Cisco routers caused major outage in Japan: report
Cisco routers were the source of a major outage May 15 in an NTT network in Japan, according to an investment firm bulletin.
What tests should you run on your WLAN?
Wireless test vendor VeriWave has released a “master test plan” to guide enterprises in testing wireless LAN gear for performance, behaviors, and characteristics.
A day with the ‘Can you hear me now?’ guy
Have you ever wondered what a typical day is like for the Verizon Wireless test guy?
Microsoft lays out Windows server road map
Microsoft Wednesday laid out its roadmap for Windows Server, including versions for small and midsize businesses based on Windows Server 2008 as well as a target date to ship the first update to the forthcoming server OS.
Symantec sues distributors for alleged fake software
Symantec is suing eight businesses for allegedly selling counterfeit software, the security vendor said Wednesday.
IBM releases free tool for creating Web apps
IBM on Wednesday released a free Web application development tool aimed at users in small businesses who lack the technical skills often needed to build applications.
Incipient debuts Cisco-based data migration feature
Incipient Networks today announced it has enhanced its storage virtualization software to support data migration and non-disruptive software upgrades.
Patent overhaul bill moves forward in Congress
A subcommittee of the U.S. Congress has taken the first step toward overhauling the U.S. patent system by approving a patent reform bill Wednesday.
Slideshow
Robots attack business!
Robots have moved beyond Robbie the Robot, Rosie the Maid, and even C-3PO. The latest robots can rescue injured soldiers, defuse bombs, act as a go-between for a remote doctor and a patient, and clean your pool. The latest innovations in robotics were on display this week at the RoboBusiness 2007 show in Boston. Here’s a look.
Video
Apple TV: A big iPod for your television
Keith is surprised at Apple TV’s ability to aggregate multimedia content from a variety of sources, but disappointed in a few missing features. Find out the pros and cons of Apple’s newest gadget for the home on this week’s Cool Tools video show.
Blogs
Cisco readies fabric-based encryption for storageCisco later this year will release a fabric-based encryption offering for disk and tape, reports Enterprise Storage Forum.Buzzblog: Don’t send a $5,000 e-mail by mistake
It can and does happen merely by asking the right question the wrong way, say the authors of a new book of advice for avoiding e-mail pitfalls. That $5,000 question? “Should we run this by the lawyers?”
Today on Layer 8 where our checkbook would be on fire if we spent like Cisco:
Sometimes it’s hard to believe there’s anyone left for Cisco to acquire. Yet here we have Chief Development Officer Charles Giancarlo saying the company will likely make as many acquisitions this year as it did in 2006, when it made 10 deals.
Cisco confirms HTTP unicode encoding evasion
The U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT) has reported a network evasion technique using full-width and half-width unicode characters that affects several Cisco products.
