With IT usage growing maturing it is time for SIs to re-think their offerings and scale up the value chain. …
Threats to online users growing: IronPort
IronPort Systems, provider of solutions that protect businesses against spam, viruses and malware, and now part of Cisco, is going …
Intel’s Atom boosts chip market, but tough times loom
Intel's new Atom processor helped drive the worldwide microprocessor market to a new shipment record in the third quarter, Nonetheless, …
Data centers beyond power efficiency
Increased power efficiency alone won't be sufficient to turn data centers truly “green,” Gartner pointed out in advance of a …
10 strategic technologies for 2009
Research firm Gartner has revealed its list of the 10 most important strategic technologies for 2009, which includes cloud computing …
Intrusion-prevention systems still not used full throttle: survey
Infonetics Research interviewed 169 security professionals responsible for managing IPS in their organizations to find out whether the full functionality …
McAfee to acquire Secure Computing
The deal is being touted as combining Secure Computing’s strengths in firewall, Web and e-mail gateway filtering with McAfee’s intrusion …
Extreme Networks, HP boost VoIP security
Extreme Networks plans to unveil a software upgrade to its security appliances designed to better safeguard VoIP traffic. Separately, HP …
Going virtual
Are Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPNs the way to go? For many corporate network needs the answer is yes, absolutely, …
Vendors scramble to rein in virtual environments
The rush to virtualize data-center resources has players across the entire IT landscape working to deliver virtualization products and win …
Dell gains, Sun loses in worldwide server market
IBM retained the top spot but had slower revenue growth than Dell, while HP stayed in second place with hardly …
Untangling the LAN
When troubleshooting a network outage, nothing is more annoying than going through dozens of hardware and software checks only to …
Wireless worries
Why is it that security is still such a big worry for IT managers when it comes to deploying wireless …
Blade growth to be stymied
Gartner projects a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19 % for blade shipments from 2007 through 2012. The dramatic …