Dave Bailey

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Large Hadron Collider: Tomorrow never knows

Large Hadron Collider: Tomorrow never knows

The world's most expensive and powerful physics experiment goes live today when protons will be circulated around the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) for the first time.
Dave Bailey Sep 10 2008 9:54AM Hardware
802.11r ratification boosts wireless IP telephony

802.11r ratification boosts wireless IP telephony

Voice over Wireless Lan should enjoy better quality following IEEE ratification of the 802.11r standard which was released in July with little fanfare.
Dave Bailey Sep 2 2008 3:49PM Networking
Cisco guns for Exchange

Cisco guns for Exchange

Network giant Cisco has acquired email and calendaring software vendor PostPath for US$215m, in a move seen as an attempt to compete with Microsoft in both the email and online collaboration markets..
Dave Bailey Aug 29 2008 8:03AM Storage
Fujitsu-Siemens denies break-up reports

Fujitsu-Siemens denies break-up reports

Fujitsu Siemens Computers has moved to quash reports of its impending break up, describing the talk as "baseless".
Dave Bailey Aug 11 2008 4:02PM Strategy
Vyatt ships open source routing appliance

Vyatt ships open source routing appliance

Open source vendor Vyatt has begun shipping a mid-range firewall and routing appliance, the Vyatta 2501, which it claims offers unparalleled price-performance.
Dave Bailey Aug 6 2008 2:09PM Software
Motorola to acquire AirDefense

Motorola to acquire AirDefense

Communications provider Motorola is to acquire pioneer wireless security vendor AirDefense, one of the last remaining independent providers of enterprise wireless intrusion prevention (WIPS) systems.
Dave Bailey Jul 31 2008 1:45PM Security
Brocade lines up Foundry buy

Brocade lines up Foundry buy

Fibre channel storage vendor Brocade has reached agreement to acquire enterprise network vendor Foundry Networks for £1.5bn (AUD$3b).
Dave Bailey Jul 23 2008 9:09AM Networking
Fortify warns open source is insecure

Fortify warns open source is insecure

Business users warned to approach open source with "great caution"
Dave Bailey Jul 22 2008 8:49AM Security
Citrix project Kensho to enlighten datacentre managers

Citrix project Kensho to enlighten datacentre managers

Enterprise application delivery vendor Citrix has announced a project designed to allow IT managers to run virtualised applications, wrapped up as a so-called virtual machine (VM), on Microsoft's Hyper-V, VMware's ESX and Citrix's own XenServer virtualisation platform
Dave Bailey Jul 17 2008 7:47AM Storage
New transceivers extend optical fibre Ethernet range

New transceivers extend optical fibre Ethernet range

Network hardware vendors HP ProCurve and Allied Telesis have launched new optical transceivers designed to extend the range of gigabit and 10 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) optical fibre connections
Dave Bailey Jul 17 2008 7:47AM Telco/ISP
DPA hits 10-year milestone

DPA hits 10-year milestone

The Data Protection Act (DPA) 1998 today marks the ten-year anniversary, but increasingly data specialists are split on whether it still fit for purpose.
Dave Bailey Jul 16 2008 9:47AM Security
Capacity planner dearth could stunt virtualisation growth

Capacity planner dearth could stunt virtualisation growth

Firms thinking about increasing their virtualisation deployments, turning them into business critical production applications could run up against a skill shortage, according to the latest survey from market intelligence group IDC.
Dave Bailey Jul 10 2008 3:07PM Software
More regulation for online retail arrives

More regulation for online retail arrives

A new PCI-DSS regulation requires online retail firms to perform code reviewsand use a web application firewall.
Dave Bailey Jul 3 2008 4:03AM Security
Hyper-V launches without management tool

Hyper-V launches without management tool

Microsoft finally launched its hypervisor technology, Hyper-V Friday, 144 days after the February launch of Windows Server 2008 (WS 2008).
Dave Bailey Jun 30 2008 7:31AM Storage
Cisco upgrades Wide Area Application Services and Application Control Engine

Cisco upgrades Wide Area Application Services and Application Control Engine

Networking giant Cisco today announced a raft up updates that should enhance enterprises’ virtualisation and datacentre management efforts, including upgrades to its Wide Area Application Services (Waas) and Application Control Engine (ACE).
Dave Bailey Jun 25 2008 2:03PM Networking
HP punts de-duplication systems

HP punts de-duplication systems

HP's storage arm moved to establish a presence in the deduplication market today when it announced it was integrating the technology into new systems aimed at the SMB market, and existing systems in the enterprise market.
Dave Bailey Jun 24 2008 3:22PM Storage
Balancing mobility with security is a fine art

Balancing mobility with security is a fine art

IT managers must keep their eye on risks as mobile devices become widespread.
Dave Bailey Jun 24 2008 9:07AM Security
Microsoft gears up for HPC push

Microsoft gears up for HPC push

Microsoft will make a release candidate version of its high performance computing software, HPC Server 2008, available for download next week.
Dave Bailey Jun 20 2008 11:47AM Networking
LSI showcases new HPC storage system

LSI showcases new HPC storage system

Network and storage vendor LSI unveiled its latest storage system for high-performance computing (HPC) environments at the International Supercomputing Conference in Dresden.
Dave Bailey Jun 19 2008 11:54AM Storage
Microsoft steps up virtualisation push

Microsoft steps up virtualisation push

Microsoft stepped up the pressure on competing virtualisation vendors at its North American 2008 Tech Ed. Conference, where the software giant disclosed several updates it said would help customers prepare to deploy virtualised infrastructure.
Dave Bailey Jun 12 2008 2:22PM Networking

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