Stories by Stephen Lawson

Dell names former Cisco exec to lead networking

Dell has hired Cisco Systems veteran Dario Zamarian to lead its networking business, naming him as its first vice president dedicated to that division.

Written by Stephen Lawson24 Sept. 10 04:36

Polycom's CTO says openness is key

Joseph Burton, Polycom's new chief strategy and technology officer, comes to the company from one of the key jobs in the enterprise voice and video business, having been vice president and chief technology officer for unified communications at Cisco Systems. Though Polycom is smaller than Cisco, with revenue just under US$1 billion last year, it has a long history in enterprises as a maker of desk phones, conference phones and videoconferencing systems, as well as the infrastructure behind them.

Written by Stephen Lawson23 Sept. 10 05:43

AT&T's Genus satellite phone goes on sale

AT&T is finally selling its satellite-3G smartphone, the TerreStar Genus, which can be switched from AT&T's network to a satellite for coverage all over the U.S.

Written by Stephen Lawson22 Sept. 10 06:50

Oracle ties Sun ZFS storage into Oracle software

Oracle has integrated its software into the Sun ZFS Storage Appliance line for a new generation of the systems that also doubles storage capacity and triples processing power, the company said on Monday at Oracle OpenWorld.

Written by Stephen Lawson21 Sept. 10 10:44

EBay claims win in 2008 Craigslist suit

A Delaware court has ruled in favor of eBay in its 2008 lawsuit against Jim Buckmaster and Craig Newmark, majority shareholders of Craigslist, eBay said Thursday.

Written by Stephen Lawson10 Sept. 10 10:23

Rosy WiMax forecast gives way to LTE

The worldwide market for mobile WiMax services in 2015 will be five times its current size, according to ABI Research -- but smaller than the company's analysts had expected just a few months ago.

Written by Stephen Lawson10 Sept. 10 09:32

HP targets small business with phones, Wi-Fi

HP expanded its IP phone and wireless LAN offerings for small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) on Wednesday as part of a broad set of product introductions for those customers.

Written by Stephen Lawson09 Sept. 10 05:43

Android vs. iPhone is no easy call

Google's Android mobile operating system proved a formidable rival to the wildly popular iPhone in a recent real-world test.

Written by Stephen Lawson08 Sept. 10 05:40

Disk storage still bouncing back, IDC says

The market for enterprise disk storage systems grew strongly in the second quarter, continuing to recover from a slump brought on by the economic slowdown of 2008 and 2009, research company IDC said on Friday.

Written by Stephen Lawson03 Sept. 10 14:07

Verizon joins the prepaid mobile data party

Verizon Wireless joined a growing trend on Thursday by announcing prepaid data plans for most of the smartphones and feature phones it sells.

Written by Stephen Lawson03 Sept. 10 07:13

NetApp, Syncsort team up on data protection

NetApp and Syncsort are bringing storage and data protection together in a single product, NetApp Syncsort Integrated Backup, to offer quick backup and restoration of an enterprise's data.

Written by Stephen Lawson01 Sept. 10 06:07

Xsigo gives Ethernet a path into converged I/O

I/O virtualization vendor Xsigo Systems is tapping into the most ubiquitous network connections around, offering an appliance that lets enterprises carve many virtual links out of the Gigabit Ethernet or 10-Gigabit Ethernet port built into a server.

Written by Stephen Lawson01 Sept. 10 05:09
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