After a two-week countdown to an announcement stating that “changing the Internet forever,” the company presented what appeared to be an update of its current “core” router, called the CRS-1.
The new router offers 12 times the traffic capacity of the older generation routers offer. It is three times faster than the previous CRS-1, which was introduced in 2004. And that can handle 322TB of traffic video calls second, or simultaneously for all people in China, the company said.
Cisco Umi (pronounced YOU-I) is a telepresence system requires a combination of hardware and users of Cisco hardware and need to possess. Umi service include a Cisco camera broadcast in high definition with an integrated microphone, a decoder and a remote control, but users must provide their own connection to HDTV (1080p) and the Internet to use. No external microphone, but audio quality can be recalibrated. Cisco algorithms remove background noise outside and bring the voices of users in the foreground.
Video calls and video messages are at the heart of Umi service, but the remote control will also allow customers to manage their contact list, profiles and configurations. In addition, Umi recorded videos can be uploaded to Facebook and YouTube, or attached to an e-mail.
Secure Computing researchers have discovered a new Trojan variant in nature DNSChanger attacks routers, meaning any Web surfing computer on that network could be at risk of being redirected to a malicious Web site.
DNSChanger The Trojan modifies the DNS settings to point to a host address of websites provided by the attackers, Sven Krasser, director of research of data mining for Secure Computing, said in an interview with ZDNet Asia’s sister site CNET News.com on Tuesday.
“The network is essentially reconfigured to do all the (domain) name resolutions over this malicious name server,” he said.
DNSChanger The Trojan is able to access all settings and functions on the router. We only know a few popular router Web interface URLs that you can use to change DNS settings at this time, but that is expected to change and more routers will be affected, according to a blog of Secure Computing.
The Trojan is believed to be created by the creators of the family of malware called “Zlob” which masquerades as an ActiveX video codec.
This article was first published as a blog on CNET News.com.
Rackspace Hosting and Akamai have announced a strategic partnership to boost the transfer speed of files stored on the tag archive service Rackspace consumers worldwide.
Rackspace will integrate Akamai’s services for secure socket layer (SSL), Canonical Name records (CNAME) and content delivery network (CDN) technology at Rackspace Cloud Files, the company said Wednesday.
“Having served separately from hundreds of Akamai customers, we are pleased to simplify the customer experience and dedicated platforms cloud with lead optimization services provider in the cloud,” said Lew Moorman, director of clouds and Rackspace strategy, in a statement.
Akamai Rackspace and anticipate demand in the next decade to cloud services around “feature-rich content, applications, SaaS [Software-as-a-service] and dynamic Web sites,” said Moorman.
A CDN uses servers near the edge of the network data from the cache, reducing network load and accelerate the delivery.
Rackspace Cloud Files customers in the United Kingdom may use Akamai CDN to place their files about their users from 18 January. Akamai has a distribution network of 77,000 servers in 71 countries.
CDN functionality is included as standard in charge of bandwidth out of Rackspace, which is 12p per GB per month, if customers use the CRC or not. File Storage in the Cloud Files is 11P per GB per month.
“The files marked as public (for customers) in the control panel Rackspace Cloud will automatically be made available to the CRC for users worldwide to download to your local Akamai server,” said a spokesman for Rackspace ZDNet UK Wednesday.
Akamai’s services will also be offered to Rackspace Managed Hosting clients “in due time, but not immediately,” said the spokesman, adding that details still being worked out.
SSL encryption source server to the edge of the server will run in the first quarter of 2011 together with “border bleed” which will allow customers to immediately remove the contents of the CRC. In the second quarter of 2011, CNAMES be completed, allowing long URL CDN assigned to shorter URLs brand, Rackspace said in a blog on Wednesday.
Rackspace also sell a range of sites Akamai and application acceleration services to its customers. The hosting company has not had to update any of its hardware infrastructure to be part of the association.
Rackspace cloud services are similar to those offered by competitors, including Amazon – lying Amazon Web Services – and Microsoft, which works with Windows Azure. Rackspace has nine data centers worldwide, including two in the UK.
Amazon Web Services now offers its own CDN called CloudFront, attached to its Simple Storage Service (S3). S3 has the same functionality as Rackspace Cloud Files.
Nokia Siemens Networks will buy wireless technology company Nortel Networks for $ 650 million.
Nortel, a former telecommunications equipment giant, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January with the hope of reorganization.
Nokia Siemens said Friday that use Nortel’s CDMA and LTE technology to expand its presence in North America. CDMA, multiple access or code division, is one of the two networks operating in the U.S. and is used by Verizon Wireless and Sprint. LTE or Long Term Evolution, is the 4G wireless technology that may replace today’s mobile networks.
“This agreement provides an important strategic opportunity for Nokia Siemens Networks to strengthen its position in two key areas, North America and LTE, at a price that makes good economic sense,” said Nokia Siemens CEO Simon Beresford-Wylie in a statement.
As part of the agreement, about 2,500 employees of Nortel in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and China can keep their jobs. Nortel officials said represent a “significant part” of workers associated with that part of your business.
“Maximizing the value of our businesses against the consolidation of a global market has been our top priority. It has determined the best way to do this is to find buyers for our business that can lead to innovation Nortel forward, keeping the employment to the greatest extent possible, “said Nortel CEO Mike Zafirovski said in a statement.
Toronto-based Nortel also said it is working on selling other parts of your business and ask to be delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The agreement with Nokia Siemens, which is expected to close in the third quarter, must be approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
Nortel was founded in 1895 as Northern Electric and telecommunication equipment manufacturing and supply of Canadian telephone system. At the height of their success 10 years ago, Nortel has been a $ 250 billion (£ 150 billion) and had more than 90,000 employees.