http://www.eweek.com Enterprise Networking - RSS Feeds en-us Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:47:47 -0400 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:47:47 -0400 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:59:10 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/EyeShaped-Camera-Could-Lead-to-Prosthetic-Eyes/?kc=rss - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Borrowing one of nature's best designs, U.S. scientists have built an eye-shaped camera using standard sensor materials and say it could improve the performance of digital cameras and enhance imaging of the human body. The device might even lead to the development of prosthe...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/EyeShaped-Camera-Could-Lead-to-Prosthetic-Eyes/?kc=rss Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:57:14 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Dissecting-the-BrocadeFoundry-Merger/?kc=rss - Brocade Communications' $3 billion acquisition of neighboring Foundry Networks, announced July 21, is all about connectivity, and it is causing plenty of talk in the storage and networking analyst communities. After all, if this deal closes as expected this fall, Brocade will have pulled off one o...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Dissecting-the-BrocadeFoundry-Merger/?kc=rss Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:38:30 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Brocade-Acquires-Foundry-Networks/?kc=rss - Brocade Communications Systems took a major step toward leveling the networking playing field against market superpower Cisco Systems July 21 by acquiring Internet router and switch maker Foundry Networks for about $3 billion in cash. Many enterprises need to bolster their infrastructures to sup...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Brocade-Acquires-Foundry-Networks/?kc=rss Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Vendors-Ready-for-WiFi-Standard/?kc=rss - Major manufacturers are beginning to announce products that will support the 802.11n Wi-Fi standard, now that the body overseeing its development has approved a draft version and agreed to work on the next version. The moves by a committee of the IEEE during meetings in London the week of Jan. 15 d...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Vendors-Ready-for-WiFi-Standard/?kc=rss Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Cisco-Looks-to-Transform/?kc=rss - Five years from now, Cisco Systems may be thought of as a software company rather than a networking box supplier, if its network-is-the-platform strategy is successful. Cisco wants to create what could be described as a network version of a hypervisor, aimed at allowing customers to more easily plu...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Cisco-Looks-to-Transform/?kc=rss Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Cutting-Out-the-Middleman/?kc=rss - UC Berkeley researchers have created tiny wireless motes or network sensors that use radio signals to communicate where theyre at in physical space. The goal: an RFID network that could revolutionize the industry with its ability to locate tagged items without the aid of readers. What we showe...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Cutting-Out-the-Middleman/?kc=rss Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/You-are-There151More-or-Less/?kc=rss - Cisco Systems is trying to change the videoconferencing game with a new system that more closely approximates an in-person meeting. The Cisco TelePresence virtual meeting system, introduced Oct. 23, was designed to control all aspects of the virtual meeting down to the physical conference table, l...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/You-are-There151More-or-Less/?kc=rss Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Cisco-Ups-10-Gigabit-Ante/?kc=rss - With 10 Gigabit Ethernet prices coming down and data center performance requirements going up, Cisco Systems is moving to grab broader market acceptance for its high-speed networking technology. On Sept. 25, Cisco launched a higher-density 10 Gigabit Ethernet module for its Catalyst 6500 that doub...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Cisco-Ups-10-Gigabit-Ante/?kc=rss Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Not-Your-Fathers-Network-General/?kc=rss - Network General, after coming out of a self-described seven-year hiatus under Network Associates, was spun out of the renamed McAfee and taken private by a pair of venture capital companies two years ago. The aim was to take a still-loyal customer base and solid technology out of the trenches and bu...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Not-Your-Fathers-Network-General/?kc=rss Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Network-General-Branches-Out/?kc=rss - Network General, in conjunction with its 20th anniversary, revamped its products and architecture at Interop on Sept. 18 in a broad update to its Sniffer platform. The company, with its new Network Intelligence Suite and Network Intelligence Architecture, hopes to move out of the trenches as a tool...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Network-General-Branches-Out/?kc=rss Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/The-Buzz-%5B28%5D/?kc=rss - Federal resources The paper trail The Paperwork Reduction Act is buried in paper. Thats the take-away from the Government Accountability Office testimony before a congressional subcommittee. The Paperwork Reduction Act was designed to minimize the burden on the public when the feds ask for variou...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/The-Buzz-%5B28%5D/?kc=rss Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Getting-a-Lock-on-Endpoints/?kc=rss - Does the damage that could be caused by a random roaming laptop coming onto your customers networks keep you awake at night? It should, but rather than losing any more sleep, consider the potential for new business in the endpoint security marketplace. These days, one infected laptop can bring a ne...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Getting-a-Lock-on-Endpoints/?kc=rss Mon, 22 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/The-Buzz-%5B26%5D/?kc=rss - Online fraud Gone phishing The best phishing apparently is abroad, according to a study by RSA Security. In its online fraud intelligence report for April, RSA found the majority of all the banks targeted by phishing were based outside the United States. In fact, 57 percent of phishing targets wer...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/The-Buzz-%5B26%5D/?kc=rss Mon, 01 May 2006 09:00:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Juniper-Lifts-Curtain-on-Its-WAN-Plans/?kc=rss - Juniper Networks made it clear it wants to become a bigger player in the WAN optimization and application acceleration space when it bought Peribit Networks and Redline Networks in 2005, but its since said little to enterprise customers about its vision for those technologies. That quiet ends the w...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Juniper-Lifts-Curtain-on-Its-WAN-Plans/?kc=rss Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:00:00 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Cisco-Launches-NextGen-Switches/?kc=rss - Cisco Systems has expanded its carrier access offerings by launching a new platform that could help service providers launch next-generation services. The Cisco ME 6524 Ethernet Switch is the second in Ciscos new line of Metro Ethernet switches. The switch is intended to let carriers leverage their...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Cisco-Launches-NextGen-Switches/?kc=rss