Cisco makes desktop switches more secure
Network administrators will be able to put up more safeguards against attackers from inside an enterprise with a series of enhancements to Cisco desktop switches announced on Tuesday.
Stories by Stephen Lawson
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Authentication critical in cars, GM exec says
Authentication is a key problem to solve before use of the Internet in cars can reach its full potential, General Motors Chief Technology Officer Anthony Scott said here Monday at the Supercomm conference.
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Juniper to buy Siemens' Unisphere unit
Carrier network gear vendor Juniper Networks has agreed to acquire Unisphere Networks, a network equipment division of Siemens AG, in a deal that will also give Juniper access to Siemens' worldwide sales channels, the companies announced on Monday.
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Intel puts graphics, USB 2.0 on new chipsets
Intel on Monday will bring integrated graphics to a wide range of PCs when it kicks off a family of chipsets that also includes high-speed peripheral support with Universal Serial Bus 2.0 technology.
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Ethernet, wireless LAN markets shrink in Q1
A seasonal slowdown in enterprise spending was the most likely cause of sales drops for both Ethernet switches and wireless LAN equipment in the first calendar quarter of this year, according to market research company Dell'Oro Group.
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HP claims victory on preliminary count
Hewlett-Packard has said in a statement that its shareholders have approved the company's acquisition of Compaq, based on a preliminary vote count by independent inspectors. Shareholders voted 837.9 million shares in favour and approximately 792.6 million shares against, with an "insignificant" number of votes that were cast still unresolved, HP said.
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Judge to hear $US1.3bn suit against Cisco
A federal judge in Florida will let telecommunications service provider Vox2Vox Communications sue Cisco for $US1.3 billion for allegedly defrauding Vox2Vox by discontinuing a Cisco product without warning.
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Enterasys to cut global workforce by 30 per cent
Enterasys Networks will reduce its workforce by 30 per cent in a global restructuring.
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Extreme packs a big switch in a little box
Extreme Networks has achieved extreme density with its latest 48-port edge routing switch, a standard rack-mounted box just 1U (1.75 inches or 4.4 centimetres) high.
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Nortel CFO quits in fiscal scandal
Nortel Networks' chief financial officer, Terry Hungle, has resigned after just a few months in the position and what may have been some improper transactions, according to a Nortel statement.
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Dell'Oro: Wireless 802.11 LAN demand soars
Wireless LANs that use the IEEE 802.11b and 802.11a standards stormed the market in the fourth quarter of last year, with revenue worldwide growing 21 per cent sequentially from the third quarter, market research company Dell'Oro Group reported Thursday.
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Cisco boosts its security offerings
Moving to help its customers manage their security architectures and help those systems keep up with traffic, Cisco Systems Inc. on Wednesday announced new software for its Pix Firewall platform and the availability of new hardware models to join that line.
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Disney pact with BellSouth is first for media giant
Immersion, which develops technology used in making video game controllers vibrate, has caused a legal rumble by suing Microsoft and two Sony subsidiaries for alleged infringement of its intellectual property, the company said in a statement Monday.
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Microsoft, Sony sued over vibrating game controllers
Immersion, which develops technology used in making video game controllers vibrate, has caused a legal rumble by suing Microsoft and two Sony subsidiaries for alleged infringement of its intellectual property, the company said in a statement Monday.
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SEC probe into Global Crossing crosses Qwest's path
Immersion, which develops technology used in making video game controllers vibrate, has caused a legal rumble by suing Microsoft and two Sony subsidiaries for alleged infringement of its intellectual property, the company said in a statement Monday.
