April 5, 2012
Blue Coat Systems is adding an IPv6 component to the latest version of the operating system for its PacketShaper appliance, one which can detect a potential security issue for enterprises in the midst of a migration to IPv6: what Blue Coat calls "shadow networks."
April 5, 2012
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canada's main telecom regulator, is taking a hard line on telemarketers, issuing citations against 85 companies that violated telemarketing rules.
April 5, 2012
Wireline broadband may be been seen as an anomaly at a time when wireless-based communications continues to rise, but the reality is that service providers are still signing up subscribers and generating revenue.
April 4, 2012
JP Morgan’s Rod Hall this morning raised his rating on Ciena (CIEN) to Overweight from Neutral, writing that investors should get into the stock before the resuscitation of carriers’ capital equipment spending in the second half of this year.
April 4, 2012
Future Fibre Technologies (FFT), a global firm which specializes in fiber optic intrusion detection, used the occasion of the ISC West security conference on March 28-30, to introduce its new, high-end perimeter security product, FFT AURA, which delivers both sensitivity and flexibility in intrusion detection applications.
April 4, 2012
The demand for better connections between Tokyo and London is driving construction of the first submarine fiber-optic cables to span the Arctic Ocean. High-capacity cables are planned for two routes, one through the Northwest Passage in Canadian and Alaskan waters, the other through Russian waters on the other side of the Arctic. The cables will be among the world’s longest, and also will provide high-speed connections to communities and industries along the Arctic coast.