Monthly Archives: May 2013
Ethernet Marks 40 Years Linking People, Computers in a Wired World
Ethernet Marks 40 Years Linking People, Computers in a Wired World
by Chris Preimesberger
Ethernet Celebrates a Big Milestone
On May 22, 1973, Bob Metcalfe of the...
Juniper, Seagate Invest in Cloud Platform Startup Cloudscaling
Juniper Networks and startup Cloudscaling announced last month that Cloudscaling would leverage Juniper's virtual network controller into its OpenStack-based cloud infrastructure offering. Now Juniper...
Google Android Gets Improved Apps for Drive, Chrome
Google's Android team has unveiled new apps to improve the company's Drive and Chrome services for Android users.The new Google Drive app for Android...
Cricket Goes After AT&T, Verizon With ‘Half Is More’ Campaign
T-Mobile is not the only carrier taking aim at industry giants Verizon Wireless and AT&T. Leap Wireless brand Cricket announced May 22, the opening...
Softbank Makes Concessions to Feds, to Grease Sprint Deal: Report
As Sprint and Softbank, Japan's third-largest wireless carrier, move toward the completion of a merger first announced in October 2012, Softbank has said it...
Yahoo Buys Another Startup in Online Gamer PlayerScale
Yahoo is making quick work of branching out its Web services offerings in mobile, business productivity and gaming.On May 23, three days after Yahoo...
Dannon Yogurt Taps IBM Analytics to Find the Right Mix
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—When The Dannon Company needs to figure out the proper blend of yogurt products to increase its bottom line, it takes a big...
Google Glass Won’t Work in the Enterprise: 10 Reasons Why
Google Glass Won't Work in the Enterprise: 10 Reasons Why
by Don Reisinger
It's Really a Consumer Product
Although there may be business applications for Glass at...
Cloud-Based Apps, BYOD Challenge Legacy Phone Systems
More companies are showing dissatisfaction with legacy on-premise phone systems or private branch exchanges (PBXs) that are not designed for today's mobility-centric, cloud-based work...
AMD Rolls Out Low-Power Mobile Chips for Tablets, Ultrathin Notebooks
Advanced Micro Devices officials are looking to new lines of chips to help the company regain its footing in a compute environment that is...