Ed Sutherland

EMC’s $2.1 billion acquisition of RSA Security is both a sign of the growing priority companies place in security and a recognition there is finite growth in storage solutions, according to one analyst. As internetnews.com previously reported, Joe Tucci, EMC’s chairman, president and CEO said the company would tightly integrate RSA’s technology with EMC products. […]

Radio frequency identity (RFID) (define) tags are becoming a common convenience, popping up in places such as luggage, luxury goods, passports and pharmaceutical products. But security protocols about that data remain a work in progress for working groups and industry sectors. Hoping to get in on the action with security, chipmaker Broadcom (Quote, Chart) has announced what […]

News of the proposed $13.4 billion merger with Alcatel sent some at the U.S.-based Lucent Technologies polishing up their French while others updated resumes. The new joint company worth $25 billion plans a European headquarters and an 8,000-person job cut. While CEOs of the two companies focused on the synergistic benefits of a “merger of […]

Where should the world’s largest software provider focus its energies? During a week of Vista delays, Windows platform division shakeups and rumor-zapping over the fate of the next version of the Windows operating system and the Office suite, internetnews.com asked Microsoft experts to line up some advice for the software giant. For starters, get the […]

UPDATED: Microsoft is refusing to comment on reports it plans to shake up the Windows group following yesterday’s bombshell that the consumer version of Windows Vista won’t be available until after the crucial Christmas shopping period. Meanwhile experts are assessing the fallout for consumers and companies faced with another delay in the world’s most popular […]

The proposed merger of AT&T and BellSouth means the death of the Internet and the unmasking of fictional competition between telecom companies, charged two Washington, DC-based consumer groups. The Consumer Federation of America and the Consumer Union urged regulators to reject the $67 billion proposal. The combination would give AT&T 70 million phone subscribers, more […]

Broadcom’s purchase of Ethernet switch maker Sandburst for $80 million is “sort of a ‘perfect storm’ of technology and markets coming together” said Martin Lund, vice president and general manager of the networking switching business unit at Broadcom. Cable and DSL providers are increasingly turning to Ethernet for the backend of converged networks offering voice, […]

Consumers are one step closer to a faster Wi-Fi standard after competing groups voted Wednesday to agree on a proposal led by Intel, Atheros and Broadcom. As a result of a 40-0 vote (including two abstentions) the Enhanced Wireless Consortium joint proposal will be heard by the IEEE standards-making body when it convenes next week […]

When Wi-Fi vendors learned of China’s demand that devices sold to the world’s most populous nation adhere to a little-known security standard, the reaction was akin to waking on Christmas morning to find a lump of coal in your stocking. Although China is just a small piece of the $3 billion market of devices allowing […]

The race is on to provide a faster Wi-Fi experience. From special chips to souped-up standards, companies are releasing a bevy of products aimed at leaving your 802.11g gadgets in the dust. But as developers push 108Mbps wireless connections, others ask: What’s the rush? Part of the reason for the drive toward faster Wi-Fi is […]