Rumors heating up that Citrix may snap up XenSource
On the heels of Tuesday’s successful VMware IPO, rumors are again circulating that Citrix and XenSource may be hatching an acquisition deal just as the server and desktop virtualization markets are red hot.
VMware IPO flies out of the gate
VMware got off to a high-flying public debut Tuesday morning as its IPO share price skyrocketed more than 75% in morning trading, a reflection of the company’s strong potential and its market-leading position.
Novell doesn’t want to be the next SCO
Now that it has scored a major win for Linux in its legal battle with The SCO Group, Novell has no interest in becoming like the company it’s just defeated and won’t mount any copyright-infringement claims over Unix, a spokesman said Tuesday.
Cisco: SONA promises advanced next-generation networks
Cisco introduced its Services Oriented Network Architecture less than two years ago, and now the company says the SONA concept in action will reduce corporate costs and move customers toward virtualized services, including security, voice, mobility, applications, management, processing and storage — with the network as the common facet.
8e6 looks to deep-six proxy server abuse
Individuals on school and corporate networks eager to circumvent Web-filter gateways in order to access prohibited Web sites are known to be setting up Web-based proxies and use them as a jump-off point. To address this behavior, 8e6 Technologies has introduced ProxyBlocker, a gateway appliance that the company says stops the circumvention trick.
Security vendors shun idea of liability
Software companies have reacted with predictable caginess to the Lords Science and Technology Committee recommendations that vendors be held accountable for flaws in their products.
Oracle Database 11g available on Linux
Oracle’s newest database management system is now generally available on the Linux platform, the vendor announced on Tuesday.
Blogs
Today at Cisco SubnetSONA framework. Will you? Working 15 hours on a Saturday is no fun, but that’s not the case when you’re spending that time seeing your network design come to life in the operations room, says blogger Michael Morris. Plus: Sign up for Cisco training at ChicagoCon 2007, Sept. 17-23.
Cisco is putting heavy emphasis on its all-singing, all-dancing
Today on Microsoft Subnetnew server management tool. Winners of free Exchange 2007 book announced. If you want to eat an elephant, do it with a teaspoon.
Under the hood of Microsoft’s
Today on layer 8: It’s all about being a cool dude in a loose mood
Researchers are showing off technology that promises to increase the cooling rate of computer chips by as much as 250%. Purdue University researchers, in work funded by Intel, are developing tiny “ionic wind engines.” The new technology could ultimately help engineers design thinner laptop computers that run cooler than today’s machines.
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