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VMware has used a partner conference to hint at improved I/O resource management and memory compression in the next version of vSphere. Read more »

West Australia's Department of Treasury and Finance is standardising on Cisco LAN kit at the expense of Nortel products. Read more »

Analyst firm Nemertes Research says massive adoption of 10 Gigabit Ethernet is immiment, while iSCSI will make heavy inroads into Fibre Channel usage. Read more »

Seven network-owned Vividwireless has announced it will create a national wireless network and says it will compliment, rather than challenge, the National Broadband Network. Read more »

VMWare's vMotion lets you move virtual machines around your data centre, but the software has not always worked due to network problems. Enter Cisco with "Overlay Transport Virtualization," which the company says makes VM migration between data centres easy. Read more »

Attacks on corporate networks are becming more sophisticated, but defences are not. Read more »

New licensing terms for IOS 15 will restrict users' ability to use Cisco IOS emulators away from the office. Read more »

 Richard Chirgwin analyses the decision in the iiNet vs. AFACT case, notes the judge's remarks on the need for court action prior to copyright infringers being disconnected by ISPs and predicts the action will shift to Canberra and legislative remedies for piracy.  Read more »

HP ProCurve CTO Paul Congdon reveals the company's thoughts on desktop virtualization, next-generation data centers and more in this interview. Read more »

The Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) has called for IPv6 adoption to accelerate, as imminent depletion of IPv4 addresses represent a "tangible threat to ... long-term growth and innovation." Read more »

Cisco plans jitter-free video to multiple endpoints over WLAN, thanks to "unicast" technology. Read more »

Analysts Infonetics say business is spending up big on network security in order to enable mobility. At the top of many shopping lists: intrusion prevention systems and SSL VPNs. Read more »

Cisco and ProCurve have devised overlapping virtual server networking standards - dubbed VN-Tagging and Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregation - that offer finer control of virtual switches and put their management back in the hands of networking pros instead of server boffins. Read more »

3Com's Chinese connections make HP's buyout of the vendor a bold step that opens up a new front in its competition with Cisco. Read more »

HP has announced it will acquire 3Com in a $US2.7 billion, all cash deal. Updated with Anne Livermore video. Read more »

Cisco has added improved video capabilities and plenty of speed to its integrated services routers. Read more »

Brocade and Motorola have struck a partnership aimed at integrating wireless and wired LANs architecture that will place controllers and wireless intrusion detection directly into Brocade's wired switches, and will enable managed WLANs and mobile applications. Read more »

HP and Cisco have agreed on a new industry standard called VEPA - the virtual Ethernet port aggregator. Read more »

Cisco is expanding and formalising its developer program to get more traction in the collaboration market. Read more »

Cisco plans to acquire its telepresence rival TANDBERG in a $US3billion deal. Read more »