| Hyper-converged infrastructure in the data center has been all the rage over the past few years. In the data center, hyper-convergence is a system with tightly integrated compute, storage, network and virtualization technology. Its main value proposition is to simplify the architecture of the data center and enables it to be controlled through software. Despite the strong value proposition of hyper-convergence, the technology has remained focused on the data center with little applicability to the branch. Read More ▶ |
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| | | Video/Webcast: OpenText Watch this short video to learn how our customers are using the OpenText cloud to change the world. Read More ▶ | | As we adjust to having turned the clocks ahead yesterday, let’s take a look back at Microsoft’s initial public stock offering 30 years ago. Read More ▶ |
| | Cisco Systems has patched high-impact vulnerabilities in several of its cable modem and residential gateway devices that are distributed by some ISPs to their customers. Read More ▶ |
| | Broadband providers would be required to get opt-in customer permission in many cases to use and share personal data they collect under regulations proposed by the chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Read More ▶ |
| | | | We all remember the Verizon Wireless commercials that asked “Can you hear me now?”. While the ad campaign may have been repetitive, Verizon was driving home the point that its network had broad wireless network reachability. While they were effective in winning customers, the message of coverage and signal strength only only told part of the story. Your phone can be charged up, you can have four bars of signal, but maybe the person at the other end has a lousy signal and your call is dropped. Just having good performance on one end of the line does not translate to good performance at the other end of the line. In reality there are many factors that affect wireless performance. Read More ▶ |
| | Unwanted installs and ratting out the admin are the new strategy. Read More ▶ |
| | Software Defined Networking is critical today, actually enhances network monitoring, and is great for network pros Read More ▶ |
| | CompTIA's annual report of tech employment has California topping all other states by wide margins in nearly every sector Read More ▶ |
| | Slow-loading Web pages are surely one of the top frustrations on the Internet today, but new technology from MIT and Harvard promises to change all that. Read More ▶ |
| | We review 7 low-cost VPN services for when you’re out of the office or out of the country. Read More ▶ |
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