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Juniper woos corporate customers
Business customers, get ready for Juniper 2.0 -- more integrated network features and new support packages.
Update: Verizon buys Alltel in $28.1 billion blockbuster
Apparently tired of being the second-largest U.S. wireless carrier, Verizon Wireless has finalized a deal that will vault
it way past AT&T and net it millions of new customers.
Linux captures the 'green' flag, beats Windows 2008 power-saving measures
Our tests point to Linux as the winner of the green flag by margins that topped out at 12%. But we must note that our results
are full of stipulations imposed by our test bed, and, therefore, as many classified ads might say: your wattage may vary.
The importance of SOA for business intelligence
Business intelligence tools have become mission-critical and, as a result, there is growing demand for wider accessibility
across the organization.
CA jockeys for stronger position in security, management markets
CA launches a slew of products in its security and management portfolios to help customers better manage identities, software
licenses and compliance as well as take on heterogeneous virtual environments and automate IT processes.
Desktop virtualization: Vista's secret weapon?
As Microsoft continues to recommend that business customers not pass over Vista in favor of the forthcoming Windows 7, the
company has been working quietly to improve its software for desktop virtualization, which could in the future alleviate obstacles
like application compatibility that have plagued Vista adoption.
Researchers say notification laws not lowering ID theft
Over the past five years, 43 U.S. states have adopted data breach notification laws, but has all of this legislation actually
cut down on identity theft? Not according to researchers at Carnegie Mellon University who have published a state-by-state
analysis of data supplied by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Juniper tells load-balancer customers to shop elsewhere
Customers looking to replace Juniper DX load balancers/application accelerators after they are discontinued later this year
will have to look to other qualified vendors, Juniper says.
New Comcast traffic management targets users, not protocols
Comcast announced this week that it will no longer target individual protocols for traffic shaping, and will instead slow
Web traffic for individual users who consume a "disproportionate" amount of bandwidth.
Sun to embed flash storage in nearly all its servers
Sun will release a 32GB flash storage drive this year and make flash storage an option for nearly every server the vendor
produces, Sun officials are announcing Wednesday.
Corporate cloud computing service on tap from Terremark
Terremark is the latest vendor to tackle the cloud computing market.
Free tool secures VMware servers
VMware and Tripwire jointly announce the ConfigCheck free utility, which uses Tripwire configuration management technology
to check VMware ESX Server configuration against VMware best practices guide for configuring the vendor's virtual servers
Juniper launches automated support services
Juniper Networks is about to introduce new phone-home support services to discover and resolve security and performance incidents
for customers. The company's goal is to help customers resolve problems faster -- and avoid troubles in the first place.
Credit Suisse spin-off manages virtual infrastructure
Credit Suisse spin-off DynamicOps offers virtual resource manager software to help companies keep virtual environments controlled,
compliant and secure.
Gates bids adieu to developers
It's fitting that Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates delivered his final publicly scheduled speech as a full-time Microsoft employee
on Tuesday to a roomful of software developers.
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