* Cisco to buy Procket assets * EMC to offer tape * HP ships dense blade server * Today on Layer 8 * This week’s top 5 stories
Cisco recently proclaimed it would start building more of its own technology rather than acquiring it by buying smaller, more agile companies. But all that may go out the window Monday. One source tells Network World that Cisco is preparing to pick up the assets of Procket Networks – and it may be that the price was just too good to resist. Cisco to buy Procket assets http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0610procket.html?net
Cisco recently proclaimed it would start building more of its own technology rather than acquiring it by buying smaller, more agile companies. But all that may go out the window Monday. One source tells Network World that Cisco is preparing to pick up the assets of Procket Networks – and it may be that the price was just too good to resist.
Cisco to buy Procket assets
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0610procket.html?net
A history of singing the Big Blues
When it comes to corporate songs, IBM wrote the book – literally. This week Network World strolls down Memory Lane with “Songs of the IBM” in our heads, reflecting on that “man of men,” founder Thomas Watson Sr.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0607widernetsongs.html?net
EMC to offer tape
EMC Thursday announced that it will resell ADIC’s tape libraries, thus filling out an end-to-end information lifecycle management (ILM) strategy.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0610emctape.html?net
HP ships dense blade server
Businesses looking to pack even more processing power into their data centers now have access to the BL30p, HP’s densest blade server yet.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0610hpblades.html?net
Today on Layer 8, where the forecast calls for a 75% chance of sarcasm:
IT morale – lower than a snake’s belly; bottom drops out of the lucrative GMail black market; for Pete’s sake, fully erase your hard drives before you resell your computer; and police to patrol chat rooms; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net
This week’s top 5 stories so far:
1. Juniper ready to pop Pepsi
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0608pepsi.html?net
2. Industry awaits Juniper’s next enterprise move
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0607juniper.html?net
3. Sun: No decision on open-source Java
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0604sunnode.html?net
4. MPLS adds lift to Boeing net
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0607boeing.html?net
5. Compliance costly
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0607nw500survey.html?net
