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Telecom Layoffs Continue to Decline

Telecommunications sector job cuts fell almost 30 percent in the first four months of 2006, from 37,118 to 26,418, according to data released May...

Homeland Security Audit Flags Critical Linux Bug

An open-source security audit program funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has flagged a critical vulnerability in the X Window System which...

Eager IT Leaders Could Swallow Security Industry

With industry experts predicting a wave of consolidation across the security applications sector, the continued efforts of the IT industrys largest players to bake...

The Cost of Free Virtualization Wares

Virtualization is hot because its so useful. As if that wasnt enough, the word "free" frequently now accompanies virtualization, but, as weve come to...

Database Systems Boost Compliance

On the surface, change management database systems are gaining traction because of fast-spreading audits to check for compliance with regulations. At the core, however,...

How eWEEK Labs Tested: 802.11n

Ordinarily, we conduct wireless throughput testing in our West Coast offices, intentionally subjecting wireless products to the crowded radio frequency environment that is downtown...

Toll Lane Ahead for Internet Traffic?

Collier County, which is tucked in the southwest tip of hurricane-prone Florida, reaches deep into the Internet for its taxpaying customers: culling weather data...

Juniper Lifts Curtain on Its WAN Plans

Juniper Networks made it clear it wants to become a bigger player in the WAN optimization and application acceleration space when it bought Peribit...

Cisco Pulls Advanced Routing Services Together

Ciscos 7200 Series Router—like a Swiss army knife—will get still more handy features to better handle the increasing demands coming from edge routers such...

Citrix, Coyote Point Think Big with App-Accelerator Platforms

With the increasing number of Web applications enterprises are adding for internal use and the continued centralization of servers, performance demands on application-delivery controllers...