A unified access solution for BYOD
The advantage of being able to add new capabilities to network switches and routers through software is…
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A thin-client laptop for the anti-BYOD crowd
While the bring your own device movement is strong, many organizations that need tight security insist on…
Interop: How you build the network for a networking trade show
NEW YORK — Once a year Hewlett-Packard Co.’s Jeff Enters gets to build and rip apart a…
Interop: Cisco’s Chambers offers peek into networking future
NEW YORK –Application-based IT infrastructures will be the basis of the next wave of innovation in the…
Interop: Software defined networking gets a security thumbs-up
NEW YORK — One of the biggest boosters of the nascent software-defined networking technology is the head of…
Extreme Networks buys rival networking company
Two prominent, but smaller network infrastructure vendors are coming together to better position themselves against bigger competitors.…
OpenText acquires PaaS vendor
OpenText Corp. continues to expand its cloud-based solutions through acquisitions. The Waterloo, Ont.-based company said Friday it…
BlackBerry gets defensive on long term strategy
BlackBerry Ltd. CEO Thorsten Heins has shrugged off worries of investors and industry analysts about the company’s…
Mitel expands videoconferencing lineup with Vidyo deal
Channel partners of Ottawa’s Mitel Networks who have been pining for a broader range of video products…
Ottawa data classification firm previews upcoming platform release
It’s a week of firsts for Ottawa’s Titus Inc., which makes software for classifying email and documents.…
It’s the Internet of Everything — including profit potential
Science fiction writers have fantasized about a world where almost any object is electronically connected. IT vendors…
ITAC has a new chairman
The new chairman of the IT industry’s biggest lobby group here celebrated his new position by looking…
Red Hat aims to make the cloud easier
Red Hat Inc. has honed its strategy for the OpenStack cloud management platform, bundling a number of…
Spectrum play by Rogers draws Ottawa’s attention
The country’s biggest wireless carrier has again poked its finger in the eye of the federal government…
HP’s offers new tools for mobile app development
Almost every IT vendor has to have a mobile strategy these days or risk being crushed by…