New Cisco Ethernet switches to play broader video, security roles

Posted by uphan | Posted in Cisco Systems, Green IT, Networking, News, Power Consumption, Power Management, Routers And Switches, Security Central | Posted on 17-03-2010

Cisco Wednesday is unveiling new Ethernet access switches and enhanced routers designed to take on more of the jobs frequently handled by separate devices, such as those dedicated to handling video traffic or ensuring network security.

Cisco’s latest offerings fit into its Borderless Networks strategy, a concept it introduced with its ISR branch routers last fall. Those routers, dubbed ISR G2, are optimized for video and virtual services, Cisco said at the time.

InfoWorld’s 2010 Technology of the Year Awards

Posted by Doug Dineley | Posted in Application virtualization, Applications, Blogs and wikis, Collaboration, Data Explosion, Data Management, Data center automation, Database Management Systems, Desktop Virtualization, Developer World, Development Environments, Development Frameworks, Development Platforms, Development Tools, Endpoint security, Green IT, Hardware, Infoworld, Infrastructure Services, Mobile Platforms, Mobilize, Network virtualization, Networking, News, Power Management, Processors, SAN, Security Central, Server Virtualization, Server hardware, Storage, Storage Management, Storage virtualization, Systems Management, Video and Web conferencing, Virtualization, Web Services, Windows, cloud computing, social networking | Posted on 06-01-2010

If you caught “InfoWorld’s top 10 emerging enterprise technologies” in November, you had a running start on our 2010 Technology of the Year Awards. MapReduce, desktop virtualization, I/O virtualization, NoSQL databases, cross-platform mobile application development, and application whitelisting topped our list of high-impact technologies, and not surprisingly, all are represented in our list of top products as well.

InfoWorld’s 2010 Technology of the Year Award winners

Posted by Doug Dineley | Posted in Application virtualization, Applications, Blade Servers, Blogs and wikis, Collaboration, Data Explosion, Data Management, Database Management Systems, Desktop Virtualization, Developer World, Development Environments, Development Frameworks, Development Platforms, Endpoint security, Green IT, Hardware, Infoworld, Infrastructure Services, Mobile Platforms, Mobilize, Networking, News, Power Management, Processors, SAN, Security Central, Server Virtualization, Server hardware, Smartphones, Storage, Systems Management, Video and Web conferencing, Virtualization, Web Services, Windows, cloud computing | Posted on 06-01-2010

2009′s top 10 emerging enterprise technologies

Posted by Doug Dineley | Posted in Data Explosion, Data Management, Database Management Systems, Desktop Virtualization, Developer World, Development Frameworks, Drives and arrays, Endpoint security, Green IT, Hardware, Infoworld, Mobile Platforms, Mobilize, Networking, News, Power Management, Processors, Security Central, Server Virtualization, Storage, Storage virtualization, Virtualization, cloud computing | Posted on 16-11-2009