K-Net is to provide and install a core Gigabit Ethernet backbone to Derby Tertiary College: Wilmorton using equipment from Fore Systems. Using Fore's ESX and ES switch range, the network will be able to support both Gigabit Ethernet and ATM...
Total Fina Elf, the world's fourth largest oil company, is to expand its presence in the gas distribution and trading market. The service will now be extended to offer natural gas, electricity and base metals.
Communications technologies such as Gigabit Ethernet, 10GHz Ethernet and 802.11 wireless LAN technologies feature prominently in the show, if not the keynote, as are processors for embedded applications from network routers to handheld computers.
Gunda Lapski, JD Power director of European telecommunications and utilities, said: "The striking thing about this year's survey, and we also cover utilities, is that people spend as much on their mobiles as they do on electricity and gas.
Apple said it doesn't plan to bump up the 2GHz top speed of the machine's processors, even though it did ship some 2.3GHz servers to Virginia Tech for that school's supercomputer. One potential challenge for Apple is that the faster processors and...
The acquisition, subject to regulatory approval and other standard closing conditions, is expected to close by 30 April. Rumours of the acquisition heated up last week. Cisco will gain some market share with this acquisition.