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Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:45:51 +0200

.::Cisco is moving into your house::.

Buys into home networking

Cisco is paying $120m for home networking firm Pure Networks, underscoring its desire to build a consumer brand.…

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:49:59 +0200

.::Rogue SF sysadmin coughs up passwords::.

City regains access to its own network

San Francisco City Council regained access to its own computer network today after Mayor Gavin Newsom convinced network administrator Terry Childs to give them the passwords.…

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:55:38 +0200

.::Brocade buys Foundry Networks for $3bn::.

Playing with the big boys now

Brocade is to acquire Foundry Networks for $3bn in cash and stock. The storage networking vendor has secured a $1.5bn debt facility from Bank of America and Morgan Stanley to grease the purchase.…

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:43:00 +0200

.::Dublin airport was crippled by flakey network card::.

Flight into terror tedium

An air traffic control fault that brought Dublin airport to its knees last week has been traced to an intermittently flakey network card.…

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:04:45 +0200

.::Sony builds wireless data gang::.

TransferJet Consortium is go

Sony has signed up some friends to support its short-range radio protocol, TransferJet, as members of the new TransferJet Consortium, but has stopped short of calling the proprietary protocol a standard.…

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:18:31 +0200

.::Cisco takes us back to the future::.

Like the crash (before this one) never happened

Cisco has been showing journalists its vision of the future, which bears a remarkable resemblance to the past. It's somewhere around 1998 by our reckoning, only this time in high definition.…

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:47:09 +0200

.::Cisco boss wants successor to be less bossy::.

Executive round table constructed by 2013

Cisco's next boss won't reign on high like it's current chief executive John Chambers if John Chambers has anything to say about it.…

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:04:59 +0200

.::Brocade and Cisco squabble over future fabric standards::.

Now playing - Acronym Wars: The Convergence Brutality

Clashing acronym disarray has hit the networking scene with Brocade's recent claim that vendors won't rally 'round Cisco's version of data center Ethernet.…

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:15:04 +0200

.::Rogue IT troubleshooter pleads guilty to scamming Cisco::.

The old bait and port trick

A former city contractor from New Jersey is pleading guilty to pilfering nearly $6.9m by exploiting Cisco's part replacement program.…

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:50:44 +0200

.::Brocade releases second wave of HBAs::.

Sees itself at the center of everything

Meeting the deadlines set with its original Host Bus Adapter (HBA) roadmap, Brocade today is rolling out a second-generation of devices with more respectable performance.…

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:02:03 +0200

.::Cisco ignites the web via WAAS and deformed arms::.

More Data Center 3.0 contemplation

It's time again for Cisco's annual customer conference, Cisco Live! in Orlando. Better dust off that old Sadville avatar, networking fans, these things curiously get beamed in at Linden Lab's infamous soul dump Second Life.…

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:22:12 +0200

.::Jumbo bug crashes Cisco anti-hacker appliances::.

I saw a peanut stand, heard a rubber band

Security appliances from Cisco can crash when handling Jumbo Ethernet frames, the networking giant warned on Wednesday.…

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:32:33 +0200

.::UK prisoners offered data cabling training::.

Cat Burglar 5 specialists?

UK lags will be offered training in networking skills in a bid to bridge the skills shortage in IT.…

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:32:18 +0200

.::Fire at The Planet takes down thousands of websites::.

Faulty transformer blamed

A fire at The Planet's H1 data center in Houston, Texas on Saturday has taken out thousands of websites.…

Tue, 27 May 2008 17:38:40 +0200

.::EU sets ambitious IPv6 target::.

The internet gets its own straight banana rule

The European Commission is pushing for 25 per cent of the bloc's government bodies, industry and public to switch to IPv6 by 2010, amid warnings that the current IPv4 protocol is fast running out of net addresses.…

Thu, 22 May 2008 16:05:51 +0200

.::Cisco breaks cycle with IOS patch::.

Preemptive defence against rootkit exploits?

Cisco released a trio of updates on Wednesday. The advisories cover denial of service vulnerabilities in IOS Secure Shell and its Secure Control Engine software. The escalation update involves Cisco's voice engine portal software.…

Fri, 16 May 2008 18:09:57 +0200

.::World economy group gives IPv6 big push::.

Warns about depletion of IPv4 addresses

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) sounded an alarm bell yesterday over the rapid depletion of IPv4 internet addresses and gave the IPv6 protocol another push.…

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:22:33 +0200

.::DNS gaffe leaves spy agency totally under cover::.

Big website knickers round ankles

The unavailability of the US National Security Agency website on Thursday has been linked to misconfigured DNS (Domain Name System) servers.…

Fri, 16 May 2008 11:03:23 +0200

.::Verizon lands 10-year deal to unify DHS networks::.

One net to rule them all - and in the darkness find them

US telco Verizon yesterday announced it had won a $678.5m, ten-year deal to tie together the many disparate networks within the vast US Department of Homeland Security (DHS).…

Wed, 14 May 2008 02:28:32 +0200

.::Adaptec makes low-end RAID gear ROC hard::.

Series 5 begat Series 2

Adaptec is launching a new line of entry-level unified serial RAID controllers today, using the revamped design of its top-tier Series 5 gear announced in March.…

Tue, 13 May 2008 17:55:02 +0200

.::Brocade cranks its Fibre switches and HBAs to 8Gb/s::.

Speedier SAN selection sighted

Brocade is primed to move its 8Gb/s networking gear to a market it entered just one year ago, server bus host adapters (HBAs). It's also giving the 8Gig work-over to its Fibre Channel switch lineup.…

Thu, 08 May 2008 17:26:05 +0200

.::iPlayer to tart up Freesat::.

Beeb and ITV square up to Sky

iPlayer, the BBC's promiscuous media delivery software, will be available on Freesat within a year, the operator hopes.…

Wed, 07 May 2008 13:30:04 +0200

.::Ruckus kicks off over directional Wi-Fi::.

Netgear slapped with patent suit

Wi-fi co Ruckus reckons Netgear has been fitting its directional Wi-Fi technology to more routers than it ought, and has slapped the company with a patent-infringement suit.…

Wed, 07 May 2008 10:15:33 +0200

.::Cisco hits lowered targets::.

Pessimism pays off

Cisco hit its lowered targets for the third quarter of 2008, increasing sales by 10.4 per cent ahead of targeted growth of 10 per cent.…

Tue, 06 May 2008 03:05:37 +0200

.::Ex-Navy SEAL and nanny 'Otter' does bird over Broadcom::.

Kindergarten cop, shmindergarten shmop

A federal judge in California sentenced an ex-Navy SEAL to prison today after he refused to testify against his employer, former Broadcom CEO, Henry Nicholas.…

Sat, 03 May 2008 01:07:44 +0200

.::Broadcom shrinks Ethernet switching gear to 65nm::.

Smaller chips and green intentions

Interop 2008 Broadcom has refreshed its lineup of Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches, bestowing them with smaller 65nm chips in time to show at Interop in Las Vegas.…

Fri, 02 May 2008 00:12:11 +0200

.::Intel puts another foot into 10GbE::.

Punts server adapter that supports 1Gb and 10Gb speeds

Interop 2008 With a sweep of the Interop 2008 Las Vegas show floor, it's clear that vendors are confident that 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology is moving beyond the early adoption phase and into more storage networks and data centers.…

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:04:56 +0200

.::Mao to run 3Com from China::.

Can new boss deliver great leap forward?

Networking equipment firm 3Com has ousted chief exec Edgar Masri in the wake of an abandoned buyout by Bain Capital Partners and Huawei, the Chinese networking firm.…

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:14:05 +0200

.::Blue Coat vows to fund the heck out of PacketShaper::.

Jewel of WAN acceleration firm's $268m purchase

Interop 2008 We'll admit that the WAN acceleration joint Blue Coat has largely been cruising under our radar, so when the company bought its rival Packeteer for $268m last week, we did a double-take.…

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:09:47 +0200

.::Citrix scales up NetScaler::.

Web application acceleration accelerated

Interop 2008 Citrix is brushing the cobwebs off its NetScaler line today and introducing a new top-end to its web acceleration appliances.…

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:24:22 +0200

.::Sysadmins get Quake tools::.

Fragging system processes

Managing a network just got a whole lot more fun - Aussie boffins have created a version of Quake which finally lets you deal with network problems with a shotgun.…

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:40:56 +0200

.::BBC should not pay for fibre, Ofcom tells MPs::.

Never really an option

The dog and pony show over whether the BBC should contribute to distribution costs for iPlayer rolled into Westminster yesterday, with Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards telling MPs he doesn't believe forcing Auntie to cough up for a fibre network is the best plan.…

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:57:12 +0200

.::Blue Coat pockets Packeteer for $268m::.

I'll get my...

WAN optimization specialist Blue Coat is to lay down a hefty $268m to purchase its rival, Packeteer.…

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:21:52 +0200

.::Nimbus-led alliance hopes to big up 10Gb Ethernet::.

Switch and adapt

A number of big name IP networking vendors teamed up earlier this week to create a new Nimbus-led partnership to raise awareness of 10Gbit/sec Ethernet.…

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:41:33 +0200

Come and get it

From the folks at security think tank GNUCitizen comes yet another demonstration of the insecurity that's present by default in the UK's most popular home broadband router.…

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:27:03 +0200

.::Cisco to buy Nuova and sell its FCoE switch::.

Get rich quick spin-in comes home

Cisco has revealed what its $70m "spin-in" investment in Nuova Systems has been all about.…

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:08:02 +0200

.::Disaster recovery bug hangs up Cisco comms kit::.

Failover falls over

There's trouble with the Disaster Recovery Framework (DRF) Master component in a number of unified communications products from Cisco.…

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:22:12 +0100

.::Sun's chip boss fertilizes budding Juniper branch::.

David Yen enters the bush

Juniper Networks is ready to dish details on the hiring of Sun Microsystem's now-former chip chief, David Yen.…

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:02:46 +0100

.::Juniper acquires Sun's chip chief with one Yen::.

Routers prepare for delays

Sun Microsystems' long-time chip chief David Yen has left the building for an undisclosed role at Juniper Networks.…

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:02:02 +0100

.::Verizon makes nice with P2P::.

We can help ISPs turn internet into big TV set

From an ISP’s point of view, P2P traffic can appear to be exceptionally daunting. If they choose to block it, as some have accused almost all of the major US ISPs of doing, then their networks would become ghost networks, with virtually no traffic in sight. But if they embrace it, their networks are fast moving crazy places, where suppliers have to sprint to keep their network surviving.…

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:25:48 +0100

.::Bain and Huawei bail on 3Com buyout::.

You can't fight city hall

Claiming an inability to stifle US government concerns over a 3Com acquisition, Bain Capital Partners and Huawei Technologies are now taking their ball and going home.…

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:03:32 +0100

.::Cisco-baiting security co goes titsup::.

Lockdown shutdown

An Intel-backed security company which tried to compete against networking behemoth Cisco in one of its strongest markets has shut down.…

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:10:17 +0100

.::Ericsson CMO says Wi-Fi hotspots' days are numbered::.

'The telephone boxes of the broadband era'

Ericsson's chief marketing officer, Johan Bergendahl, caused a huge commotion last week when he predicted that Wi-Fi hotspots would become as "irrelevant as telephone boxes". Even allowing for Ericsson's self-interest in a world where cellular networks will be the main route for users to reach the internet while on the move, the surprise that greeted Bergendahl's remarks was strangely anachronistic.…

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:51:40 +0100

.::Video conferencing gets cheaper, ~~nastier~~ easier::.

Poor showing precipitates price cuts

HP has slashed the entry price for its top-end video conferencing platform as it tries to convince businesses that it is no longer an unaffordable luxury.…

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:05:53 +0100

.::Avaya banks on recession to push cheap comms kit::.

Drops price into bargain basement

Avaya has launched a bargain basement version of its unified communications offering which is aimed to appeal to customers worried about the economic downturn.…

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:03:19 +0100

.::Vyatta blows out Cisco routers with study::.

The OPEC of networking

Vyatta isn't the biggest dog in networking gear — but it's a wee terrier with a distinct mean streak. The firm got its teeth planted firmly into Cisco's hindquarters from the get-go, and isn't about to release any time soon.…

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:09:21 +0100

.::Juniper routers get firewall service in Junos upgrade::.

J-series boxes take on security duty

Juniper Networks says it's going to be adding new services into its routers via operating system updates.…

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:40:13 +0100

.::Nortel widens telecom tubes with 40Gb/s optical cards::.

Thanks a heap, Star Wars kid

Nortel is showing off some new optical networking gear for telecoms, made to push bandwidth-clogging applications at a blazing 40Gb/s without an infrastructure overhaul.…

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:30:18 +0100

.::3Com delays buyout vote again::.

Struggles to satisfy US security concerns

In brief 3Com says it needs 14 more days to smooth out US security concerns before the company can take its pending $2.2bn sellout to a vote.…

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:25:41 +0100

.::Cisco hops onto patching treadmill::.

Network giant wheels out bi-annual IOS update cycle

Cisco has taken a leaf out of Microsoft's book by adopting a regular patch release cycle. However, the change will apply only to security bugs involving its core IOS software and not all its products.…