Technology comes to the rescue in Haiti
While telecom aid groups restore communications, mobile users are raising money by text
Samsung gets into mobile unified communications
Five upcoming dual-mode smartphones will work with enterprise software from DiVitas
Google says Microsoft-Yahoo deal will be bad for consumers
The company’s search chief argues more search engines is better for consumers
Cisco to expand mobile collaboration features
New capabilities coming over the next year will include greater participation in WebEx sessions
Data Domain tells shareholders to reject EMC
Both EMC and NetApp offers could fall through if shareholders don’t turn down EMC, the company’s board warns
NetApp to acquire Data Domain for $1.5 billion
The deal will extend NetApp’s reach into the growing disk-based backup market
Palm sales plummet as Pre waits in the wings
As its original OS faded away, unit sales of phones dropped 42 per cent in the most recent quarter
Cisco’s new business direction will have a surprise twist
Sharp turns like Cisco’s have a long history
Sale of key Nortel assets may be inevitable
Nortel Networks may have no choice but to sell off key parts of its business, industry analysts said
Cisco, Trend Micro put security in home routers
Two models of Linksys by Cisco Wireless-N routers will be made available
IBM and Juniper launch a cloud computing strategy
IBM and Juniper on Monday provided a peek at technology that lets enterprises easily reallocate computing resources between a private and a public cloud
Sun rolls out its own storage appliances
Sun is introducing a line of storage appliances with solid-state drives and advanced analytics software.
Intel buys data-centre Ethernet maker NetEffect
The Ethernet-based RDMA technology doesn’t yet match InfiniBand for reducing latency
Brocade gets loan to fund Foundry buyout
Brocade secured a US$1.1 billion loan to fund its acquisition of Foundry
Sun to craft software stack into NAS appliances
Sun Microsystems will introduce a storage appliance based on its FISHworks software package by the end of this year