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Latest News

  • NetScout integrates management software with Cisco

    NetScout has intgrated its nGenius monitoring software with Cisco branch office routers NetScout has integrated its nGenius virtual agent software into branch office equipment to enable end-to-end monitoring of traffic throughout an enterprise's…
  • Cisco introduces video calling appliance, protocol

    In the IME, Cisco claims it can make those capabilities easy to use among a network of companies that frequently work together.To start, the company's effort will be built around its own IME server and current Cisco UC platforms, though with the…
  • Intel launches $125 'affordable' SSD

    Equipment manufacturers definitely will," said Michael Yang, a flash memory analyst at iSuppli.The X25-V is a 2.5-inch, 40GB SSD that is being marketed by Intel as an "entry-level" drive for use in netbooks and as a secondary drive in dual-drive…
  • Next generation WiMAX market grows nearly 150 percent

    In other words, Beceem accounted for roughly 60% of the five million total WiMAX chipsets shipped in 2009.But although WiMAX device and chipset shipments showed impressive growth, the overall market for WiMAX equipment remained relatively flat as…
  • Intel boosts performance of small network storage

    LG said that in benchmark tests, its N4B2 NAS server equipped with the Atom platform allows up to 20 users to simultaneously stream high definition video at up to 30Mbit/sec within a local network.The Atom-processor platform features six PCI…
  • Taiwan earthquake may send LCD prices soaring

    Our initial estimate is that the earthquake caused the equivalent of 1.5 days loss" of chip production for the company, in all, TSMC said in a statement.UMC said production line equipment at its Tainan factory, Fab 12A, shut down during the…

Latest Features

  • Five doomsday scenarios for IT apocalypse

    Wall Street gets e-bombedNews flash: In what authorities suspect was the aftermath of an electromagnetic pulse weapon, a rogue attacker took down much of lower Manhattan today -- causing equipment failures and power outages on a massive scale and…
  • Low power Ethernet boosts green networks

    Data centre managers and equipment vendors looking for greener alternatives will begin to benefit this year from a major initiative aimed at reducing the power consumed by Ethernet equipment. Data centre managers and equipment vendors looking for…
  • How the Cisco-HP split will benefit customers

    That may have set off the conflict.When Cisco started selling servers, it was pretty clear HP had started to de-emphasise Cisco's networking equipment," said analyst Steve Schuchart of Current Analysis.
  • Is your network in gold medal shape?

    A new printer needs to be installed near the marketing department; the request for provisioning an IP address touches three or more hands and takes longer than a day.A switch needs to be taken offline for maintenance; again you have to break out…
  • Managing networks is still about problem solving

    So, finding the best switch equipment began looking like not so much a cost decision as an ease-of-use consideration in terms of switch management.The college chose the Enterasys B and C Series switches mainly because out of the vendor options…
  • Inside HP's first wind-powered data centre

    A facility's efficiency is measured in PUE, or Power Usage Effectiveness, which is a ratio that compares the total power used by a facility to the power used by its equipment.Running at a full load, HP has calculated that the Wynyard facility has…
 

How-Tos

  • How to convert your vinyl records to MP3

    There are equaliser settings for use with both turntable and tape equipment, as well as settings for specific types of music - such as the Dance option that we've selected here.Step 14. Here, well show you how to use your PC to bring them back to…
  • How to save your business money on print costs

    One year into the project, printing equipment downtime has been all but eliminated.We still have the same number of printers, but they're better managed," Chanani says. They don't have to take care of any of the supplies, and the [equipment] is…
  • How to DoS a federal wiretap

    How to DoS a federal wiretap Robert McMillan Researchers say wiretapping equipment standards aren't up to the task How-Tos Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say they've discovered a way to circumvent the networking technology used by…
  • How to optimise Windows 7

    This awesome application removes programs using their default uninstall routines, but it also goes one step further by scanning your system and Registry to clean away any and all traces of the program from your hard drive.Tweaking the operating…
  • How to deploy Windows 7

    But the transition to Windows 7 will be a much sweeter sleep.It will take work to make that migration happen, but by assessing your tools you have, your equipment, and the needs of your organisation going forward, you can do it.
  • How to Compare VMware and Amazon Cloud Services

    Depending upon the size of the machine image, the total for a given machine might be equivalent for the two solutions.All of the VCE service providers also offer private cloud computing services in a more traditional outsourced fashion; that is…

Reviews

  • Final Fantasy XIII review

    It gives players a chance to bond with their characters and experiment with different equipment setups and battle statistics. Its stunning visuals and fast-paced combat shine and elevate the series to new heights, but overall, Final Fantasy XIII is…
  • BitLocker review

    BitLocker also supports Windows Networks, and administrators can set up Windows group policies that can enforce the use of Bitlocker on removable storage devices and also encrypt the hard drives on servers and PCs -- which may be a good way to…
  • SonicWALL firewalls round up

    Since the SonicWALL TZ200 and TZ210 seem to be CPU-bound for wireless, we also suggest configuring for 20 MHz wireless channels, which didn't reduce total throughput in our testing, but would be more "friendly" to other wireless equipment in…
  • Apple Safari 4 browser

    As any good Mac app should, Safari supports the multitouch feature used in Apple's current laptops: If you own the right equipment, the Cover Flow search results page can be flipped through using two fingers, as can scrolling through Web pages.
  • Acer X960 review

    This displays a graphic of a desk featuring equipment such as a calendar and a Rolodex contacts index.By tapping on each of these pieces of equipment you get immediate access to some of the phone's apps, such as time and date or contacts, rather…
  • VSS Monitoring 4x24 Distributed Filter Tap

    Admittedly these devices aren't cheap, but if you're the kind of organisation that has a network sufficiently fast and extensive, and an array of monitoring tools sufficiently large, to need this kind of equipment, then the price tag will seem…

White Papers

  • How to manage the data centre power problem

    Regardless of the method, the common denominator is the need for visibility into energy consumption down to the equipment level. As the demands on IT multiply even while budgets stay flat or decline, the power issue is likely to increase in…
  • Implementing Energy Efficient Data Centers

    This is true despite the fact that the electrical power costs over the life of a data center may exceed the costs of the electrical power system including the UPS, and also may exceed the cost of the IT equipment.This paper will show that all of…
  • Why Enterprise Application Search is Crucial to your ERP system

    This new era started in August of 1995 when technicians in Digital Equipment Corp.s Western Research Lab completed the initial index of the entire Web, allowing full-text search of 10 million Web pages.
  • Universal Ethernet Services for Customer-Controlled Application Performance

    Despite the business failures over the past few years, we see more equipment, types of equipment, operating systems, applications and network environments than ever before. Enterprises need WAN services to enhance their bottom line.
  • Benchmark Results: Scalability of Alfresco Content Management System on Unisys ES7000

    Unisys provided Alfresco with a Unisys ES7000/one Enterprise Server, EMC2 CX3-80 storage Subsystem, and related equipment to benchmark the scalability of Alfrescos Content Management System (CMS) on enterprise–class equipment.
  • MySQL: Embedded Database for ISVs

    Embedded relational database management systems (RDBMSs) are databases that ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) and OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) bundle with their software products. The MySQL server, the worlds most popular open source…
 
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