- Tue Oct 13 6:47 AM PDT 2009 Cisco to buy mobile specialist Starent for $2.9 billion
Acquisition is designed to help Cisco keep a grip on the rapid growth of the mobile Internet due to the rising number of smartphones and other devices.
- Wed Aug 26 5:48 AM PDT 2009 Amazon introduces Virtual Private Cloud service
The new service is intended to allow customers to create logically isolated sets of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud instances and connect them to their existing networks.
- Mon Jul 27 4:00 AM PDT 2009 From iPhones to smart grids at Black Hat, Defcon
Security professionals to swap data on hacking everything from phones to critical infrastructure at Black Hat and its less corporate sister show Defcon, where geek games and mayhem rule.
- Wed Jul 1 12:30 PM PDT 2009 ATM vendor gets security talk pulled from conferences
Juniper Networks cancels researcher's talk at Black Hat and Defcon about ATM insecurities after a vendor complains.
- Mon Apr 20 4:00 AM PDT 2009 Secure software? Experts say it's no longer a pipedream
Hurdles still exist, but on the eve of a big security conference, industry execs say the prospect of vulnerability-free software may not be that far away.
- Sun Mar 29 10:34 PM PDT 2009 Open Cloud Manifesto now signed and delivered
Leaked late last week, the Open Cloud Manifesto has been a highly controversial document among cloud industry participants. The document and its signatory list are now officially public.
- Mon Mar 16 10:25 AM PDT 2009 The good and bad of Cisco's UCS servers
Cisco is adding new innovation to an old market and shaking up the industry, with an announcement that will be one of the most technologically significant this year.
- Mon Mar 16 3:56 AM PDT 2009 Cisco: 'We're going to compete with HP'
The expected launch Monday of servers from Cisco will be notable because of its partners--including EMC and Microsoft--as well as the product details.
- Fri Feb 27 10:10 AM PST 2009 How Juniper hopes to manage the recession
After a killer 2008, the company is now managing through troubled economic waters like everyone else. What's Juniper's strategy?
- Thu Feb 19 7:07 AM PST 2009 Vyatta beats out Cisco with a free download
Open source offers a more efficient way to acquire customers, and gives customers a way to derisk their IT investments, as Vyatta demonstrates in New Mexico.

