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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

ISC patches denial-of-service vulnerability affecting BIND 9

Vulnerability affects recent versions of the widely used BIND 9 software and can be exploited by remote attackers to crash DNS servers... more

June 06, 2013
Computer Hardware »
Dell takes converged systems to remote sites with PowerEdge VRTX

The system includes servers, storage, and networking but is designed to run in a regular office setting... more

June 04, 2013
Networking »
As Ethernet turns 40, some seek to take it to the cloud

The CloudEthernet Forum is looking to make Ethernet better suited to large-scale cloud services that may operate across many data centers... more

May 23, 2013
Cloud Computing »
Web suffered 9,000 service outages in last five months

Outage Analyzer found there have been 1,413 full outages worldwide and nearly 8,000 partial outages in the past five months... more

May 23, 2013
Networking »
40 years ago, Ethernet's fathers were the startup kids

Ethernet co-inventor Bob Metcalfe remembers the sandals, the bean bags, and the unsung heroes at Xerox PARC... more

May 20, 2013
Networking »
Syria disappears from the Internet again

Virtually all network connections became unavailable Wednesday morning... more

May 15, 2013
Cloud Computing »
Verizon Enterprise chief looks past AT&T, eyes Amazon and Google as rivals

John Stratton discusses prospects of mobile platform to rival iOS and Android, how the cloud is reshaping IT, and more... more

May 14, 2013
Networking »
Networks in 2020: More traffic, less energy

The GreenTouch industry consortium says new technologies could cut network power consumption by 90 percent... more

May 13, 2013
Tech Watch »
McAfee's new network security appliance has Intel inside

NS-series network intrusion prevention appliance pairs Intel hardware and McAfee software, boasts deep packet inspection with 40Gbps throughput... more

May 09, 2013
Networking »
Commodity hardware will be hallmark of SDN networks

Riverbed researcher says hardware used to run networks of the future will get less and less important... more

May 09, 2013
Tech Watch »
Open Compute Project's next target: The network

Facebook, Intel, Broadcom, VMware, and company put the commoditization of switching hardware on the agenda... more

May 09, 2013
Networking »
VMware: Faster app provisioning makes SDN a keeper

The true value of software defined networking is how it will hasten network provisioning... more

May 08, 2013
Networking »
Internet back up in Syria after 20-hour outage

Syrian government blames outage on problem with an optic cable... more

May 08, 2013

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Vulnerability affects recent versions of the widely used BIND 9 software and can be exploited by remote attackers to crash DNS servers... more

The system includes servers, storage, and networking but is designed to run in a regular office setting... more

The CloudEthernet Forum is looking to make Ethernet better suited to large-scale cloud services that may operate across many data centers... more

Outage Analyzer found there have been 1,413 full outages worldwide and nearly 8,000 partial outages in the past five months... more

Ethernet co-inventor Bob Metcalfe remembers the sandals, the bean bags, and the unsung heroes at Xerox PARC... more

Virtually all network connections became unavailable Wednesday morning... more

John Stratton discusses prospects of mobile platform to rival iOS and Android, how the cloud is reshaping IT, and more... more

The GreenTouch industry consortium says new technologies could cut network power consumption by 90 percent... more

NS-series network intrusion prevention appliance pairs Intel hardware and McAfee software, boasts deep packet inspection with 40Gbps throughput... more

Riverbed researcher says hardware used to run networks of the future will get less and less important... more

Facebook, Intel, Broadcom, VMware, and company put the commoditization of switching hardware on the agenda... more

The true value of software defined networking is how it will hasten network provisioning... more

Syrian government blames outage on problem with an optic cable... more

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