Network

Mon, February 13, 2012 - Imagine a world where family members can stream their favorite HD content to different rooms, all while your teenage son uploads his latest HD video "project" to YouTube. Well, with new wireless LAN technology based on 802.11ac quickly approaching -- possibly in one or two years -- this digital home network paradise could become a reality.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - Everyone's seen the headlines. TJX. RSA. Playstation Network. Symantec. Major corporations with massive investments in network security reduced to public ridicule and expensive liability by hackers. Even governments aren't immune, as proven by online vigilantes like Wikileaks and Anonymous.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - Apple today said that auditors from a labor rights group have begun inspections at Chinese factories that manufacture its iPad and iPhone.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - Freelance writer Susan Perschke recently sat down with Cisco Vice President and Chief Security Officer John N. Stewart for an in-depth discussion of the state of enterprise security.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - IT execs know they will have to deploy IPv6 at some point, but where to begin? One approach that establishes some IPv6 capability without spending a lot of time or money is to start at the perimeter.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - We are in an awkward point in the history of the Internet. IPv4 address depletion has occurred yet we expect to use IPv4 for the next 15 to 20 years. Organizations see two paths before them. One alternative is to use continue to use IPv4 and expect to use multiple layers of network address translation (NAT) for many years to come. The other alternative is to start to use IPv6, however, the majority of enterprise organizations and content providers have not embraced the protocol.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - Distribution Management Inc. bought F5's Big-IP Gateway to handle WAN optimization, but it turns out the platform solved a string of problems that cropped up when the company deployed VMware virtual desktop infrastructure, too.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - The key difference between Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) is the way they can be integrated into your organization's network topology. Most organizations may deploy a server load balancer/ADC in-line as a Layer-3 reverse-proxy-server.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - We had a chance to see the Cius tablet at a Cisco office in Boston, and while we weren't able to bring it back to our own lab and pound on it, we did get a pretty good feel for what the Cius is and what it isn't.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - Startup Starboard Storage Systems today came out of quiet mode with its first product: a storage array that discerns between structured and unstructured data in order to tailor I/O performance. It's also designed for use in virtualized server environments.

Fri, February 10, 2012 - Every sport has its fans, and the Phoenix Suns basketball team is finding that use of social networking has become one of the main ways to keep in touch with its fan base -- though it can get dicey when basketball fans across the NBA go a little wild before big games.

Fri, February 10, 2012 - Anyone making a road trip across America should expect their mobile data service to basically not exist throughout much of the Western United States.

Fri, February 10, 2012 - A new security tool lets enterprise IT groups set access and share policies for employees, including mobile users, who are working with the online Google Apps suite.

Fri, February 10, 2012 - Google is rumoured to be on the verge of launching a new cloud-based storage product, which has been described as the search giant's answer to Dropbox.