Sean Michael Kerner

The axe is set to drop for 6,500 employees of Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO). Cisco today announced a ‘workforce reduction’ from its global operations of 6,500 employees across all functions. Of those 6,500 employees, Cisco has reported that 2,100 employees will be leaving by way of a voluntary early retirement program. It’s not just front-line workers […]

According to the latest Akamai State of the Internet report, global broadband adoption and speeds continued to grow in the fourth quarter of 2010. Asia continues to dominate the list of the fastest countries, but the U.S. is also showing improvement. Akamai reported that average broadband speeds in the U.S. were up by 9.2 percent […]

The Linux Foundation this week officially released the Carrier Grade Linux 5.0 specification (CGL). CGL provides a set of specifications which helps to define the requirements of carrier and network equipment vendors. The CGL 5 specification is the first major revision since CGL 4.0 was released in February of 2007. The new CGL 5.0 specifications […]

What does it actually cost to move to IPv6? That’s the final question that was posed this week at the official ceremony marking the end of IPv4 address space. The free pool of available IPv4 address space is now gone and with it is coming a renewed push for IPv6. Moving to IPv6 may involve […]

Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU) is taking aim at the enterprise with a new 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switching platform that is the cornerstone of its new Application Fluent Networks strategy. The OmniSwitch 10K platform can scale up to 256 10GbE ports, delivering up to 5.12 TBS of total switching capacity. The new switching platform includes technologies from […]

Networking is a mission critical element for many different types of IT enterprises, especially so when it comes to military deployments where the safety and security of an entire nation could be on the line. Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) is aiming to help the U.S. military with its networking requirements with a new hardened router for […]

Nearly six months after making its first public bid for Nortel’s Enterprise assets, Avaya has now finally officially closed the deal. Avaya’s acquisition attempt for Nortel Enterprise faced multiple hurdles before it reached its conclusion. At various points, the deal encountered opposition from other bidders, from Nortel customers and even from the Canadian government. Nortel […]

Digium, the prime corporate mover behind Asterisk, is poised to push the popular, open source PBX into the carrier space, thanks to a new partnership with UK-based carrier switch vendor Integrics. The deal may mark a coup for Digium, Asterisk’s commercial sponsors, which could see Integrics deploying its Enswitch product using Asterisk and jointly targeting […]

Phishing (define) fraudsters are using a pair of DNS exploits to help give them the illusion of credible domains, the latest ploy to dupe people into handing over their sensitive information. According to research firm Netcraft, phishers have begun to use wildcard DNS records to help trick unsuspecting users into giving up information about their […]