Billed as a break-through wireless presentation display, the Cisco Spark Board is a digital whiteboard, and a next-gen video conferencing system. As an all-in-one device, it provides everything you need to collaborate with your teams…
Product Announcement: Cisco ENCS5000 NFV platform
One of the announcements at CiscoLive was the Cisco ENCS5000 NFV platform. ENCS5000 is effectively Cisco's branch-in-a-box device for running a virtualised routing, security and NFV platform. It uses the…
New kit “launched” at Cisco Live
So as part of the keynote speech here in Berlin where I am attending CiscoLive 2017, some new Cisco products were launched, or more properly exposed in more detail from…
Raspberry Pi – New Zero calorie option
The Raspberry Pi organisation has launched a new board. This is the Raspberry Pi Zero, an upgrade/replacement for the Model A board. The most significant change is the price, $5…
Quintillion acquires Arctic Fibre
Quintillion has acquired Arctic Fibre, the Toronto, Canada based company, intending to provide a polar routed fibre between Europe and Japan. On Quintillion's webpage (Arctic Fibre Acquired by Quintillion Networks),…
Has Jobs really left the core of Apple?
With the announcement that Steve Jobs is to step down as CEO of Apple , following a resignation letter to the board. This letter also moves Tim Cook to the…
A brief history of the IBM PC, thirty years on.
30 years ago today, a new office automation device was officially launched by IBM at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York. August 12, 1981, marked the launch of the…
Riverbed goes shopping for godly web performance
Riverbed has been shopping again. This time, it's looking to purchase Zeus Technology and Aptimize. Both of these are privately owned companies, with Zeus being based in Cambridge in the…