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In depth
Cisco adds security, monitoring to WAN optimization gear
Cisco is introducing encryption of data as it sits on disks within its Wide-Area Application Services gear, making it impossible for thieves to make sense of the data even if they steal the drives.
Linux gains despite and because of Microsoft
Novell swears Microsoft deal panning out; others resist getting chummy with Windows maker.
Cisco airs server management appliance
Cisco introduced an appliance that lets servers be provisioned off storage on the network.
MySpace hosting 29,000 sex offenders
News Corp.’s popular MySpace.com social networking site hosted Web pages for at least 29,000 known sex offenders as of July 2007, North Carolina’s Attorney General said Tuesday.
Wireless USB makes a splash
Cables connecting USB devices to PCs may soon disappear thanks to Wireless USB, a short-range wireless communications technology developed by nonprofit USB Implementers Forum Inc. (USB-IF), which also developed the USB 2.0 standard.
Intel claims breakthrough with 40Gbps optical component
Intel researchers are a step closer to creating chips that transmit data at high speeds using light instead of electrons, but products based on the technology appear to remain over the horizon.
HP service helps keep data centers cool
HP is getting more detailed in how it analyzes the energy-efficiency of its customers’ data centers.
