| HP buying 3Com in $2.7 billion blockbuster
HP has announced it is buying 3Com for $2.7 billion in a deal that combines leaders in switching, routing, security and more. It also should boost HP's presence in China, where 3Com is strong. 3Com: one of the longest running shows in networking
Now consumed by HP in a $2.7 billion deal announced Wednesday, 3Com has a long and varied history, summarized here. 3Com saved by HP - and Cisco
3Com has been trying to sell itself for quite some time, and has finally succeeded. While HP is the lucky buyer, 3Com really has Cisco to thank. US agencies streamline broadband funding process
Two U.S. agencies responsible for distributing $7.2 billion in broadband deployment grants by the end of 2010 have streamlined the process by cutting one of three rounds of funding. Cisco showcases big bets on collaboration
Unveiling 61 new products and features for enterprise employees to communicate with each other and partners, Cisco Systems executives emphasized the importance of collaboration at an event in San Francisco on Monday. Is e-mail a perfect cloud application?
In the beginning there was e-mail. And e-mail was run on a UNIX server. The network was devoid of PCs. So all e-mail was accessed via a terminal and a command line interface. Cisco says it may drop Tandberg
There's a good reason Cisco extended its $3 billion offer deadline for Tandberg another nine days: Less than 10% of shareholders accepted the deal. Damn the torpedoes: NASA, European Space agency want to go to Mars
NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are aiming to cooperate on all manner of robotic orbiters, landers and exploration devices for a future trip to Mars. Thanks Google, but airport Wi-Fi should always be free
Google's getting more than the usual amount of attention this week for sponsoring free airport Wi-Fi during the holiday season. And rightfully so: During a long layover, no one wants to fire up their laptop and Web browser only to see a Web page demanding money for Internet access. November giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away free books on VMware vSphere security. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and free books on Exchange Server 2010. Google Subnet is giving away free books on Android app development. Entry forms can be found on the main contest page. Trivia answers are revealed on each main Subnet page. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are | 
Inside planes, trains, cars and spaceships, Ethernet is a morph master. Here's a look at some of Ethernet's cooler implementations.
These utilities help you plan, ensure app compatibility and manage images.
No comments:
Post a Comment