Wayne Rash

e-Security Inc. is releasing a major upgrade to its Sentinel security event manager that will combine its already highly integrated security event management software with new abilities to automate and enforce event identification. In addition, Sentinel 5 will automate the resolution process, providing a new workflow capability similar to that enterprises now use for other […]

The word on the street, and among a few scattered news sources, is that the proposed sale of IBM’s personal computer division is in trouble with the feds. Specifically, the trouble is said to come from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which is sponsored by the Treasury Department and consists […]

Intel on Wednesday will announce a significant evolutionary update to its successful Centrino mobile computing platform. The new platform, currently code-named “Sonoma,” will provide a wealth of new features to home and corporate users, including a faster front-side bus, which moves to 533 MHz; support for Serial ATA; high-definition audio; improved graphics acceleration; faster memory […]

Seeking to take some share of the spotlight at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a number of microprocessor vendors offered the media and attendees a peek at forthcoming chip sets. Some vendors revealed more than others. Intel Corp. CEO Craig Barrett on Thursday looked forward to the company’s launch of its next-generation […]

Devices necessary for making VOIP (voice over IP) work in new ways will make their debut at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. These products include a chip-level solution that will soon find its way into end-user products, as well as a new technology line and some end-user products that are […]

Cisco Systems’ announcement Monday that it will acquire privately held startup Protego Networks for $65 million adds a critical piece to Cisco’s strategy for becoming a security vendor. Over the course of the past year, Cisco has acquired other companies to build its self-defending network and its Network Admission Control technology. With Protego, those capabilities […]

Wi-LAN Inc., the Calgary, Alberta-based vendor of fixed wireless broadband services, has tapped media gateway maker Quintum Technologies Inc. as its integration partner for its voice-over-IP services. Under the agreement, Quintum will provide its Tenor media gateway, which will work with any of several fixed wireless radios provided by Wi-LAN. The Quintum products will be […]

When my editors asked me last week to write my column about the sale of the IBM PC Division to Lenovo, I delayed for a couple of days. There were two reasons. The first is that I didn’t want to provide an instant analysis to something that required more thought. The second was that there […]

Thursday was a big day for vulnerability announcements, but not necessarily for big vulnerabilities. Cisco on Thursday announced two problems with its products, one of which had the potential to be serious. A potentially serious problem with Samba appeared on Bugtraq, and Veritas reported a problem with Backup Exec versions 8 and 9. None of […]

Vendors Hewlett Packard, Alcatel and S2io each announced 10 Gigabit Ethernet products Monday that are aimed squarely at enterprise data centers. The products—stackable switches from HP and Alcatel and a 10 Gig server adapter from S2io—are the latest in a series of announcements of affordable devices in this class. Until these announcements, 10 Gig products […]

The revelation that IBM may be selling off its PC operations isn’t exactly a surprise. Market analysts have been pressing IBM to do this for years, but the company has resisted. Now, with competition getting tougher and margins declining or disappearing, the time apparently has come. IBM won’t be selling IBM PCs, assuming that current […]

In August 1981, the world of computing changed. When IBM launched its first IBM PC, most observers at the time simply thought it was a good move by a company that was already a leader. The new computer would help IBM stay relevant and provide a new class of computers that would add some revenue. […]