According to Forbes online, Cisco is announcing specifics on their Borderless Network vision with specifics on new switches. These specifics come one week after Cisco's overblown router announcement that was supposed to change the Internet forever. We at SiliconAngle were reporting that Cisco was going to provide more 'edge' products as part of that big announcement which they never did. We stand by that original report and are sure those things will materialize eventually. With that in mind today's announcement shows clearly that Cisco is pushing the value at the edge of the network both in mobile and other devices. In today's announcement Cisco revamped their Ethernet switches, added new services, and enhanced routers for it's recentl

In the corporate world, we still use Internet Explorer 6. Yes, I know how shocking and lame that is, not to mention how slow GMail is on it but in a software environment, IE6 has been the most stable. I'm not saying it's the best, just that it plays nice with the multitude of web apps used in a work ecosystem. While it’s true many of the users complain about not having the latest and greatest, once they do upgrade to IE7 or IE8 (without permission typically), trouble ensues. I like IE6 when trouble shooting because I can right click on it and run as an admin inside a user's profile. IE7 doesn't do that. IE8 is bust because trying to tweak some of it's ActiveX settings leaves that nasty banner chasing you back to the settings they want

Cyber-anthropology. What? That was just about my reaction as well.  I met Diana Martin in the SxSWi Bloggers Lounge early Saturday morning, who is a UX (user-experience) specialist at The Planet (a large web host local to Dallas).  As we at that particular table were sipping our wake-up juice and making our introductions and card exchanges, she initially introduced herself not as a Planet employee, even though it was pretty clear from the large block lettering on her t-shirt that she was, but as a cyber-anthropologist. Naturally, that’s a pretty decent cue that you’re about to hear a pretty interesting introduction. Obviously, the etymology of the word indicates that the use of the study of anthropology is somehow involve

Like many of you, I woke up yesterday to a bitter post on Jolie O’Dell’s personal blog entitled “Why SxSW Sucks,” which has acted as some sort of magnet for many of the non-attendees of SxSW to unload their sour grapes sentiments about being unable to attend the festival. I had initially planned to respond in print yesterday when I read the post originally (and I did address some of her points directly in the closing statements of the SiliconANGLE SxSW live broadcast with Michael Sean Wright), but the more I thought about it, I didn’t get less calm, only more irritated. I woke up this morning fairly well rested after a grueling week of interviews and running around and didn’t feel less irritated, but more so. Let me preface an

The convergence story is playing out on the main stage with the moves in the Fibre Channel market as reported by Network World this morning. EMC does deal with QLogic adding them to the list of approved EMC vetted solutions (thanks @stu from EMC for the clarification).  EMC's sales force will now be able to sell QLogic as well as Cisco and Brocade.  However, QLogic is the only 8Gb FC stackable switching option at EMC. What's Happening Here - Blow to Brocade This announcement is really a blow to Brocade because this is now two Tier One OEMs carrying the full portfolio of QLogic switches--two customers where Brocade had no competition from QLogic in the past. I got a tip from an source close to the deal who emailed me that th

Under a beautiful day in Silicon Valley while Jonathan Schwartz (ex Sun CEO) blogs away as a mere moral just weeks after Sun has been consumed by Oracle, SAP introduced the new five-week old partnership of co-chief executives Jim Snabe and Bill McDermott. Jim Snabe and Bill McDermott are sharing the role of CEO at the global powerhouse software company SAP - whose current value is at $54 billion dollar (market capitalization). Jim and Bill were visibility tired, but they didn’t show it.  After hours of jet lag and late nights honing and finalizing SAPs business and technology strategy, the two CEOs showed excitement and punch to their new business strategy. Bill and Jim Show Jim Snabe talked about the agile and entrepreneurial sp

Joe McDonald with the Associated Press, today reported: China's top Internet regulator insisted Friday that Google must obey its laws or "pay the consequences," giving no sign of a possible compromise in their dispute over censorship and hacking. "If you want to do something that disobeys Chinese law and regulations, you are unfriendly, you are irresponsible and you will have to pay the consequences," Li Yizhong, the minister of Industry and Information Technology, said on the sidelines of China's annual legislature. That's a position that has no room for negotiation. Yet Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, earlier this week was reported by Jerry Dicolo at the Wall Street Journal, saying, "We are in active neg

Amazingly, nobody has yet pointed out a severe usage limitation on Apple's iPad that surely will cause grief with the very first reviewers. I'll get right to the bottom line: Just like the iPod Touch, the iPhone and most or even all other smartphones, the iPad lacks multiple user profile logins, including any "Guest" login.  Also reports are that orders are dropping after a spike on Friday.  Think of the iPad as one big iPod Touch or iPhone. Once you've entered the password, you're in. And I mean in! You have complete access to all emails, instant messages, the address book and calendar. Contrast this with a laptop: On a PC, you may have, say, four different user logins (father, mother, son and daughter) and one generi

Wow—HP is finally getting its act together in storage. For years HP has talked about leveraging the systems and storage business but that vision has never materialized as a serious differentiator. Guess what? It’s finally happening. And there’s an added bonus, HP’s move to compete with Cisco makes it the only company on the planet that owns a robust server, storage and networking stack.     How did that happen? Here’s the simple formula: Hire someone (Donatelli) that understands the business and can execute Keep the best executives, restructure the talent pool and bring in people you trust Create a vision with big time goals Set some specific, measurable objectives and put a strategy in place to meet these

Lunch with the greatest podcaster of our generation? Why not. He tweeted. “Lunch at Ironworks.” Leo Laporte and his entourage and some fans are in Austin for SXSW.  It’s Leo’s first.  He’s already boggled at the myriad of events and choices.  What party to go to?  What panel? Leo will be tricasting his “This Week in Google” (TWIG) and “This Week in Tech” (TWIT) from TexasCoworking at 200 E Sixth Street in Austin, TX on Saturday, March 13, 2010 and Sunday, March 14, both at 5 pm CST.  Texas Coworking provided the equipment and space and both SiliconAngle (Mark “Rizzn” Hopkins and Michael Sean Wright) and NewTek Tricaster provided expertise, production and equipment for this event and their