enterprise networking

Enterprises look to cut telecom spending; commodity threat on the horizon

Enterprises are looking to cut telecom costs in a variety of ways in 2010, according to a report that mirrors some of our survey findings and model predictions. They’re expected to put pressure on providers to lower WAN...

HP’s 3Com acquisition: Vendor market activity spurred the move

HP has made a somewhat-surprise move and acquired 3Com, a venerable but now fallen giant in the networking field, and the move is very...

Amazon EC2, cloud computing and the enterprise

Amazon’s Elastic Cloud Computing (EC2) is gaining some traction as the framework for software vendors to offer software-as-a-service (SaaS). This is no...

Cisco positions for cloud computing move

Cisco is reportedly eyeing VMware for possible acquisition, a move that would surely put Cisco squarely into the IT competition and mark perhaps the most dramatic transformation of business model attempted by any major U.S. tech vendor.

There are other things that Cisco could be focusing...