Opinion

I Rooted My Touchpad And Installed Android – Why?

What Drives The Geek To Tinker?

Google Showcases OpenFlow network

Google kicked off a great day of presentations at ONS 2012 Tuesday by highlighting their journey into openflow and showing that their massive inter-dc network, one of the largest networks in the world, is already running on a 100% openflow based net

Your move, VMware: Windows Server ‘8’ Becomes Windows Server 2012

Microsoft opens the kimono a little on its upcoming server operating system.

Microsoft outs official Windows 8 editions and feature sets

Unlike previous editions of Windows, with Windows 8 Microsoft has simplified their product stack with only two versions of the new OS for consumer x86 systems and one for ARM-based devices. A third x86 editions will target the enterprise.

Whither Wireless Gateways: Talking with Nomadix

The broad discussion of BYOD this year got me to thinking: are wireless gateways going to be seeing big gains as a strategic solution for BYOD? Or will gateway functionality be rolled up into other systems?

Avaya offers hosted UC solutions, partners with Level 3

Cisco’s commitment to change

After last year, it's essential to survive and separate from competition

NOW@MMS 2012 – the cloud is here

No longer a journey to the cloud, its now!

The 50 best ‘bragging rights’ claimed on Google+

There's an art to bragging without really bragging

Windows RT: Commenters hate Microsoft’s name for the Windows 8 tablet package

‘RT? Really?’

DARPA exploring miniature, atomic sensor systems as alternative to GPS

DARPA’s Chip-Scale Combinatorial Atomic Navigator to be part of a group of sensors for navigation, positioning

Hyper-V: Hyper Adoption

Impressive evidence of Hyper-V adoption

Intellectual property worth over 27 million jobs, $5.6 trillion to US economy

Commerce Department takes first-ever measurement of intellectual property value

VMware’s Love/Hate Relationship with Open Source

Is it whatever suits them at the moment or just confused?

Cloud-based disaster recovery is dependent on a network fabric

Key considerations for maximizing the disaster recovery potential of the cloud.

Don’t Dismiss the Human Element in Your Network

Securing the network begins after the policies have been rolled out.

Expected Windows Phone 8 features justify Samsung’s decision to hold out

Just as Nokia grabs the spotlight, Samsung reportedly steps back, waiting for a major OS upgrade.

iPad Mini rumors resurface ahead of new iPad rollout

iPad Mini rumors resurfaced on Monday as Apple also announced plans to roll out its latest iPad to 12 new countries this Friday

Geekiest Boston Marathon “Scream Tunnel” signs

Women of Wellesley College in fine form near midway point of Boston Marathon

Is Apple destroying the Internet?

Google co-founder Sergey Brin claims Facebook and Apple are clear danger to Internet

For better or worse, Google is now at the epicenter of tech and the law

Three stories over the past few days cement Google's place as the new Microsoft

Tea: A Disney Original Programming Language

Is Apple’s Security Up To Open Source Standards?

Recent events call into question Apple's black box approach

WLAN Benchmarks: One Other Idea

One final (for now) idea on what might be next in wireless LAN benchmarking and performance evaluation. OK, which I’d like to see as next…

In defense of iTunes

Despite assertions to the contrary, iTunes isn't broken and certainly shouldn't be split up into separate applications.

What is access governance?

IPv6 Summit Recap

Review of 2012 North American IPv6 Summit

Discussing ‘bomb threats as a denial-of-service attack’

Threats plaguing university spark discussion about ‘security theater’

EarthLink partners to bolster its cloud services

A New Menu Item – EMC VSPEX

EMC VSPEX is further evidence that the IT infrastructure consumption model is changing.