Wayne Rash

Cisco Systems announcement Monday that it will acquire privately held startup Protego Networks for $65 million adds a critical piece to Ciscos strategy for becoming a security vendor. Over the course of the past year, Cisco has acquired other companies to build its self-defending network and its Network Admission Control technology. With Protego, those capabilities […]

Wi-LAN Inc., the Calgary, Alberta-based vendor of fixed wireless broadband services, has tapped media gateway maker Quintum Technologies Inc. as its integration partner for its voice-over-IP services. Under the agreement, Quintum will provide its Tenor media gateway, which will work with any of several fixed wireless radios provided by Wi-LAN. The Quintum products will be […]

Thursday was a big day for vulnerability announcements, but not necessarily for big vulnerabilities. Cisco on Thursday announced two problems with its products, one of which had the potential to be serious. A potentially serious problem with Samba appeared on Bugtraq, and Veritas reported a problem with Backup Exec versions 8 and 9. None of […]

The announcement Wednesday in New York that Sprint Communications Co. L.P. and Nextel Communications Inc. will merge, creating the third largest wireless provider in the United States, is being called a marriage of equals. The new company—Sprint Nextel—will use both names, and operations will be merged, as will management. The companies will also have to […]

At this point its still not confirmed that Symantec and Veritas are actually going ahead with a merger theyve been discussing, but apparently the discussions have reached the point where theyre serious. So, the chances are pretty good that well hear about another mega-acquisition in the near term. If it happens, such an acquisition could […]

The office in charge of cyber-security in the Department of Homeland Security is planning to continue moving ahead on the agenda the agency has already set. According to Lawrence Hale, deputy director of the National Cyber-Security Division at DHS, the agency considers physical and cyber-security so deeply intertwined that it would be impossible to separate […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. made strides this week in its plan to provide a complete 10 Gigabit Ethernet solution to customers. On Monday, HP announced that it would sell S2io Inc.s 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapteras an OEM product, and also introduced a new line of ProCurve switches, bringing a stackable 10 Gig switch to the table. “It […]

Advanced Micro Devices Inc.s announcement that its new PowerNow technology will be available on its Opteron line of processors could mean a lot to some enterprise customers. The technology, which actually became available in May, despite AMDs announcement this week, is designed to let the processor run more slowly when demand is light, and then […]

S2ios announcement this week that HP would be using its 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters in two of its enterprise server lines was the proverbial “other shoe.” 10 Gig has been around for a couple of years, but because the equipment required to make it work was very expensive, it use was relegated to the largest […]

Vendors Hewlett-Packard Co., Alcatel S.A. and S2io Inc. each announced 10 Gigabit Ethernet products Monday that are aimed squarely at enterprise data centers. The products—stackable switches from HP and Alcatel and a 10 Gig server adapter from S2io—are the latest in a series of announcements of affordable devices in this class. Until these announcements, 10 […]

In August 1981, the world of computing changed. When IBM launched its first IBM PC, most observers at the time simply thought it was a good move by a company that was already a leader. The new computer would help IBM stay relevant and provide a new class of computers that would add some revenue. […]

Symbian Ltd., the London-based maker of the Symbian operating system used on high-end smart phones from a variety of manufacturers, says reports of malware may be premature. According to a statement released last week, the company says theres little to indicate that the alleged “Skulls” Trojan is really more than just a poorly written application. […]