networking

Cisco Systems on Thursday announced it will dramatically change its business structure and operations.

Cisco has five major product lines and 30 peripheral businesses. A drop in switching forced it to refocus on its most lucrative businesses.

Despite the fact that Facebook famously said that it needs Terabit Ethernet, the wait for the technology could last years, experts say.

Servers get most of the glory when it comes to energy management, but networking gear is about to catch up.

Even if you're shy, you can use Twitter to maximize networking opportunities at your next conference. Check out our tips on how to build buzz, be remembered and be valued.

According to researchers from Queen’s University Belfast, using wearable sensors, ordinary people could create powerful new mobile Internet networks. Doing so, they say, could create new ultra high bandwidth mobile internet infrastructures and reduce the density of mobile phone base stations.

The ability to land a job in this market requires extraordinary skill and diligence. In this podcast series, Bruce Culbert, CEO of iSymmetry, a consulting and talent acquisition services firm, offers advice to job seekers on how to become standout candidates and secure their ideal position. This podcast series consists of five episodes:

Now that my sound function works, and I vented about the User Access Control, let's get to a serious problem: networking. If you've never heard the phrase “DHCP Broadcast Flag” before, you're in good company. DCHP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) is the rock-solid protocol that assigns IP addresses to devices as they connect to the network. I say rock-solid, but that's before Microsoft's bizarre configuration change turned DHPC into a source of incredible frustration. I've been fighting networks for over two decades and never, ever had to worry about DHCP before, but that was before Microsoft's incompetence with Vista.

For some IT professionals, “people” networking can be harder than getting their CCIE certification...