Networking

Riverbed gets Mazu Networks for a bargain

WAN optimization heavyweight Riverbed Technology gobbled up Mazu Networks this week for just $25 million in cash. Mazu is a privately held company that sells network behavior analysis (NBA) tools that analyze the...

Maintstream IPv6 is inching closer

Over the last year I've written about the importance of developing your IPv6 skills now, and about how you should be looking at what kind of

CNN viewers spooked by Cisco ad during flight 1549 coverage

You know how sometimes you're watching TV and the commercials seem to bear an uncanny resemblance to the program... and you wonder if it was just coincidence, or some kind of prank on the part of the programmers? In Cisco's case, the coincidental placement of their TelePresence "Business Travel...

Cisco’s Warrior may be Washington-bound for Obama CTO post

Last spring at Cisco Networkers, I remember some jokes being bandied about regarding John Chambers as a potential candidate for president. It now seems that Cisco is actually quite close to having a representative in Obama's administration. According to published reports, Cisco CTO Padmasree...

PCI Compliance: Not easy, but not optional

While working on a story about how updates to PCI compliance rules will phase out WEP for retailers who process credit cards, I came across one of the more interesting takes on PCI compliance, by...

How network engineers can avoid the data center move blues

Just because we're surrounded by bad news doesn't mean we can't turn our lemons into lemonade. That's at least what network management software solution company Advanced Systems Group (ASG) has done (not to be confused with the

Nortel comes crashing down

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An IT industry stimulus bill? better than investing in Detroit’s dinosaurs

Seventy-five years ago millions of young men were out of work. The Great Depression was in full swing. The ruling powers, nervous that so many idle, impoverished young men might might destabilize society, created the Civilian Conservation...

Cisco is branching out into everything

Every year at Cisco Live, the vendor's giant annual customer conference, Cisco throws a big party for attendees. Last year the show was held in Orlando, and Cisco rented out a large portion of Universal Studios for the private party. Networking pros had the opportunity to try many of Universal's...

Forget cutting to the bone. Can you cut through the bone, too?

Hey, have you heard that the economy is in bad shape? It's bad out there. Just ask the newest Nobel Laureate for economics, Paul Krugman:

Seriously, we are in very deep trouble. Getting out of this will require a lot of...