent through the first quarter of 2010, more than tripling the 9 percent share garnered by Google’s Android platform in a budding smartphone war that is still lopsided. A June 4 Nielsen survey also found that of Android and iPhone users who would switch operating systems, the rate at which Android users would like to try an iPhone is twice as high as that of iPhone users who would try Android. – Apple’s iPhone smartphone market share was 28 percent through the first
quarter of 2010, more than tripling the 9 percent share garnered by Google’s
Android platform in a budding smartphone war that is still decidedly lopsided.
Apple, which is geared to launch iPhone 4.0 and its iAd platform at t…
Software giant Microsoft, whose Windows operating system dominates the desktop market, could be banished from desktop computers at another giant – Google. According to a report published on the Financial Times website last weekend, Google has told its employees that security vulnerabilities present in Microsoft’s products have become too much of a liability.
At the Computex convention in Taiwan, Vitesse offers cost-conscious businesses an updated line of Ethernet switches designed with energy-saving features. – Vitesse Semiconductor, a provider of IC solutions for carrier and enterprise
networks, announced an expansion of its SparX-III switch family (VSC7424,
VSC7425, VSC7426 and VSC7427), a line of Gigabit Ethernet managed switch
devices with the capability to integrate up to 12 copper physical layers
…
Cisco continued its strong performance in the switch and router space in the first quarter, seeing its revenue jump 33 percent during the same period in 2009, according to Infonetics. The report came a day after IDC noted that Cisco grew its dominating market share in Ethernet switches and routers. – Cisco Systems continues to demonstrate its dominance in the networking
space, with an Infonetics Research report saying the company was the top player
in the switch and router market.
Cisco saw sharp gains in revenues in the space, according to
Infonetics analyst Michael Howard.
“Cisco is on a …
A prequel to Quentin Tarantino’s 1997 cinema gem Jackie Brown is in the works — sans the trendsetting lensman, according to JoBlo.com. Elmore Leonard’s hit novel The Switch — which first introduced the world to Robert DeNiro and Samuel L. Jackson’s villainous characters Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara — is being adapted for the [...]
Both the Ethernet switch and router spaces are seeing strong revenue growth, driven by such applications as virtualization, cloud computing, and voice and video over IP, according to IDC. Cisco in particular benefitted from the strong rebound, seeing its market share in both Ethernet switches and service provider routers increase. – The Ethernet switch and router markets saw strong growth in the
first quarter, driven by demand for such applications as voice and
video over IP, virtualization and cloud computing, according to
research firm IDC.
The big winner in the surge was Cisco Systems, which
saw the largest gains and hi…
Cisco Systems’ CGR 2010 and CGS 2520 are the first products in the company’s Connected Grid portfolio, one of several efforts from Cisco to bring intelligence and greater security to the networks used by utility companies. The goal is to make the generation and distribution of power more efficient both for the facilities and for their business or consumer customers. – Cisco Systems, which a year ago kicked off its Smart
Grid initiative to bring its vast networking expertise to the energy
industry, is rolling out a new router and switch designed to help utilities
more efficiently deliver power to businesses and homes.
The new offerings, announced May 25, are t…
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