Category: Network

Foundry shareholders OK merger with Brocade

Foundry Networks shareholders have approved a merger with Brocade Communications, overcoming what seems to be the last major hurdle in an exceedingly deal that had been questioned as stock and credit markets plunged.

Brocade declared in July it might purchase metalworks for regarding US$3 billion, a deal that might bring a aggressive vender of enterprise computer network gear into one in all the foremost suppliers of data-center network gear. In early Oct, as stock markets plummeted and credit tightened up, Brocade succeeded in obtaining a $1.1 billion term loan facility and $125 million consumer credit facility for the deal from a gaggle of banks. Continue reading “Foundry shareholders OK merger with Brocade”

VMware’s Cloud Foundry Opens PaaS

Mware (VMW) disclosed associate degree open platform-as-a-service giving on weekday that supports multiple programming frameworks as well as Spring for Java, Ruby on Rails and Francis Albert Sinatra for Ruby.
The giving, referred to as Cloud metalworks, is open in different ways that similarly.

Developers will use it in conjunction with any public or non-public cloud atmosphere, even those who do not use VMware’s technology. they’ll additionally select from among a spread of application infrastructure services. Continue reading “VMware’s Cloud Foundry Opens PaaS”

Windows 8 Pro pricing: $899 and up

Windows 8 Pro

Microsoft has announced pricing for its Surface with Windows 8 Pro, starting at $899 with 64 GB of storage.

A 128 GB version will also be available for $999. Both models will include a Surface active digitizer pen with “Palm Block” technology, but Microsoft’s Touch Cover and Type Cover will be sold separately. As previously stated by Microsoft, the Surface with Windows 8 Pro will go in sale in January. Continue reading “Windows 8 Pro pricing: $899 and up”

IBM, AT&T Team on Cloud Services

IBM has teamed with AT&T to supply secure shared cloud services to customers over non-public networks instead of the general public net, the businesses aforementioned Tues.

The service to be delivered from early next year is targeted at shoppers worldwide UN agency ar deploying clouds that demand high levels of security and accessibility, and UN agency typically cite security as a key matter to cloud computing adoption, the businesses aforementioned in a very statement.

Customers are going to be connecting to IBM’s cloud computing resources, victimisation AT&T’s virtual non-public network, with tightly integrated security protections. Continue reading “IBM, AT&T Team on Cloud Services”

The Other Buenos Aires

I don’t know why I feel compelled to write an article with such “serious” overtones as this one but to rave about the city of Buenos Aires without painting an entire feature seems a tad dishonest. Right now as I sit at an Internet café that has become my second home in Palermo, I occasionally catch the glimpses of city life outside the window. Two sights are vying for my attention and it’s hard to decide which is more heartbreaking. Continue reading “The Other Buenos Aires”