How do you handle getting Cat 5E (or I guess Cat 6) from your servers to the core switch? Just straight cable runs in the ceiling/under the floor? Patch panels? Or something else? Basically I want to ...

Joel Snyder, Ph.D., is a senior IT consultant with 30 years of practice. An internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, messaging and networks, Dr. Snyder is a popular speaker and ...

If anyone has purused the Networking forum you would have seen that we are in the middle of a massive change in our network with the introduction of the Trusted Internet Connection. This effort has ...

Cisco this week rolled out a bevy of data center products ranging from servers to switches to SANs, all designed to further broaden the company’s reach beyond networking and into IT infrastructure.

I recently completed a server hardware refresh in my environment and made the decision to switch to rack mount hardware. Even though I am no stranger to rack mount hardware, I have never run rack ...

Today GigaIO announced the launch of FabreX Gen4. As the industry’s first networking platform to be fully compatible with Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) 4.0, FabreX Gen4 doubles the ...

A keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) switch saves space in a server room by allowing you to connect multiple servers to a single monitor, keyboard and mouse. HP KVM switches are available in tabletop or ...

We found that blade servers reduce but don’t eliminate redundant hardware components requiring electrical power, a pivotal consideration in total cost of ownership (TCO). That said, while IBM’s blade ...

The company is looking to broaden its IT infrastructure portfolio and compete with IBM, HP, and Dell with the new products Cisco rolled out this week a bevy of data center products ranging from ...

Cisco this week rolled out a bevy of data center products ranging from servers to switches to SANs, all designed to further broaden the company’s reach beyond networking and into IT infrastructure.