Enterprise Networking, Network Management and Wireless Networking
The latest enterprise networking news, analysis, blogs and product reviews covering networking topics such as routers, switches, wireless networking, wireless Access Points (APs), servers and managing deployed systems. Includes disaster recovery and network management software as well as all the information you need to design, deploy, monitor, manage, secure and support your Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), and Wi-Fi systems.
News Analysis: Major wireless carriers treat Hurricane Earl as a serious threat to their infrastructures, even though significant damage to the U.S. mainland is unlikely.
Nvidia's GeForce 400M GPU series allows users to take advantage of the latest 3D entertainment technology, and boasts the company's Optimus technology.
Skype 5.0 for Windows lets users make group video conference calls for up to 10 users. The service comes one week after Google introduced Call Phones from Gmail.
Samsung Galaxy Tab, an upcoming 7-inch slate running Google Android 2.2, will be the next big challenger to take a run at the Apple iPad's dominance of the tablet PC category.
Sony is rolling out revamped versions of its three e-readers and selling its Pocket Edition at a higher price in a bid to compete against the cheaper Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook.
Apple's Sept. 1 event saw the debut of new iPods, a revamped Apple TV and a music-centric social service, pushing the company toward greater conflict with Microsoft, Facebook and Google.
One core tenet of demilitarized zone (DMZ) design is to segregate network devices, systems, services and applications based on risk. Because of this, it's crucial to carefully plan and design a DMZ because it may not be easy to fix major flaws in the DMZ's design once it's live. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Michael Hamelin explains how to design a secure DMZ for your enterprise.
HP is introducing refreshed laptops for the back-to-school season, with new features baked into everything from the HP 210 Mini notebooks to the higher-end HP Envy series. More entertainment-centric features include 3D and Beats Audio sound technology, but more powerful processors and graphics will likely appeal to a broad range of consumers, students and businesspeople. HP also seems determined to enliven the look of its laptop lines, with new colors and sleeker designs. Some of this redesign is performance-related, such as the HP Pavilion dm3's heat-dispensing architecture; but much of it simply intends to set HP apart from other manufacturers.
Borders reportedly plans on slashing its e-reader prices, in order to further undercut the price points of the Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook, according to a new Wall Street Journal report.
Iomega's desktop storage device for small and branch offices has features suited to both personal and enterprise use, although businesses should keep its limitations in mind.
For providing a distinct and premium solution in an increasingly commoditized marketplace trending toward lower prices and similar feature sets, Cisco and CleanAir earn eWEEK's Analyst's Choice.
Cisco introduces data center Layer 2 multipath NX-OS feature for the Nexus 7000 that has the goal of increasing network performance by eliminating barriers imposed by STP (Spanning Tree Protocol).
Reporter's Notebook: Wireless LAN vendors took center stage at Interop Las Vegas 2010 to announce new WLAN products and technologies. While product vendors argued about the best way to do things and looked ahead to future technology advances, implementers wanted best practices for the present.
The E(z)RF Service Assurance Module enables wireless LAN administrators to leverage an existing Meru WLAN infrastructure to provide ongoing benchmarking of the wireless network.
VIPRE Enterprise Premium combines high-performance antivirus, antispyware, and a client firewall into a single agent so you get comprehensive endpoint malware protection with low system resource usage.