Comcast network and operations VP, Tony Werner, has responded to Minnesota senator Al Franken’s request to investigate the company for questionable net neutrality practices. According to Werner, Comcast is not prioritizing Xfinity traffic — the company’s IP television service — which is the heart of the debate.
In April, critics slammed Comcast for allowing its Xfinity app for the Xbox 360 to bypass the 250GB data cap imposed upon its subscribers. While Comcast Read more
HPC blog One of my very favorite industry events is coming up next week: the NVIDIA-organised GPU Technology Conference, aka GTC 2012. The vast majority of GTC content and sessions are provided by real customers talking about what they do, how they do it, and their results.
I’ve been in the tech industry for almost 20 years; roughly half that time was spent working for The Man in vendor firms, and the other half at my own boutique industry analyst firm. Not surprisingly, I’ve been Read more
When the newest version of the iPad was launched in March, adverts for the device claimed it would work with 4G, meaning fourth generation, mobile technology. The 4G in question was a technology known as Long Term Evolution (LTE) that was starting to appear in the US. Apple said the confusion had arisen because of the different high-speed mobile technologies dubbed 4G by operators and carriers.
However, when LTE arrives in Britain, the rest of Europe and many other nations, it will use Read more
The rumored update to Maps in iOS 6 will apparently be so cool that it will cause you to spontaneously burst into flames. Elsewhere, Foxconn’s CEO has never met a can of beans he couldn’t spill, and Apple and Samsung’s squabbling continues apace. The remainders for Friday, May 11, 2012 are on the cutting edg–ow!
So far Apple seems to have managed to avoid the trend towards 3D, but if this report pans out, we may be seeing 3D maps in iOS 6, thanks to Read more
Cisco(CSCO) raised the specter of a sharp slowdown in technology spending late Wednesday,rattling investors already fretting about the economy’s fragile condition.The red flag raised by the world’s largest maker of computer-networking equipment overshadowed a solid showing in the most recent quarter.
Investors instead fixated on a sobering forecast for the current quarter that Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers traced to skittish customers who are waiting longer to close Read more
Crediting a strategy that exploits users’ move to cloud computing, Cisco Systems on Thursday reported record net sales of US$11.6 billion for the quarter ending April 28, up 6.6 percent from the year-earlier period.
It was the second quarter in a row of record quarterly revenue. Net income was $2.2 billion, or $0.40 per share, up from $1.81 billion in the same quarter last year.Facing economic uncertainty, Cisco officials have pledged to streamline costs in an effort to improve Read more
Cisco Systems (CSCO) is slated to report 3Q 2012 earnings after the close of trading on Wednesday, May 9. The results are typically available at 4:05 p.m. EST and will follow with a conference call at 4:30 p.m. Given its size and influence, Cisco has the potential to impact the broader market gauges, including the index futures and large-scale ETFs.
With so many online resources offering test questions, it can be difficult to select the practice test that is best for you.There are so Read more
The number of security vulnerabilities declined in 2011 but malicious attacks skyrocketed 81 percent from 2010, according a new Internet Security Threat Report released by Symantec Monday. Advanced targeted attacks, in particular, were on the rise in 2011 and they are spreading to organizations of all sizes.
“Targeted attacks have changed,” says Liam O Murchu, manager of security response operations for North America at Symantec. “The picture that we had before of Read more
We’re pleased to announce that that Cisco’s and NetApp’s new FlexPod with Microsoft Private Cloud solution is the first design validated by Microsoft for their updated Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track 2.0 program.
Built on Windows Server 2008 R2,Hyper-V,and System Center 2012 this new FlexPod offer helps customer reduce infrastructure and application deployment times from days to hours while helping them achieve greater utilization of their physical and virtual resource Read more
Reinforcing its commitment to country transformation and inclusive growth, Cisco today announced an investment in Aavishkaar, a venture fund founded to promote development in rural and semi-urban India. Cisco will invest in Aavishkaar India II Company Ltd.
(Aavishkaar II) and will collaborate with other investors to drive sustainable business models with social impact that utilize the power of the network. Working with Aavishkaar, Cisco aims to take advantage of its expertise and Read more