October 2009

October 2009 Sun Microsystems , Inc. and Fujitsu announced new quad-core SPARC64(TM) VII processors and an enhanced memory controller for the SPARC Enterprise(R) server line. The faster SPARC64 VII processors deliver up to 25 percent better performance than the previous generation and with new memory access enhancements, the updated SPARC Enterprise systems have delivered outstanding […]

October 2009 By year 2015, there will be 15 billion IP endpoints on the Internet. Cisco this week enhanced its IPv6 offerings for its carrier core and edge routers in an effort to ease the eventual migration from IPv4. The Carrier-Grade IP Version 6 Solution line includes a new hardware module for Cisco‘s CRS-1 router, […]

October 2009 John T. Chambers, chief executive of the networking giant Cisco Systems, is keeping the acquisition machine humming. The company’s $2.9 billion deal for Starent Networks is the second of roughly that size in October alone. And he has promised that more deals are coming. It’s too bad this strategy hasn’t quite paid off […]

October 2009 Question… when Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers all but announces he’s going on a shopping spree, does his list include a smart-grid tech startup, consumer electronics — or both? And what might be next for Oracle’s Larry Ellison, assuming the $7.4 billion deal for Sun Microsystems gets finalized? Mergers and acquisitions, also known […]

October 2009 Oracle isn’t letting a pesky European Union  investigation stand in the way of its planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Larry Ellison, the software giant’s chief executive, is joining Sun’s server chief, John Fowler, to show off some new Sun hardware running Oracle’s software on Tuesday. The companies are touting their “partnership” with a […]