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Industry: Code Theft’s Real Sting is a Black Eye for Cisco
When hackers allegedly broke into Cisco’s corporate network and stole source code for the company’s IOS router software, some feared that malcontents would soon be able to find and exploit flaws in the code to wreak havoc on the Internet. And certainly, the risk of such an attack still remains. But the biggest damage may…
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Tandberg Acquires Tech for IP Videoconferencing Across Firewalls
Tandberg ASA, an Oslo, Norway-based maker of videoconferencing endpoints and conference bridges, announced this week that it is acquiring Ridgeway Systems & Software, based in Reading, England, for $16 million. Ridgeway Systems & Software Ltd., which had offices in West Long Branch, N.J., and Austin, Texas, before waves of downsizing in 2003, sells servers and…
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TechEd 2004: It’s All About the Service Packs
Integration and security will be the watchwords at Microsoft’s annual Tech Ed 2004 conference, which will kick off Monday in San Diego. The Microsoft brass will be on tap to talk up the benefits of “integrated innovation” (whether or not they actually use the company’s favorite catch phrase). For example, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer as…
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CA Offers White Box Software Program for SMB, SOHO and Home Markets
Computer Associates International Inc. has announced a comprehensive program to enable builders of “white box” PCs, servers and notebooks to deliver added value and differentiate their systems by leveraging CA’s security, storage and PC migration solutions for the SMB, SOHO and home markets. This represents a shift in CA’s white box reseller approach. The company…
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IOS Theft and Telephony: Something New to Worry About
I assured readers with my first column that my job here is to report on VOIP, not to praise it. Which is why I’m just as eager as anyone to get a read on the potential seriousness of the Cisco IOS source code theft and its implications for the reliability of IP-based communications. As reported…
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EMC Unveils NAS Gateway for Windows SMB Market
EMC is diving deeper into the elusive, Windows-dominated small and midsize business depths with a lower-end alternative for its entry-level network-attached storage gateway NetWin family. The storage titan on Thursday unveiled the NetWin 110, which is scheduled to ship in early June for $6,100. The Microsoft Windows Storage Server-based NetWin 110 provides SMBs with a…
