We're approaching the fifth anniversary of the World IPv6 Launch Day. This is reflects the day in which the Internet had a world-wide validation of the IPv6 protocol. IPv6 supports additional hosts,…
SDxCentral: Rackspace Acquires TriCore Solutions
SDxCentral announces Rackspace Acquires TriCore Solutions, Names Eazor as CEO. Rackspace is buying privately owned TriCore, who specialise in Oracle and SAP hosting for enterprises. This is going to be…
Whatever happened to Blackberry?
A few years ago, you couldn't move in London on the Tube for businessmen checking and answering email on their Blackberry device. Now they have disappeared, being replaced by Apple…
On the seriousness of IETF RFC documentation in April.
The IETF release a lot of documentation in the form of RFCs (Request for Comments), providing the foundation for the standardisation of the Internet. But not all of these are…
SD-WAN – or should we say WAN4.0?
Is the current buzzword "SD-WAN" really new, or is it actually a progression of the WAN technologies we all know and love? Is it going to be a revolution or…
Bluecoat to be gobbled by Symantec
Symantec have made a grab for BlueCoat Systems. Symantec's press release wants to portray this as an attempt to redefine cybersecurity for the future. The boards of both companies agree…
Boaty McBoatface and the challenge of Internet polls
In March, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), which funds the British Antarctic Survey, opened a competition. This was to name the new research vessel that will operate in the…
Bain Capital to take Blue Coat from Thoma Bravo
Venture investment company Bain Capital are taking Thoma Bravo's Blue Coat. The deal to acquire BlueCoat is for $2.4bn cash, and will close in first half 2015. Bain is preparing…