Limits to Consumerization of IT
At GigaOm, Derrick Harris is wondering about the limits of consumerization of IT for enterprise applications. It’s a subject that warrants consideration. My take on consumerization of IT is that it...
View ArticleAttention Shifts to Cavium After Broadcom’s Announced Buy of NetLogic
As most of you will know by now, Broadcom announced the acquisition of NetLogic Microsystems earlier this morning. The deal, expected to close in the first half of 2012, involves Broadcom paying out...
View ArticleBad and Good in Avaya’s Pending IPO
We don’t know when Avaya will have its IPO, but we learned a couple weeks ago that the company will trade under the symbol ‘AVYA‘ on the New York Stock Exchange. Long before that, back in June, Avaya...
View ArticleIntel-Microsoft Mobile Split All Business
In an announcement today, Google and Intel said they would work together to optimize future versions of the Android operating system for smartphones and other mobile devices powered by Intel chips. It...
View ArticleDiscouraged in US, Huawei Invests Heavily in European Enterprise Push
As we watch Huawei invest heavily and ramp up for a sustained enterprise-networking push in Europe, the Chinese network-equipment provider, which made its name and fortune in telecommunications gear...
View ArticleWith Latest Moves, HP Networking Responds to Customers, Partners, Competitors
Although media briefings took place yesterday in New York, HP officially announced new networking products and services this morning based on its HP FlexNetwork Architecture. Bethany Mayer, senior VP...
View ArticleNicira Downplays OpenFlow on Road to Network Virtualization
While recent discussions of software-defined networking (SDN) and network virtualization have focused nearly exclusively on the OpenFlow protocol, various parties are making the point that OpenFlow is...
View ArticleGoogle Move Could Cause Collateral Damage for RIM
In a move that demonstrates Google’s willingness to embrace mobile-device heterogeneity in the larger context of a strategic mandate, Google today announced that it would bring improved mobile-device...
View ArticleAlcatel-Lucent Banks on Carrier Clouds
Late last week, I had the opportunity to speak with David Fratura, Alcatel-Lucent’s senior director of strategy for cloud solutions, about his company’s new foray into cloud computing, CloudBand, which...
View ArticleU.S. National-Security Concerns Cast Pall over Huawei
As 2011 draws to a close, Huawei faces some difficult questions about its business prospects in the United States. The company is expanding worldwide into enterprise networking and mobile devices,...
View ArticleLessons for Cisco in Cius Failure
When news broke late last week that Cisco would discontinue development of its Android-based Cius, I remarked on Twitter that it didn’t take a genius to predict the demise of Cisco’s...
View ArticleTidbits: Cuts at Nokia, Rumored Cuts at Avaya
Nokia Nokia says it will shed about 10,000 employees globally by the end of 2013 in a bid to reduce costs and streamline operations. The company will close research-and-development centers, including...
View ArticleAmazon-RIM: Summer Reunion?
Think back to last December, just before the holidays. You might recall a Reuters report, quoting “people with knowledge of the situation,” claiming that Research in Motion (RIM) rejected takeover...
View ArticleDell Makes Enterprise Moves, Confronts Dilemma
Dell reported its third-quarter earnings yesterday, and reactions to the news generally made for grim reading. The company cannot help but know that it faces a serious dilemma: It must continue an...
View ArticleF5′s Look Ahead
I’ve always admired how F5 Networks built its business. Against what seemed heavy odds at the time, F5 took the fight to Cisco Systems and established market leadership in load balancing, which...
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