http://eu.hardware.com/news/The latest news from Hardware.comenCopyright 2010 Hardware.comNewshttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60http://eu.hardware.com/images/header/logo.gifhttp://eu.hardware.com/01234567181920212223SaturdaySundayhttp://eu.hardware.com/news/switches/cisco-lead-times-letting-business-down/Every day we are getting calls from companies, both large and small, which are desperate for Cisco network hardware, as they simply cannot get hold of Cisco equipment as the lead times from Cisco and their channel partners are too lengthy.SwitchesWed, 03 Mar 2010 16:47:29 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/support/cisco-hp-and-force10-jostling-in-the-network-switch-and-server-markets/The split of Cisco and HP from their preferred partner status may have some advantages for network managers and the competition alike.SupportWed, 03 Mar 2010 12:33:09 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/ups/tories-to-tightly-manage-public-sector-it-budgets/The General Election is looming, and with current polls suggesting a closely fought contest but with a Tory victory, it is likely to mean that IT government spending will fall significantly as the Tories try to manage the nation’s debt.UPSWed, 03 Mar 2010 11:30:43 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/repair/free-network-health-check/Hardware.com has a number of senior engineer days available to customers to use up before March 31st 2010, which could qualify you for a free network health check.RepairWed, 03 Mar 2010 11:16:56 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/servers/cisco-versus-hp-the-network-equipment-war/There have been news stories abounding around Cisco and HP becoming real rivals in the server and networking infrastructure markets.ServersMon, 22 Feb 2010 13:18:06 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/switches/cisco-software-upgrade-for-nexus-7000-switch-series/Cisco is developing a software upgrade for the Nexus 7000 switch that will enable easier movement of loads and virtual machines across multiple data centres. SwitchesMon, 22 Feb 2010 13:11:44 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/refurbished/cisco-lead-times-a-real-problem-for-customers/Cisco admits that their supply of network hardware equipment is causing industry and channel problems in terms of fulfilling orders on time.RefurbishedThu, 11 Feb 2010 11:49:36 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/support/cisco-ends-smartnet-support-on-end-of-life-products/Cisco has announced plans to stop support on End of Life and End of Service product groups worth a total of $9 billion. SupportThu, 11 Feb 2010 11:46:18 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/storage/datacentres-and-cloud-computing-to-save-billions/There is a current trend towards virtualisation and cloud computing and there is nowhere else where consolidation of network infrastructure and network services can make a huge difference, than Government.StorageThu, 11 Feb 2010 11:27:20 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/servers/cisco-network-hardware-results/Cisco Systems last quarter results show a profit increase by 23%. This is Cisco’s first quarterly sales increase since 2008.ServersMon, 08 Feb 2010 12:05:11 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/servers/mergers-and-acquisitions-in-the-network-hardware-world/Juniper and Polycom. Cisco and Tandberg. Sun and Oracle.ServersMon, 08 Feb 2010 12:01:04 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/transceivers/smartoptics-launches-worlds-first-long-distance-10g-sfp-cwdm-networking-system/One of Hardware.com's key suppliers of optical transceivers has developed a CWDM system capable of delivering eight channels of 10Gbps SFP+ over distances of 40 kilometres.TransceiversMon, 08 Feb 2010 11:56:00 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/refurbished/why-you-should-consider-refurbished-cisco-hardware/The constant need to manage the budget, i.e. saving cash, is one that IT Managers know only too well. There is a way in which significant savings can be made while still delivering quality and service.RefurbishedWed, 27 Jan 2010 14:28:24 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/voip/small-medium-sized-businesses-use-voip-technology-not-planes/In a recent research programme of 1200 small and medium-sized businesses in France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, Turkey and the UK; the findings were that in the current global economic climate they are more likely to use technology tools to communicate with business partners that schedule a business trip.VoIPWed, 27 Jan 2010 14:25:03 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/routers/cisco-routers-in-space/Cisco has put a router into space on a satellite now orbiting the Earth at 22,000 miles above ground. Is this the first step to Cisco’s intergalactic domination or is it for a more efficient IP network?RoutersWed, 27 Jan 2010 14:22:31 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/switches/smart-computing-the-next-technology-advancement-phase/Latest research from the IT market analysis company, Forrester, indicates that tech spending will increase 8.1% globally compared to 2009 – rising above $1.6 trillion for 2010.SwitchesTue, 19 Jan 2010 10:07:48 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/ups/eaton-and-hp-develop-the-future-data-centre-for-us-government/As part of the US Government’s Stimulus Program, Eaton and HP will develop a $7.4 million, fully-enclosed IT rack system, providing its own internal power and cooling.UPSTue, 19 Jan 2010 09:13:44 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/servers/network-hardware-and-virtualisation/Virtualisation is one of the hot technologies for 2010, according to Gartner, which reports that global revenues for virtualisation software totalled $1.8 billion in 2009 and will rise to about $2.1 billion in 2010.ServersTue, 19 Jan 2010 08:50:17 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/transceivers/change-your-hardware-manufacturer-in-2010-and-save-money-on-network-equipment/All network manufacturers are not the same – changing or considering alternatives can save significant amounts of money.TransceiversFri, 08 Jan 2010 12:02:28 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/voip/broadband-for-quality-and-reach-of-networks/Cisco's latest sponsored research found that Lithuania, Bulgaria and Romania were better prepared than the UK and the USA for the next generation of net applications.VoIPFri, 08 Jan 2010 11:47:06 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/voip/google-your-next-strategic-technology-partner/CIOs and IT decision-makers need to decide whether Google becomes a strategic technology partner for the new enterprise/consumer platform.VoIPMon, 04 Jan 2010 11:26:53 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/servers/many-planning-network-hardware-purchases-in-next-6-months/The economy is coming out of recession and there are mixed messages from various sources, some being optimistic and other urging caution.ServersMon, 04 Jan 2010 11:22:41 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/voip/it-the-shape-of-digital-and-business-in-the-future/There are a number of themes which are emerging that CIOs and IT & network hardware managers need to understand as they will affect the implementation of their network infrastructure strategies.VoIPMon, 04 Jan 2010 11:10:57 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/security/security-threat-predictions-for-2010/Continuing the theme of predictions for 2010, the security threats that will affect your network and your data will include more sophisticated criminal activity.SecurityTue, 15 Dec 2009 12:45:33 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/ups/network-technologies-for-2010/What are the strategically important technologies that need to be considered for 2010?UPSTue, 15 Dec 2009 12:35:26 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/servers/it-inclusion-at-copenhagen-climate-agreement/The IT industry will be mentioned in the draft climate treaty that will form the basis for negotiations at the UN summit in Copenhagen.ServersThu, 03 Dec 2009 09:41:00 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/storage/2010-prediction-increase-in-it-spending-including-virtualisation/Goldman Sachs increased its 2010 outlook for global IT spending, doubling the growth prediction from 2% to 4%.StorageThu, 03 Dec 2009 09:34:17 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/storage/hardwarecom-is-now-a-professional-partner-virtual-infrastructure-for-vmware/Hardware.com has just launched VMware, server virtualisation software, in order to deliver business infrastructure virtualisation for our customers.StorageWed, 25 Nov 2009 09:17:39 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/security/mobile-workers-iphone-security-worries/The second worm to infect the iPhone has targeted online bank ING Direct. Mobile surfers visiting the ING website with infected devices were being redirected to a phishing site disguised to harvest online banking details.SecurityTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:03:15 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/refurbished/refurbished-green-cisco-equipment/"The refurbished Cisco network equipment market has seen a huge increase over the past year – with a 22% increase in customers asking for refurbished prices compared to a year ago" Said Mark Cadbury, Marketing Director at Hardware.com.RefurbishedTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:21:05 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/switches/datacentres-are-the-most-critical-battleground-between-cisco-and-hp/HP’s acquisition of 3Com, scheduled for early 2010, for $2.7 billion in cash is in direct competition to Cisco, and blurs the market of who dominates what – server or networking infrastructure.SwitchesFri, 13 Nov 2009 10:08:04 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/cisco-collaborations-new-battleground/The new buzzword being touted by Cisco is collaboration, and they have launched quite a few products and updates to support the whole concept, including hosted email and enterprise networking.NewsFri, 13 Nov 2009 09:05:53 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/storage/cisco-emc-and-vmware-coalition-as-upturn-in-latest-results/The new virtual computing environment coalition, called Acadia, will accelerate virtualisation and private cloud infrastructures.StorageThu, 05 Nov 2009 15:38:34 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/servers/hp-announces-free-solaris-linux-porting-kit/If you feel that you have had to use Solaris-based applications to run your infrastructure and consequently have had to have Sun hardware, then you need to know that HP has developed a porting environment to automate Solaris to Linux migration.ServersTue, 03 Nov 2009 15:04:25 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/voip/cisco-the-latest-acquisition-news-in-the-voip-world/Cisco may not go ahead with the acquisition of Tandberg, but has announced another deal with a Chinese set-top box business and deployment of an IP backbone for T-Mobile.VoIPTue, 03 Nov 2009 13:40:17 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/refurbished/cisco-distribution-warns-of-four-month-plus-lead-times/Hardware.com has checked a few run-rate Cisco routers and switches on the official Cisco lead times tool, and for some of the most popular items, the lead times are now up to four months, with some even in excess of that!RefurbishedWed, 21 Oct 2009 15:16:45 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/security/massive-phishing-scam-arrests/In the USA, 53 people were indicted on a variety of charges related to a phishing scam; added to this, another 47 were arrested in Egypt. This was a result of the biggest international cybercrime investigation ever.SecurityWed, 21 Oct 2009 15:09:51 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/voip/ethernet-the-answer-to-data-centre-cabling-chaos/The mass of cables that are required to connect all the network hardware in the data centre is causing cable chaos and additional costs.VoIPWed, 21 Oct 2009 09:04:33 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/routers/cisco-routers-to-be-updated/Having sold over seven million routers since 2004, Cisco announced today that it is to release three new integrated services router models.RoutersWed, 21 Oct 2009 08:55:40 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/servers/ciscos-29-billion-purchase-of-starent-networks/Starent Networks are strong in the mobile data networks and this gives Cisco an "in" to the migration of broadband to mobile – of 3G to 4G platforms, effectively the network infrastructure to develop the mobile internet.ServersFri, 16 Oct 2009 11:30:01 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/servers/datacentres-optimisation-for-cost-and-efficiency/Recent research from an IDC survey of 2000 datacentre owners in 14 countries indicates that most of them think that their datacentre is in dire need of an overhaul. ServersFri, 16 Oct 2009 11:24:49 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/switches/emerson-buys-avocent-for-12-billion/Emerson Electric, the company that has power, climate control and other automation businesses appliances and tools, will now have hardware and software with the buy out of Avocent.SwitchesMon, 12 Oct 2009 08:37:30 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/switches/power-over-ethernet-questions-and-answers/Power over Ethernet technology integrates power and data across standard network cabling and provides flexible and scalable networking infrastructure for growth and efficiency.SwitchesMon, 12 Oct 2009 08:28:58 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/ups/eaton-bladeups-how-to-be-energy-efficient-with-modular-ups/Eaton BladeUPS offers 97% energy efficiency with 65% less heat dissipation and 70% reduction in carbon footprint - the green solution for datacentres.UPSTue, 06 Oct 2009 10:28:56 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/why-have-cisco-bought-tandberg/$3 billion is a lot of money to pay for a video conferencing systems company, apparently above the market rate, however there must be strategic reasoning behind the acquisition.NewsMon, 05 Oct 2009 10:11:02 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/hardwarecom-partner-with-fluke-networks-to-offer-networked-application-performance-management-solutions/Hardware.com and Fluke Networks today announce a partnership whereby Hardware.com will offer its customers the Fluke Networks' Visual Performance Manager networked application performance management system. Fluke Networks’ network and application performance management products complement Hardware.com’s broad portfolio of IT product and service offerings, providing customers with an end-to-end offering that is tailored to their infrastructure needs and budgets.NewsMon, 05 Oct 2009 09:49:29 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/switches/switches-arent-just-switches-anymore/The functionality of switches has changed over recent years to a point now that they are also firewalls, load balancers, they can access control lists and perform network security tasks. Virtualisation is fully on the IT agenda and as such the performance, management and implications for IT resourcing of virtual switches is a real concern.SwitchesFri, 02 Oct 2009 13:46:35 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/support/hardwarecom-extends-its-network-hardware-support-for-europe/Network infrastructure support and maintenance is essential for business; to ensure your customers and internal users get the information they need, when they need it. Your network really is the backbone of your company. Smartpac Support is part of the service division of Hardware.com; it is a packaged maintenance and support service that gives you assurance that we will be there to assist and resolve your network problems as quickly as possible.SupportThu, 01 Oct 2009 13:23:08 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/repair/new-cisco-repair-manager-for-smartpac-repair/Sebastien Bourgoin has recently joined Hardware.com as the Group Repair Sales Manager and is the driving force behind the next level of growth for Smartpac Repair. Sebastien comes to Hardware.com from a repair sales and maintenance background, and before that he was a Hardware.com Account Manager for France.RepairThu, 01 Oct 2009 13:16:34 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/routers/network-reliability-versus-performance-management/Over the last 20 years the IT function of businesses has spent millions on fault management implementation tools and processes to maximise network availability. Infrastructure reliability has now improved to 99.9%; the focus is on performance management. RoutersThu, 01 Oct 2009 13:11:15 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/refurbished/if-cisco-refurbishes-and-repairs-then-why-dont-you/Returned products to Cisco cost them $8 million a year and generated over 2.5 million kilograms of waste. Now Cisco recycles and reuses 45% of that returned equipment, by using it internally for customer demos, in engineering labs, for spare parts and charitable causes.RefurbishedThu, 01 Oct 2009 13:00:49 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/routers/intended-spend-on-network-hardware/In a recent research report from Rhetorik, titled IT and Telecoms Investment in 2009, Future Plans and Trends, substantial budgets have been revealed in a number of key product and service areas. The areas of investment were laptops/notebooks, desktop PCs, servers and the core network products of routers, switches and hubs.RoutersThu, 01 Oct 2009 12:53:13 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/transceivers/the-top-table-ibm-survey-of-cios/IBM has just published its 2009 Global CIO study, covering 2,500 CIOs in over 75 countries and 15 industries. 62% of CIOs are members of the most senior management team in high growth companies. In low growth companies that figure falls to 46%.TransceiversThu, 01 Oct 2009 12:47:29 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/transceivers/the-truth-about-optics/ProLabs is a consortium of leading manufacturers of networking components and accessories including memory, optical & copper transceivers, media converters and cables. Last year, ProLabs shipped over 150,000 units, with less than 0.04% failure rate.TransceiversThu, 01 Oct 2009 12:44:34 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/support/it-techie-train-wreck-are-you-supporting-your-network/Businesses are heading for a technology "train wreck" if they focus too much attention on short term issues. Analyst house Gartner says organisations are looking at the next project rather than how to modernise their IT in the long term.SupportThu, 01 Oct 2009 12:38:54 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/servers/hp-proliant-g5-will-reach-end-of-life-earlier-than-expected/The HP ProLiant G5 has ceased to be manufactured by HP and at current run rates there will be no G5s available for purchase by the end of September. This should come as no surprise, as HP has been indicating that there will be an upgrade to the HP ProLiant G6. Hardware.com was the first to announce the new G6 server when it was launched in April and we had all the G6 versions on our website at that time.ServersThu, 01 Oct 2009 11:59:38 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/voip/virtualisation-the-cloud-and-green-network-installations/84% of large organisations, especially those in emerging markets, have not cancelled any IT projects since October 2008. 35% of IT Directors said they would increase investments in virtualisation, 32% said there would be increased investment in green IT, and 7% would invest more in cloud computing.VoIPThu, 01 Oct 2009 11:45:37 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/security/network-security-its-the-enemy-within-rather-than-the-malicious-hackers/Recent research, released in August 2009, suggests that accidental incompetence from within the organisation is a more serious threat that outside attacks. According to IT Directors across UK, France, Germany and the USA; security breaches, access to sensitive data and information misuse poses more of a threat to businesses and their bottom-line than attacks from viruses, malware, hackers, criminals and so on.SecurityThu, 01 Oct 2009 11:37:28 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/storage/coping-with-2012-network-traffic/Network traffic will double every year, over the next 3 years. As a result there will be an annual bandwidth demand of 522 exabytes or more than half a zettabyte. To put that in perspective 500 exabytes is more than 10 times the words human beings have ever spoken. Global IP traffic will reach 44 exabytes per month in 2012; effectively this will have increased 100 times from 2002.StorageThu, 01 Oct 2009 11:27:40 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/servers/unified-computing-system-servers-from-cisco/Cisco Systems, the networking giant is trying to get into the server market as we all know – they call it network convergence or the Unified Computing System (UCS). Goldman Sachs conducted a survey in July this year which estimated that Cisco will sell approximately 10,000 blade servers in 2009 and 100,000 in 2010. This will represent about 1% share of the worldwide server market. ServersThu, 01 Oct 2009 11:07:59 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/time-for-optimism-in-the-network-hardware-market/Although the recession has been hard and will continue to be so, there is an expectation that 2010 will be a great year for network hardware sales. The calculation on, for example PC sales which is a good indicator of the overall IT network hardware market, is that sales growth is about 10% per year. NewsThu, 01 Oct 2009 10:32:11 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/storage/can-you-escape-the-cloud/There seems to be a great deal of hype surrounding cloud computing; SAP, IBM, Cap Gemini, Netsuite, Oracle, Microsoft and Salesforce are pushing the technology. However, there is some dispute around the pure economics, while integration with current systems is a huge challenge, there are dangers of being locked into proprietary systems and security remains the top concern, along with the question of trust in outsourcing the storage of the most valuable item – data.StorageThu, 01 Oct 2009 09:46:51 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/storage/it-the-political-battleground/A number of Labour government IT projects have failed, are failing, are too expensive or have come in too late. Why are they an election issue? For the simple reason that we are in a recession and being seen to be competent and financially astute are very much on the political agenda.StorageThu, 01 Oct 2009 09:35:29 UTChttp://eu.hardware.com/news/security/internet-fraud-phishing-and-bank-trojans/Barclays scored top marks in the study, while Halifax was particularly criticised. Halifax customers are vulnerable to a simple keylogger as each entry is typed in full.SecurityThu, 01 Oct 2009 07:48:02 UTC