Dell’s major cloud move; Networks make cloud presence known

Dell has used a couple of software conferences as bully pulpits for some of its own cloud announcements. The company is making a major cloud move, one it obviously hopes will elevate them to the...
Verizon’s CloudSwitch buy: Important Tier 1 move but not a panacea

Verizon has taken what may be a very important and evocative step toward maturing its enterprise cloud strategy with the purchase of privately held CloudSwitch....
Apple’s Jobs steps down; what/who now for the mobile revolution?

Apple's Steve Jobs has finally decided that his health won’t permit him to head Apple and has passed control to Tom Cook, the Apple COO who has been the administrative head since Jobs...
Hope for Clearwire: Sprint desperately seeking cable partners

It looks like there may be some hope for Clearwire; Sprint is said to be seeking cable partners to help fund a buyout of the firm. There’s some logic to this move, I...
HP exits the PC biz; other vendors orbit on data center/PC positions

Well, revolutions are interesting at least, and we certainly have one now. HP is exiting the PC business, spinning off its PC unit and doing some M&A to boost itself as a player in the...
Apple’s iCloud data storage costs — high and higher

Apple’s iCloud is advancing quickly to production status, and with the progress comes more clarity into what the service will offer. Three things about iCloud caught my eye; Windows integration, the pricing...
Brocade cuts guidance over Ethernet uptake, economy, cloud

With Brocade’s cut in guidance on its earnings call, the company joined what seemed a parade of network equipment vendors who’ve called the future of network spending into...
Videoscape shakeup: Cisco consolidates video into single unit

Beyond price, Huawei makes strategic gains with security effort

Huawei, which has been gaining influence by leaps and bounds simply because it’s the network industry price leader, showed real gains in strategic insight in our most recent survey. Huawei is demonstrating that it intends to keep up its “build-a-strategy” trend by naming a kind of “