Archive for January, 2008
On Monday, Cisco announced a new family of switching platforms to meet consumer demands for next-generation data centers.As the data center transitions to a services-centric model, the network plays a pivotal role in allocating virtual IT resources and scaling workloads. The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series was designed with this environment in mind, the company said, and it delivers the infrastructure 
chapter of Cisco’s Data Center 3.0 vision.
“This is Cisco’s biggest product announcement since CRS-1. When Cisco released CRS-1 they redefined routing and came out with a product on the order of magnitude bigger than anything that was available,” said Zeus Kerravala, senior vice president of Enterprise Research at Yankee Group. “We may look at this as the day Cisco’s whole ecosystem strategy changed.”
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January 28th, 2008
On Monday, Cisco announced a new family of switching platforms to meet consumer demands for next-generation data centers.As the data center transitions to a services-centric model, the network plays a pivotal role in allocating virtual IT resources and scaling workloads. The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series was designed with this environment in mind, the company said, and it delivers the infrastructure chapter of Cisco’s Data Center 3.0 vision.
“This is Cisco’s biggest product announcement since CRS-1. When Cisco released CRS-1 they redefined routing and came out with a product on the order of magnitude bigger than anything that was available,” said Zeus Kerravala, senior vice president of Enterprise Research at Yankee Group. “We may look at this as the day Cisco’s whole ecosystem strategy changed.”
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January 28th, 2008
On Sunday, Amazon.com announced plans to extend its MP3 music stores free of digital-rights management (DRM) worldwide.Amazon’s MP3 stores feature songs playable on virtually any digital-music device. It is the only retailer to offer customers DRM-free MP3s from all four major music labels as well as more than 33,000 independent labels.
“We have received thousands of e-mails from Amazon customers around the world asking us when we will make Amazon MP3 available outside of the U.S.,” Bill Carr, Amazon.com vice president of digital music, said. The company did not set a specific timeline for the change.
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January 28th, 2008
The European Union is challenging Microsoft on antitrust laws again, but legal experts warn the ongoing investigations against Redmond could trickle down to other U.S. companies.European Commission regulators on Monday said they have initiated two formal antitrust investigations against Microsoft. The investigations fall under two separate categories of alleged infringements of European Commission treaty rules. The first case deals with interoperability. The second relates to tying separate software products together. Specifically, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office have fallen under scrutiny.
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January 18th, 2008
With Apple fans focused on the buzz surrounding Macworld this week, news of vulnerabilities and attacks that could wreak havoc on Apple users may be falling on distracted ears.Security researchers are reporting two issues that Apple users need to hear about. The first is a Microsoft security advisory warning of a vulnerability in several versions of Microsoft Office Excel. This affects both Windows and Mac OS users. The second is a scareware program targeting Mac users.
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January 18th, 2008
European antitrust officials are set on investigating Microsoft for anti-competitive market moves once again, but this time the European Commission could be going for Redmond’s jugular.This round of investigations falls under two separate categories of alleged infringements of European Commission Treaty rules. The first case deals with interoperability. The second relates to tying separate software products together. Specifically, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office have come under scrutiny.
“Recent press reports suggested Microsoft reached a grand settlement with the European Commission, and we expected it to be quiet for a while. Then we look up and a new investigation is under way,” said Keith Hylton, a professor of law at the Boston University School of Law. “I was surprised to see a new investigation so soon.”
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January 16th, 2008
European Commission regulators on Monday said they have initiated two formal antitrust investigations against Microsoft . The new investigations continue an ongoing saga for Redmond in Europe.This round of investigations falls under two separate categories of alleged infringements of European Commission Treaty rules. The first case deals with interoperability. The second relates to tying separate software products together. Specifically, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office have come under scrutiny.
“This initiation of proceedings does not imply that the commission has proof of an infringement,” the European Commission said in a statement. “It only signifies that the commission will further investigate the case as a matter of priority.”
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January 16th, 2008
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