Opinion

Geek-themed Meme of the Week: What’s New is Old Edition

OK, so we aren’t talking about cell phones here

Is the PC the next BlackBerry?

Drawing similarities between two clearly declining staples of consumer and enterprise technology.

IBM touts prototype software to manage cloud, virtual bandwidth

IBM says package could also help manage Software Defined Networking environments

Sonus Launches Virtualized Session Border Controller

Platform Offers Scalability, Full Suite of SBC Features

Oracle’s role in communications infrastructure

Although it's avoided it a lot in the past, Oracle has moved into communications, and it's here to stay.

What really inspired ‘The Most Interesting Man in the World’?

Internet meme ‘college essay’ bears striking resemblance to beer commercials

Stormpath does your app’s user management for you

Why reinvent the wheel when it comes to user management functionality?

Drunk dial Congress to tell them what you think of the shutdown

It's better than shouting I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE! out of the window

Puppies or cows?

The shirt every cloud geek needs

Sony VAIO DUO: Bag of tricks required

My DUO needs lots of helpers to really work.

What about Ex-Cisco exec Bates as Juniper’s next CEO?

Microsoft EVP has the service provider routing creds, Skype CEO background, Microsoft connection...

Samsung Galaxy Gear ad copies Apple’s original iPhone ad. Shocking!

Samsung just can't help itself as the latest Galaxy Gear ad blatantly and poorly copies Apple's original iPhone ad

Gartner on smart machines: “Futurist fantasy” or future job menace?

Gartner says impact of smart machines is real

Cisco, Akamai partnership reflects IT’s shift toward hybrid cloud

The partnership looks like a win-win for Cisco and Akamai.

Judge dismisses lawsuit over Google’s ad-targeting tactics

Rules plaintiffs demonstrated no harm from alleged privacy invasion

Mobile Unified Communications – Part 4: Cultural Notes

This is the part where it usually says, “trust me; there’s wireless in here somewhere”. This time there isn’t. The following is a bit of a self-indulgent travelogue, but I think you will enjoy it regardless.

Collegefeed, a more employable, less social public profile

Collegefeed aims to make you employable rather than social

Street Charge, a standalone public solar powered charging station

As the manufacturer says: They get the power, you get the glory.

What’s happening in the Silicon Valley of the Southeast will surprise you

Why I’m excited for Linux Mint 16, even though I don’t like Mint

It's an exciting time for Linux releases, whether you like the updates or not.

Big data’s dirty little secrets

Takeaways from a recent discussion with SAP execs about developing big data trends.

Higgs boson bandwagon gets crowded in wake of Nobel Prize in Physics news

Universities scramble to get their credit

Adobe’s breach casts doubt on its SaaS business model

Latest security breach could be fatal for Adobe's SaaS shift.

Parody account lists Top 10 things stored in the cloud

It’s fake, people

Monsieur, a robot mixologist

If you want to give me a drinks mixing robot for Christmas 2014, consider the Monsieur

5th-gen iPad, new iPad Mini likely to be unveiled on October 22

Apple's next big product unveiling -- new iPads -- will reportedly take place on October 22

I agree with Alan Shimel: The Samsung Galaxy S4 is junk

I gave it a month. Now I reluctantly turn to the iPhone, because at least I know it works.

Cisco’s Nexus 9000, ACI strategy

Not only to restructure the data center, but remove competitive obstructions

NASA Jupiter-bound spacecraft will slingshot around Earth, gain 9,000 MPH tomorrow

NASA says Earth gravity assist boosts spacecraft’s speed from 78,000 to 87,000 MPH.

Level 3 Enhances SIP Portfolio

SIP Trunking Features Designed to Smooth UC Deployments