Vendors and Providers

OS X Yosemite’s pre-launch growth slows

About 4% of all Macs ran the unfinished OS in September

Why did Microsoft skip Windows 9 and jump to Windows 10?

More notable Cisco departures

Enterprise routing, IWAN groups see a couple top people leave

Microsoft reveals biggest-ever change in Windows updates

Apple signals Oct. 21 as OS X Yosemite launch date

Company likes to announce OS X releases on its financial earnings calls; it will reveal its third-quarter sales numbers on Oct. 20.

Startups look to eliminate routers, switches

Compass-EOS and Fiber Mountain say their SDN products can replace more expensive gear

For SBCs, virtual is the way, but not the only way

Interest in virtual Session Border Controllers is rising, but not all virtual appliances are built the same.

Siri mum on Samsung acquisition rumors

Extreme Networks gets Lync qualified

Extreme Networks this week announced that it has completed the qualification process for its wireless, wired, and software defined networking (SDN) products.

Cisco bulks up branch routers for cloud

ISRs support hybrid WAN access and new Cisco ONE software licensing