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Lenovo Launches ThinkServer RS140 for SMBs

Lenovo's server business isn't standing still while the company works to complete its $2.3 billion deal to buy IBM's x86 systems business.The company on...

Genband Demonstrates NFV-Enabled Session Border Controller

Genband is taking steps into the Network-Functions Virtualization space with a demonstration of its new NFV-enabled distributed session border controller at its Perspectives14 customer...

Sencha Ext JS 5 Unifies Mobile, Desktop App Dev

Sencha, a provider of HTML5 development tools for desktop and mobile applications, announced an upgrade to Ext JS, its flagship development platform for building...

Microsoft Tests Waters for Visual Studio ’14’

Microsoft has released the first community technology preview (CTP) of the next major version of Visual Studio, codenamed Visual Studio 14.The company is maintaining...

Oracle, Extreme Join OpenDaylight SDN Group

Oracle and Extreme Networks are the latest companies to join the vendor-driven OpenDaylight Project, which is developing an open-source platform for software-defined network and...

ARM Buys Duolog for SoC Configuration

ARM is bulking up its IP configuration capabilities by acquiring Duolog Technologies, which creates tools to help design systems-on-a-chip and integrate technology onto those...

Intel CEO Krzanich Shows Off Smart Shirt, Robot

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich is continuing to stress the chip maker's push into such growth areas as wearable devices, embedded systems and the mobile...

Docomo to Offer NFV Services in 2016

Giant Japanese service provider NTT Docomo plans to offer services leveraging network-function virtualization by March 2016 after completing proof-of-concept trials with three top-tier networking...

Ex-Cisco IoT Chief Goes to Chinese Green Tech Firm

The executive who headed up Cisco Systems' Internet of things strategy has taken a job with a Chinese green energy company.Guido Jouret, a 20-year...

Mimosa Gets $20 Million for Rural WiFi Networks Efforts

Startup Mimosa Networks is getting another $20 million in financing in its effort to bring fiber-speed wireless connectivity to rural areas and developing countries.The...