Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has introduced wedge, which is an Ethernet Switch based on Linux and will be used in Software Defined Networking by Facebook. This is a big step from Facebook which would allow them to have their own networking switches to transport information from one system to another. Its importance lies in the huge…
Business networks have grown much more complex in recent years. Take the branch office for example. According to an article on Search Networking, WAN Optimization Policy Goes Deep (1), branch offices used to have modest network requirements but now often strain the WAN as workers access virtual desktops, applications, and data centers from a myriad…
Wall Street. (NASDAQ:GPRO) Gopro has been the darling of Wall-Street investors this week. But shares of GoPro Inc closed at $31.33, up more than 30% from their IPO price of $24. Thursday was the first day of trading for the maker of HD high-action cameras. Now, GoPro’s stock ticker symbol is hotter than its wearable…
It is quite certain nowadays that the Internet has become a very powerful tool which affects many aspects of our daily lives. Most of us probably cannot even remember the time how it was before the Internet (people had to meet and talk to each other – unthinkable!). There are many positive sides of the…
Software maker Oracle is buying Micros Systems Inc., which provides software and hardware to the hospitality and retail industries, for about $5.3 billion. Oracle said Monday that it will pay $68 per Micros share, a 3 percent premium to the company’s $65.77 Friday closing price. Shares of Micros gained $1.43, or 2.2 percent, to $67.20…
France’s socialist government has claimed a resounding victory for state intervention after forcing General Electric (NYSE:GE) to significantly revise its $16.9bn takeover deal for Alstom’s energy businesses, which both companies approved at the weekend. The government announced on Sunday night it had agreed terms with the French conglomerate Bouygues for its purchase of a 20…
