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HP Contends For IT Heavyweight Crown
June 06, 2011 01:06 PM
While HP has led the IT market for some time on a revenue basis, its latest announcements continue the company's evolution from its commodity PC, server and printer roots to the enterprise roost that has been ruled by IBM since the dawn of the information age. HP is announcing a number of Converged Infrastructure solutions that bundle hardware, software and services, targeted at what the company calls the Instant-On Enterprise. Having kicked sand in Cisco's face with its network announcements last month, HP is now focusing its sights on combating IT sprawl with turnkey solutions that "deliver new levels of speed, simplicity and efficiency that enable clients to capitalize and anticipate change."A Simple Question With A Complicated Answer: How Fast Should My WLAN Be?
June 03, 2011 07:00 AM
Ethernet speeds are typically easy to discuss. Connection options jump between powers of 10, and range from 10 Mbps to 10 Gbps. (Forget about 40 Gbps for this discussion; it breaks my pattern.) But the question “What kind of speed should I get on the wireless network?” is a whole different animal. To the uninitiated, this is a reasonable question that should be met with a simple response. But to those of us responsible for providing a plausible answer, the question starts the mind racing through one scenario after another, all which leads to a response that typically begins with, “It all depends ... ,” and goes on to make us sound like the Disclaimer Guy who talks real fast at the end of radio commercials.Calling It: Dell Acquires Brocade
June 02, 2011 10:30 AM
A Canaccord Adams report, "Dell Looks Poised for a Networking Move," seems to have merit, and industry insiders are claiming to have heard about the deal. The company is dramatically cutting expenses, and the Dell Storage Forum is going on next week, a perfect venue to announce the acquisition.Cisco Intros Branch Solution Amid Restructuring, Financial News
May 16, 2011 08:00 AM
Sandwiched between announcing a major restructuring and reporting its latest quarterly financial results, Cisco unveiled new cloud initiatives at Interop that were originally scheduled to debut a month earlier (on April 19) as part of a major Borderless Networks update.Interop's Best Of The Best, Network Concerns
May 13, 2011 11:00 AM
Interop, the IT industry's biggest networking event, closed out its 25th annual outing by selecting the best of the best of products to allocate, secure, manage and improve the performance of the increasingly extended IT environment. A total of 135 entries qualified for the Best of Interop, an event produced by UBM TechWeb, the publisher of Network Computing. Additionally, according to two surveys at Interop, there are major concerns about cloud management and the flood of consumer devices invading the corporate network.HP Offers New Networking Hardware To Target Cisco Competition
May 10, 2011 08:00 AM
HP is introducing several new networking switches, wireless access points and other products on Monday in a direct challenge to market leader Cisco Systems. In launching the new products, HP shared benchmarking results that showed significant improvements in capacity, performance, energy efficiency and latency over comparable Cisco switches and access points. The new products are being unveiled at Interop IT Conference and Expo 2011 in Las Vegas.Dell Stretches Its Networking Reach
May 09, 2011 01:35 PM
While better known for its PCs and servers, Dell has been morphing into more of a full-line IT vendor with storage, appliances and software capabilities. So it should come as no surprise that the company is flexing its networking muscles at this week's Interop. The latest additions to its PowerConnect lineup include the M8024-k Ethernet switch, W-Series wireless solutions and B-Series switch solutions.NEC Goes GA On OpenFlow Switches
May 09, 2011 10:30 AM
This week's 25th edition of Interop may be showcasing the emerging OpenFlow standard as one element of the future of networking, but for NEC, the future is right here, right now. The company is announcing the general availability of its IP8800/S3640 line of Ethernet switches that support the open standard, as well as standard Layer 2/3 communications protocols.Brocade Introduces Family Of 16Gbps Fibre Channel Products For Cloud Computing
May 05, 2011 01:41 PM
Computer network equipment maker Brocade is introducing a first-to-market line of 16Gbps Fibre Channel switches and other equipment as it contends that Fibre Channel is going to be the dominant switching technology in cloud environments. The product announcements continue Brocade's strategy of developing Ethernet fabric networks for optimum performance, resiliency and efficiency. Brocade made the announcements at a Brocade Technology Day Summit Tuesday at its headquarters in San Jose, Calif.Opengear Launches Smart ACM5000 And IM4200 Cellular Routers And Console Servers At Interop Las Vegas 2011
May 05, 2011 12:59 PM
Opengear, a leading provider of next generation console server and remote management solutions, today announced the launch of its Smart ACM5000 and Smart IM4200 line of products at Interop Las Vegas 2011. Opengear products will be demonstrated at Interop in Opengear booth 2271 and will be featured in InteropNet, Interop's specialized cutting edge network, as well as in the much talked about OpenFlow Lab.« Previous Page | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Next Page »
