Stories about: Interop

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Beyond CRM: SaaS slips into the mainstream 23 February, 2010 08:56

Customer relationship management applications are still the largest segment of the ballooning software-as-a-service market.
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10 big cloud trends for 2010 30 December, 2009 01:46

Cloud computing is clearly worming its way into the enterprise, especially as a testing and development environment and as a platform for less than critical apps and services. But cloud vendors are, in short, still trying to grow up and become a platform for business-critical applications. They're already working on standards and security issues, improving service level agreements and encouraging vendors to embrace the meter of pricing based on software use -- not per-seat cost.
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Nortel in '09: Dismantling of a tech stalwart 03 December, 2009 07:52

This year saw the slow, painful dismantling of Nortel. Its gradual exit from the tech scene played out the entire year, as each month brought news of more layoffs, markdowns or sell-offs.
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Video conferencing, network storage and security big at Interop 24 November, 2009 09:16

At the show LifeSize Communications showed off teleconferencing technology and Fusion-IO demonstrated a solid state storage module.
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HP's 3Com acquisition: An inside look 16 November, 2009 07:02

It started with a cup of coffee between 3Com COO Ron Sege and HP ProCurve chief Marius Haas a year ago.It ended with this week's $US2.7 billion blockbuster acquisition of 3Com by HP. In between were regular dialogue and updates, a demonstration at Interop last May, a technology bake-off in HP labs, and then an offer.
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Aussie entrepreneur: John Allsopp 12 November, 2009 15:49

I feel a bit like the kid from Cameron Crowe's film, Almost Famous. I'm at Web Directions South in Sydney, satchel and recorder in hand, trying to pin down the conference co-founder and CSS development leading light, John Allsopp for an interview. The scene is not dissimilar to backstage at a rock concert. Even in the rare moments Allsopp stands still, he's everywhere and everybody wants him. He walks - and talks - at 100 miles an hour and multitasks a dozen different things at once.
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The Internet at 40: History Began With Its First Crash 30 October, 2009 09:24

Why do we today celebrate today -- October 29 -- as the Internet's 40's birthday? Because on this day in 1969, what would later became known as the Internet was used for the very first time -- and crashed.
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VMworld 2009: Virtualization, controversy and eating your own dog food 04 September, 2009 02:50

VMworld, one of the industry's biggest virtualization conferences and VMware's home turf, was hosted this week at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Here are 15 things seen and heard at the show.
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Nortel customers upbeat but anxious 11 June, 2009 09:08

Nortel customers remain optimistic despite the company's precarious situation, officials of Nortel's largest enterprise user group said this week.
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Juniper claims first with 100G Ethernet 09 June, 2009 09:17

Juniper has unveiled what it claims is the first 100 Gigabit Ethernet router interface in the industry.
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Red Hat virtual desktop technology heads into beta tests 04 June, 2009 07:12

Side-by-side Windows displays might be the last thing you would expect to see taking center stage at Red Hat's booth at the recent Interop show in Las Vegas. But it makes sense when you consider they were part of a demo showcasing the company's pursuit of what it sees as a huge opportunity: the emerging virtual desktop market.