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Glasgow Uni supports CERN research with high throughput network from Extreme
CERN?s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland is the focal point of a massive international collaboration to explore the nature of matter and the origins of our universe, but it creates a data deluge beyond the processing power of traditional data centres. The data is therefore sent out to a worldwide grid of 350,000 servers, so that it can be processed and analysed.
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Avaya willing to share customers with Cisco, Microsoft in three-way networking battle
Avaya unified communications products can get along with Microsoft's Lync Server, and many customers will probably choose to deploy both rather than just one, says Avaya's CEO.
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Nortel former CEO not guilty of fraud
Three former executives of bankrupt Nortel Networks were acquitted this week of falsifying financial reports in an accounting scandal that precipitated the company's eventual bankruptcy and demise.
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RIPE NCC starts handing out last block of IPv4 addresses
RIPE NCC, which allocates IP addresses in Europe, the Middle East and parts of Central Asia, has started to hand out IPv4 addresses from the last block that it holds, the organization said on Friday.
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Apple in rush to buy up 4G patents
Apple is said to have acquired a stack of LTE 4G patents in preparation for possible legal disputes in the ongoing Apple versus Samsung trials.
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Yahoo claims Facebook bought several patents to countersue it
Facebook purchased in the last five months eight of ten patents it has cited in a counterclaim to a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Yahoo, and several were purchased after Yahoo filed the suit, the Internet portal claimed in a filing on Friday before a federal court.
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Nortel management may have known of hacker breach
The data breach into Nortel's data systems was known to company executives, including the CEO, for over a decade, but the company refused to take steps to prevent data loss.
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US joins Europe in approving Google Motorola deal
The US Department of Justice has approved Google's acquisition of mobile phone and tablet maker Motorola Mobility for about $12.5 billion (£7.9 billion), following the European Commission's approval earlier in the day.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab can be sold in The Netherlands, court rules
Apple came up short in the latest twist in the seemingly endless Android patent saga, as a Dutch court ruled that Samsung's Galaxy Tab can be sold in the Netherlands and distributed throughout the European Union.
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Kodak files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Eastman Kodak has filed for Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code to reorganise its business.
