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Cisco ASR 1000 Series IPsec: The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Router product line includes security capabilities that are built into the platform and do not require service blades. Security features are viewed as integral parts of the base Cisco ASR 1000 Series product rather than as add-on service modules. Therefore, in general, features...; Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Router Product Line, Security Feature, IPSec, Security, Networking; White papers 2008-02-01

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Earthlink finally pulls out of Wireless Philly, but all is not lost: The final nail in the coffin of municipal Wi-Fi was hammered today as Earthlink pulled the plug on Philadelphia's wireless program, as the Wall Street Journal reports. "This was about a business model that simply didn't work," said Rolla Huff, chief executive of the Atlanta-based Internet services...; Tags: EarthLink Inc., City, Network, Municipal Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Microsoft: Office '08 sales skyrocket, SP1 released, VBA coming back to Mac: According to CNet Microsoft is selling copies of Office 2008 for Mac at a clip three times higher than the former 2004 version. "The company wouldn't disclose sales numbers, but said the sales are the highest in the 19-year history of the unit. That continues a trend that has been...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft VBA, Microsoft Corp., Sales, Mac BU, Desktops, Microsoft Office, Hardware, Office Suites, Software, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Craigslist fires back at eBay; Bogus Google ads to Kijiji alleged: Craigslist has filed its response to eBay's lawsuit and the company hits back--hard. Craigslist alleges that eBay participated in everything from "unlawful and unfair competition," false advertising, business interference and even phishing attacks. The official list via Craigslist: "We filed a complaint in California today, charging...; Tags: Google Inc., Craigslist, Advertisement, eBay Inc., Phishing, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-13
TopQuadrant welcomes Jena lead architect as Chief Product Architect: Established North American Semantic Web company TopQuadrant today announced that Jeremy Carroll is joining the company as Chief Product Architect. Whilst at HP Labs, Carroll was lead architect on the open source Jena toolkit that lies behind much of today's commercial and non-commercial work on the Semantic...; Tags: Toolkit, TopQuadrant, Semantic Web, Software Development, Internet, Software/Web Development, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-13

Microsoft vs. Google: Are all monopolies created equal?: Are Microsoft and Google really locked into a zero-sum game, where every gain in Google's search business translates into an automatic kick-in-the-pants for Microsoft? That seems to be the premise, to a degree, of a couple of new items -- one on the Financial Times and...; Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Monopoly, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Why HP-EDS is a disaster in the making: As I've noted elsewhere HP's takeover of Compaq destroyed essentially all of HP's pre-takeover value and left the Compaq organization operating as HP. Now they've announced their intention of taking over EDS. On the good news side there won't be a culture clash in bringing these...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows, Manufacturing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, Operating Systems, Software, Investment, Finance, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-13
McAfee isn't "McAfee Secure" or "Hacker Safe": In my most recent discussion on McAfee, I posted a talkback to Russ McRee stating, tongue in cheek mind you, that it'd be interesting to see an XSS or SQL Injection on McAfee's site, see if they are indeed "McAfee Secure". Well, I guess you get what you ask for......; Tags: McAfee Inc., XSS, Hacker, Tool, Productivity, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Who will set price and quality standards?: Did you know Health & Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt has a blog? It's a pretty good blog, in that it's evident he writes it himself, and in it deals with issues on a personal basis. For instance, he did a series of posts on a recent...; Tags: Mike Leavitt, Health Care, Standards, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Quality, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-13
The key to Windows success? It's all about the drivers: The greatest advantage of the Windows ecosystem is that there are so many choices. The biggest problem with the Windows ecosystem is that there are so many choices. Ironic, isn't it? The sheer number of choices means you can almost certainly...; Tags: Problem, Driver, OEM, Graphics Subsystem, Vista/Server 2008/Win7 Ecosystem, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Notebooks, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-05-13
EDS' troubled legacy of failed IT projects: Observing the news that HP is acquiring EDS, perhaps it's time to reflect on EDS' troubled history with IT projects. I've written about a number of failed projects where EDS played a role. Warning, some of these stories are ugly: More EDS issues over...; Tags: Information Technology, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Strategy, Government, Management, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Could "not so high end" gaming systems tarnish Alienware's reputation?: Just as it seems that Dell is exiting the high-end gaming PC market by ditching the XPS line, Alienware announced its entry into the "not so high end" gaming market. Is this a good move for Alienware or could it dilute a brand considered to represent extreme gaming? ...; Tags: Alienware, Games, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Microsoft to raise Windows Small Business Server price 80 percent: When Microsoft starts shipping its Windows Small Business Server 2008 product later this year, its price will be substantially higher -- as much as 80 percent -- than the current version of Small Business Server. Surprisingly, some testers and at least one market researcher don't seem fazed...; Tags: U.S., Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Product, Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, CAL, Microsoft Windows, Pricing, Marketing Research, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-13
EDS internal memo on the HP purchase: HP acquired EDS in a deal valued roughly at $12.8 billion. The move was outlined Tuesday morning amid a healthy dose of skepticism. Here's a memo from EDS CEO Ron Rittenmeyer, who will now report to HP CEO Mark Hurd. To the EDS Worldwide Team: Today...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Branding, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-13
HP's to-do list following EDS acquisition: We now know that HP is acquiring EDS in what appears to be an agreed bid that values EDS at $13.9 billion. Larry Dignan has the main analysis but it leaves open a series of testing questions for HP CEO Mark Hurd. As Larry points out: Overall, Wall Street...; Tags: Acquisition, Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Mergers & Acquisitions, Outsourcing, Corporate Law, Asset Management, Construction, It Services, It Operations, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Operational Planning, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Does Larry Ellison have the best SaaS strategy?: Software as a service sounds deceptively simple: Host an application, charge folks monthly and customers come running because they don't have to implement software. The reality: SaaS is rocket science and few do it truly well. This perception vs. reality SaaS gap bonked me over the head...; Tags: Strategy, Software-as-a-service, NetSuite Inc., Larry Ellison, SaaS Trajectory, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Gates emphasizes PC-phone connectivity in Windows 7: Improved collaboration and connectivity between Windows PCs and cell phones is going to get a major shot in the arm with Windows 7, according to Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. During a speech for members of the Windows Digital Lifestyle Consortium in Tokyo last week, Gates referred...; Tags: Phone, Microsoft Windows 7, Mobile, PC, Cell Phone, Bill Gates, Gate, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Combined HP-EDS can explore missing methodology around how to offload IT to the cloud(s): HP's now official pending EDS buy for just shy of $14 billion positions the combined companies to organize and manage the hosted/on-premises mix to maximum efficiency and lowest TCO. It's a great goal to shoot for because all they have to do is beat IBM. With this...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Electronic Data Systems Corp., End Goal, Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-05-13
A U.S military botnet in the works: Make botnets, not war? In April, last year, I asked the question "Why establish an offensive cyber warfare doctrine when you can simple install a type of Lycos Spam Fighting screensaver on every military and government computer and have it periodically update its hit lists?" A year...; Tags: Distributed Denial Of Service, Military, Attack, U.S, Security, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-05-13
VMware debuts premium Recovery, Stage Manager services: VMware has released two new virtualization management services and bundles to advance its technical lead in the market. To that end, the Palo Alto, Calif. announced Tuesday plans to deliver the VMware Site Recovery Manager, VMware Stage Manager and a number of bundles combining those with existing products...; Tags: Recovery, VMware Inc., Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Data Management, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-13