Opinion

Oracle founder Larry Ellison steps down

Oracle execs Safra Catz and Mark Hurd named co-CEOs

How to make money waiting in line for Apple’s iPhone 6

Some people are getting paid to wait in line for the iPhone 6.

Home Depot, Target breaches exploited Windows XP flaw, report says

The Home Depot and Target breaches reportedly could have been avoided by upgrading to Windows 7 for Embedded Systems.

Life as an IT contractor: What’s it really like?

What's the best/worst part of being a contract IT employee?

Cisco improves its memory by acquiring Memoir Systems

Cisco’s latest acquisition, Memoir Systems, addresses the network gap challenge.

Hubspot adds CRM, but it isn’t changing course

Long-term foe of interrupting cold calls, Hubspot adds CRM because it makes sense.

Back to the future: 13 year old video outlines Citrix’s plan for the next 10 years

Citrix’s plan for a software defined workplace was first envisioned in 2001

NASA Inspector General lobs big rocks at agency’s asteroid hunting program

NASA asteroid tracking systems needs some work

How will iPhone 6’s Wi-Fi calling, VoLTE affect enterprise networks?

Wi-Fi calling and VoLTE might eventually change the way voice calls are handled in the enterprise.

Steve Jobs’s office at Apple remains exactly as he left it

What is Metacloud and why did Cisco buy it?

If customers want an OpenStack private cloud, Cisco’s got a nice hardware and software combination to sell them.

Cisco gives OpenStack a kick in the ‘aas’

To help its customers implement a private cloud, Cisco this week announced the acquisition of Metacloud, a company that literally offers OpenStack-based private clouds "as a service" to simplify deployments.

Fabric-cating Tomorrow’s Data Center

Demands of VM-heavy networks require east-west traffic flows rather than north-south hierarchical switching.

The government’s galling gambling hypocrisy

Brocade beefs up its NFV portfolio by adding analytics

This week, Brocade acquired Vistapointe, a move that will certainly help its position with mobile network operators.

Apple users need help deleting free U2 songs from iTunes

Apparently, U2-hating Apple consumers need Apple's help to delete free U2 songs from iTunes library.

GENBAND launches Kandy, a real-time communications software development platform

Kandy Platform-as-a-Service framework includes API’s, SDK’s and pre-built applications

NASA picks Boeing, Space X to take American astronauts back to space

NASA gives $6.8 billion to Boeing, Space X to get ready for human spaceflights

Arista switches legal team in suit with co-founder

Replaces firm that represented company during IPO; also awards $12.5M to Bechtolsheim

Mind the Agility Gap

Ig Nobels 2014: Science’s craziest night set for Thursday at Harvard

Next best thing (or is it the other way around?) to the Nobels

This is what’s holding the public cloud back

Boston Children’s Hospital example shows that on-premises resources are still needed

How Google is helping me live a cellphone-free life

Two recent Google Hangout announcements will make it easier to live my cellphone-free life, without relying on Skype.

Are You Ready for SDN’s Rocket Ride?

Software everything driving data center networking

iPhone 6 pre-orders set all-time record at 4 million

Clippy saw this one coming

Why chip-enabled bank cards won’t stop theft

The skimming of our new chip-and-signature bank cards will be the next security issue to plague card issuers.

A requiem for RadioShack

Now that the end may be near for the iconic chain of electronic shops, there are two RadioShack products I’ll remember fondly.

Unix: Scripting with templates

One of the best ways to write scripts quickly and effectively is to never start from scratch.

iPhone 6 pre-orders set new record, say Apple and AT&T