Jeff Burt

Two industry standards groups will work together to leverage software-defined networking to help drive the development and adoption of network-functions virtualization. The Open Networking Foundation (ONF), which is looking to fuel the growth of OpenFlow-based software-defined networking (SDN), is teaming up with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), through which an Industry Specification Group (ISG) […]

Cisco Systems is working with Google to bring its WebEx collaboration technology to Google’s Chromebooks. In his keynote address March 18 at the Enterprise Connect 2014 show in Orlando, Fla., Rowan Trollope, senior vice president of Cisco’s Technology Group, announced the networking giant will work with Google to jointly develop products that will leverage Cisco’s […]

Unify officials are preparing to take the next steps with its Project Ansible next-generation unified communications platform, which they said is on track to become generally available later this year. Unify—nee Siemens Enterprise Communications—first unveiled Ansible in June 2013, outlining a solution designed to seamlessly aggregate communications streams—from voice and video to social software, analytics, […]

iRobot’s Ava 500 video collaboration robot, developed in conjunction with Cisco Systems, is hitting the market. The Ava 500 is designed to enable remote workers to not only participate in meetings, but also to move around a building and collaborate with co-workers in areas that otherwise would be difficult, such as hallways, manufacturing floors, data […]

ShoreTel officials are promoting a tightly integrated unified communications solution that includes everything from the cloud platform to the business applications and IP phones. On the first day of the Enterprise Connect 2014 show March 17 in Orlando, Fla., ShoreTel announced it is shipping its ShoreTel 400 series IP desk phones for Sky, its cloud-based […]

Enterprises have their share of options when it comes to IT monitoring from vendors like CA that offer a range of products and solutions, according to Sergey Nevstruev. With these tools, larger businesses can keep an eye on their infrastructures and Websites, detecting problems and fixing them before they can result in lost business and […]

Pressure from Microsoft and Google reportedly led Asus officials to shelve plans to roll out a system that could run both Windows 8.1 and Android. Asus officials at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January showed off the Transformer Book Duet TD300, a 2-in-1 device that would run the Windows operating system when used […]

Unify executives are using the giant CeBit show this week and the upcoming Enterprise Connect 2014 event to outline initiatives and strategies businesses can pursue to spur collaboration and communication among an increasingly mobile workforce. Dean Douglas, CEO of Unify—which used to be known as Siemens Enterprise Communications—at his keynote address at CeBit spoke about […]

Talari Networks is launching a software tool that will enable IT administrators to get a clearer view of what’s happening in their networks. Talari officials are launching Adaptive Private Networking (APN) Aware, an application that supports the company’s lineup of wide-area network (WAN) appliances and offers a centralized place for networking professionals to get a […]

The Internet of things has come into play in the ongoing search for the Malaysian airliner that disappeared six days after leaving Kuala Lumpur on its way to China. According to a report March 13 in the Wall Street Journal, some investigators believe Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 may have flown as long as another 4 […]

A hung jury in the high-profile legal battle between Juniper Networks and Palo Alto Networks does not mean the case is going away. Soon after the U.S. District Court jury in Delaware failed to reach a unanimous verdict and the judge declared a mistrial, Juniper executives indicated that they intend to press the allegations that […]

Dell might be trying to evolve from simply being a box maker to becoming an enterprise IT solutions and services provider, but it doesn’t mean the company that made its name by selling PCs is moving too far away from its client roots. Over the past several years, the giant tech vendor has spent billions […]