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Sourcefire acquires ClamAV open-source anti-malware project Network security specialist Sourcefire announced Friday that it has acquired ClamAV, an open-source gateway anti-malware project whose technologies are used in the products of a number of other vendors. Microsoft gets into VoIP ... and confuses us Impenetrable questions I've been pondering: The difference between acute dyslexia and the way Linux programmers name their software. How Apple Store sales personnel differ from those at the Clearasil human testing lab. Whether the proliferation of Law & Order: X and Ebola virus outbreaks are somehow connected. The difference between Office Communications Server and Microsoft Response Point.  March 28, 3:00 a.m. PST LOLing all the way to the bank Maxime Seguineau helped found enterprise messaging firm Antepo in February 2000, just as reality was puncturing the hype-filled bubble of the dot-com craze. Back then, IM was mostly for teens and college students, who used free, online chat networks by AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo to keep in touch. Seguineau saw past the crazy colors of ICQ, the cartoonlike appeal of AIM, and the incomprehensible shorthand of IMers, to IM’s promise for the enterprise, which he dubbed “availability based communications,” now called “presence.” February 12, 3:00 a.m. PST NEC technology fights IP phone spam NEC has developed technology that can help prevent spam phone calls to VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) users. January 26, 9:18 a.m. PST Netgear, Thomson phones support Skype and landline Netgear and Thomson separately introduced new phones at the International Consumer Electronics Show on Sunday that let users make and receive calls via Skype's VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service as well as over their regular phone line. January 8, 4:42 a.m. PST 2006 Year in Reviews: Networking After most of the vendors declined our invitation to a WAN shootout last year, we settled for a series of standalone reviews of WAN accelerators this year. As usual, Riverbed’s Steelhead shined -- so did products from Silver Peak, Blue Coat, and Cisco Systems, though they still swam in Steelhead’s wake. Perhaps competition will be stiff enough for a comparative test in 2007. Stay tuned. December 18, 3:00 a.m. PST Digital cordless phones to link to the Internet Consumers who know nothing about new Internet telephone technologies but don't want to miss out on the action could be interested in this development: Manufacturers of cordless digital telephones plan to add IP (Internet Protocol) capability to a new generation of home communication and entertainment devices. December 5, 6:42 a.m. PST Cisco opens R&D center in west of Ireland Cisco Systems Inc. will open a research center in Ireland to develop unified communications products. November 22, 8:21 a.m. PST Cisco banking on collaboration tools Triple plays are rare in baseball. But Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers plans to do one better Wednesday by promising to pull off a "quadruple play" in the networking business: incorporating data, voice, video, and mobile capabilities across its product lines. September 11, 3:00 a.m. PDT Microsoft dives into voice communications After years of dipping its toe in the waters of unified voice and data communications, Microsoft is ready to dive in headfirst, unveiling its Unified Communication Product Roadmap and Partner Ecosystem on Monday. June 26, 3:00 a.m. PDT Two vendors tie IP wiretapping tools Two software vendors have made their IP (Internet Protocol) wiretapping tools for carriers and law-enforcement agencies work together. June 12, 6:30 p.m. PDT Chambers to become Cisco chairman John Chambers, who has run Cisco Systems Inc. as president and chief executive officer (CEO) since 1995, will become chairman in November while remaining CEO, the dominant networking vendor announced Thursday. June 8, 11:38 a.m. PDT Siemens plucks first fruits of SOA project Siemens Communications unveiled the first fruits of its SOA initiative on Monday and said it is extending its use of SOA from internal development projects to external business partners, according to a company executive. May 1, 3:00 a.m. PDT VoIP buddies: Cisco, Citrix, and Microsoft For better or worse, voice has escaped the telephone and is weaving its way into the fabric of enterprise applications. According to Gartner, by 2010, 80 percent of companies will have integrated voice and messaging into some business applications or processes. March 13, 3:00 a.m. PST Cisco appoints ex-MCI chief Capellas to board Cisco Systems Inc. has appointed Michael Capellas, former president and chief executive officer of MCI Inc., to its board of directors, the computer networking company said Tuesday. February 1, 4:42 a.m. PST Accton developing Wi-Fi VoIP phone See correction below January 10, 4:24 a.m. PST Traffic optimization takes center stage in networking show In many ways, 2005 was a "so what?" year for networking. After all, anyone who expected major breakthroughs on a number of key issues ended the year sorely disappointed. There's been little progress on IPv6 adoption, the United States is still claiming it owns the Internet, wireless networking made little progress on fronts political or technical, and IP telephony remains hot -- though whether VoIP's future lies in hardware, software, or both is still a topic that will drive a conference panel, or three, for years. January 2, 3:00 a.m. PST Lucent to take $300 million charge on lawsuit ruling Lucent Technologies Inc. will take a US$300 million charge on its first quarter of 2006 financial statement after a judge ruled against the company in a bankruptcy case on Wednesday. December 22, 8:13 a.m. PST Juniper sues over message-board posts Juniper Networks Inc. is suing 10 unnamed defendants over comments posted to a networking news message board that Juniper charges are libelous. December 22, 4:27 a.m. PST Nortel to lose another executive Nortel Networks Corp. will lose another high-level executive, the telecommunications equipment company announced Tuesday. Clent Richardson, chief marketing officer (CMO) at Nortel since October 2004, will leave the firm March 1, 2006. December 20, 9:19 a.m. PST Update: Cisco pushes for bigger network role Cisco Systems Inc. on Tuesday staked a wider claim on enterprise IT as it kicked off its Worldwide Analyst Conference, introducing an ambitious plan for services-oriented infrastructure and a new application acceleration initiative. December 6, 2:34 p.m. PST Cellular data services ramp up If you’re susceptible to advertising sales pitches, you’d best -- like Ulysses’ crew -- plug up your ears. Otherwise, you will soon hear the siren call from the cell phone carriers pitching their newest data services. November 1, 3:00 a.m. PST VeriSign develops tools for wireless roaming Mobile users typically move among multiple networks: a wired DSL connection at home, a Wi-Fi hot spot at the airport, a landline connection at a hotel, and 3G service in between. Today, users must use a connection manager to log off one service and log on to another manually. Future smart clients, however, will be able to detect available networks and switch among them based on which networks are fastest, which are cheapest, and which are most secure for business use. September 22, 1:00 p.m. PDT The fragile wireless network The veil was lifted from my eyes when Katrina hit. I realized that our wireless infrastructure, critical for relief efforts, was sorely lacking. September 13, 4:00 a.m. PDT Siemens expands HiPath Xpressions features Siemens AG on Tuesday announced it will update its HiPath Xpressions message platform to make it easier to use on the go and with non-Siemens enterprise phone systems. August 30, 4:45 p.m. PDT > Networking > Media networking |
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