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Russian telco joins Equinix network to extend global connectivity

fmmonteverde — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:10:00 +0800

CJSC TransTeleCom (Company TTK), one of Russia’s largest telecommunications operators, has joined Platform Equinix in seven key markets.

10 years later, Alcatel-Lucent revisits Cisco and Juniper in the core

fmmonteverde — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:09:00 +0800

If at first you don’t succeed…  

Alcatel-Lucent is set to give Cisco and Juniper another run for the money in c

Who has weathered the broadband crunch?

fmmonteverde — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:08:00 +0800

Latest figures released by broadband analyst firm Point Topic, reveal which countries have triumphed the broadband “crunch”, and those that have battled their way through to meet, or even exceed, expectations set in 2009.

HP to trim 27,000 jobs as part of restructuring program

fmmonteverde — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:05:00 +0800

Hewlett-Packard will trim 27,000 employees as part of its long-term restructuring plan, the company said Wednesday when it announced quarterly financial results.  

The company will shed about 8 percent of its workforce through a combination of layoffs and retirement

How to start a business continuity program

fmmonteverde — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:29:01 +0800

Sometimes you pull the short straw.

That's how one CSO felt when his former employer asked him to create a formal business continuity (BC) program for a few years ago.

"It's hard, right?"

Asia SMBs need industry standards to gain cloud security confidence

f7d11564b2e336947a5551a926d07406 — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:00:00 +0800

Stringent industry standards and greater transparency on vendors’ parts have been named as the two factors that will boost non-cloud APAC SMB users’ confidence in the cloud’s security, says a survey.

Top 7 dilemmas facing today's developers

fmmonteverde — Thu, 24 May 2012 09:11:22 +0800

Your boss wants it yesterday, but it better be good when judged by the standards of tomorrow. Your customers want every feature they can imagine, but don't you dare confuse them by giving them all the buttons they want.

Businesses say sustainability is vital to long term growth

fmmonteverde — Thu, 24 May 2012 09:10:00 +0800

The vast majority of businesses say that sustainability is vital to their future growth, but almost half say that margins are currently lower on sustainable products and services, according to new research by Accenture.

Does standardized interoperability in data center fabrics matter?

fmmonteverde — Thu, 24 May 2012 09:09:00 +0800

Despite interoperability trials and demonstrations involving alternative data center fabric standards, a non-standard fabric technology is said by proponents to be at the front of the pack.  

Multichassis Link Aggregation (MLAG) and two percolating fabric standa

Cross-browser worm spreads via Facebook, security experts warn

fmmonteverde — Thu, 24 May 2012 09:08:00 +0800

Malware writers have used Crossrider, a cross-browser extension development framework, to build a click-fraud worm that spreads on Facebook, say security researchers from antivirus firm Kaspersky L