Certain technologies get "hot" and take over the world. Others emerge as over-hyped but then fade back into obscurity. It's clear that WebRTC -- the evolving group of technology

Tell me if this has ever happened to you: Your work in some large inter-galactic corporate empire. The CEO, who has a Ph.D. from MIT and advanced degrees from

Cisco shares tanked 10% in after-hours trading on Wednesday following an earnings call in which it announced only 2% year-over-year growth and issued a profit warning going forward.

In joining the OpenDaylight Project as its first executive director, Neela Jacques got to hear a lot — a whole lot — about why the open-source SDN effort is

As Rayno Report has been reporting, the optical stocks have been on a nice little rollar coaster recently, selling off viciously after what was a pretty spectacular run boosted

Stealthy data startup Jut announced last week it has secured $20 million in series B financing. This is an interesting company to watch with an experienced management and investment

Well, the Insieme Networks folks have been payed off. The startup showed just how important it was, as Cisco announced today that was aquiring Insieme for $860 million as

This is going to be fun. Arista, the current wunderkind of networking technology in Silicon Valley, on Monday launched a series of high-powered data-center switches. It also drafted a

There is a lot of hype about "big data" these days. But the data isn't just big, it's fast. And that means different things to different people. It's got

In the tech world, Big Data and Hadoop are all the rage. You can tell the marketing folks aren't really sure what it all means yet, but know they

Check out our latest interview in our NFV Interview Series! This time, we get the MSO perspective on SDN and NFV as we chat with Chris Donley, Director, Advanced

Another week in the market, another day for hysterical counter-reactions to previous irrational exuberance. Yes, I'm talking about optical stocks.

F5 Networks, Inc. (FFIV) had some good news for investors this morning, as it announced results that beat analyst expectations. The company also raised guidance going forward. In pre-market

I've be doing a lot of work on Apple, including providing some analysis to other sites such as CMSwire.com, where you can check out my latest anaylsis of Wall

Virtualization software specialist VMware (VMW) reported a solid Q3 on Monday night, boosted by strong growth in new enterprise license agreements (ELA), including the biggest deal in its history

I have a confession to make. I've become enamored with mobile telecoms plays in the adventurous regions of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. They've got it all: Steady

In a merger of intriguing startup names, Los Angeles, Calif.-based Airpush is buying Hubbl. Let me first offer some intriguing merger name possibilities such as Hubblpush, AirHubbl, Airbbl, e.t.c.

Optical networking technology, once the land of bubbles and crashes, is looking more and more like a steady growth market these days (knock on wood now).

The flash-storage market is exciting these days, just because it has all the hallmarks of technology bloodbath. Some people will get killed and others will make a killing.

AOL is looking for a faster exit out of the headache known as Patch, its localized news service, say sources familiar with the company's thinking. AOL is looking at

Wired has an interesting story on Hartmut Esslinger, the founder of Frog Design, Apple's (AAPL) design consultancy. Much of the material comes from Esslinger's new book, Keep It Simple.

Reuters has started this Cisco-or-Google-buying-Blackberry rumor in a sad attempt to make the Blackberry price go up.

Okay, here we go. IPOs are booming, as we told you earlier in the week, and Twitter's ready to grab the cash. The social-networking company made its S-1 filing

Barracuda Networks, a network security provider, has filed for an initial public offering of up to $100 million, according to SEC documents filed on Tuesday.