In-depth coverage of IT events, people, technologies, and trends that matter.
40/100G Ethernet seen as 2012 phenomena at earliest; is 400G coming before Terabit Ethernet?
Mobile platforms from iPhones to Android devices vary widely in manageability
Cisco is building a data center to withstand explosions, tornados, and accusations of not eating its own UCS dog food.
Hard drives, memory cards, network drives - all places to store our stuff.
Life is random. So are these gift ideas.
Already own an iPad? Then ask for some of these items that can enhance the device.
Gadgets and gizmos for the road warrior on your holiday gift list.
Great stuff to deck out your home or office computing environments.
Things that keep you entertained while you're moving around, or out and about.
With all the new TVs, streaming Internet boxes, home audio gear and more stuff for your home, you don't even have to go outside anymore.
Things to put on your iPad if you get one as a holiday gift
PCs, desktops, all-in-ones, notebooks and even netbooks shape the holiday season
Digital cameras, camcorders, photo printers and other gift ideas for the shutterbug on your list
Video games, video game accessories, robot toys and other fun diversions
Low-power servers from Dell and others could fit bill for data mining and other enterprise apps
Security tops customer concerns on software-as-a-service
Often VoIP isn't cited directly but falls under scrutiny of compliance auditors
Is it time for data center networks to shed a tier?
Company develops flat-network roadmap based on its Nexus switches and proprietary software
One day, flat networking could mean a single layer
Brocade applies storage expertise to flat networking based on open standards
But HP still has some 3Com integration work to do before it can deliver on the flat network
Virtual machine traffic presents a new challenge for data center security professionals
New thinking and new tools are needed to securely run application workloads and store data in the public cloud
How Schwan Foods satisfied its craving for virtualization-layer security
WAN optimization performance benefits are not the only reason to try the technology
Expert advice on how to approach an on-premises cloud, from conception to implementation
IT certification and training can help IT pros increase their high-tech knowledge and their paychecks
IT execs adapt to a new reality as x86 virtualization transforms the data center forever
Strategies and technologies for optimizing IT
Companies are forced to put projects on hold due to shortage of IT pros with the right skill sets
Companies are hiring data center professionals with these hot skills
One data center executive's journey to the top
It's not where you started from; it's how many skills you pick up along the way
Nortel-Ciena buy could become top optical networking equipment vendor in U.S.
