The Software Defined Networking (SDN) market just got more complicated. Nothing demonstrates that more than the rumors floating around the alleged declining value of private startup Big Switch. Our

LAS VEGAS -- ITEXPO -- One of the hot technology buzzwords these days is "M2M" -- for Machine to Machine Internet connectivity, also known as the Internet of Things.

VMWorld, for those of you not in the know, is where ever-powerful virtualization technology company VMware (VMW) shows off its stuff, along with many partners (and many parties). This

Many veterans of the networking technology market will recognize the name Jonathan Reeves. A long-time entrepreneur with engineering roots dating back to General Datacomm in the early 1990s, Reeves

You would think after reading the wide-ranging indictment of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in the technology and business press, he had run Microsoft into the ground and driven his

Yesterday I wrote about the complacency about NSA data surveillance. Meanwhile, every day, we find out that the NSA surveillance program ran deeper and wider than anybody imagined. It

"When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty,"

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There's this thing called Software Defined Networking (SDN) generating quite a lot of noise in the networking technology market right now. PR and marketing people love new buzzwords and

Shares of Cisco (CSCO) opened down sharply this morning, dropping nearly 7% at the market open, following an earnings report that delivered satisfactory earnings but scared investors with the

A big theme of the Rayno Report is innovation in the connected world. That is, how do our network connections create value. We have seen this over time with

So Blackberry Ltd. (BBRY) has formed an special committee to explore strategic options. Maybe they need an extra-special committee.This morning BlackBerry Ltd. (BBRY) announced these moves to extract shareholder

Here's a company to watch: Goodman Networks. Yesterday the wireless network builder announced it is buying Design Build Technologies, a wireless construction company that builds and maintains communications towers

Can you believe it? Wireless devices are in the news. Time for a roundup of recent activity, including today's introduction of the Moto X, Motorola new Android phone. Remember:

Long-time communications tech entrepreneur Cheng Wu wants to help the telecom industry with a makeover. His company, Azuki Systems, is looking to turn the telecomms into media moguls using

With tech earnings underway, hedge-fund traders have more stocks to manipulate than ever (just kidding, kind of). It's been a volatile earnings season, with many beaten-down tech stocks --

Christos Kolias (Orange) describes motivations behind network functions virtualization (NFV) & how ETSI will be bringing the concept to life.

Cisco just pulled off the biggest deal since its blockbuster acquisition of NDS for $5B in 2012, buying publicly traded SourceFire (FIRE) for $2.7B. The move is an interesting

Internet video is an incredible story. Just take a look at the influence of YouTube, arguably the most successful of all Internet video startups. Google bought YouTube for $1.65B

Don't look now, but there's another crisis in Europe -- a crisis in the telecom industry. Telecom Italia is under siege. So is Telefonica. Debt levels are high, dividends

This is what happens when a software company messes around in the most competitive consumer hardware market on earth: a $900M mistake. Microsoft announced its earnings today and said

Good know all the money being pumped into mobile devices is going somewhere. Verizon Communications (VZ) reported a solid second quarter with a profit of 73 cents per share

AT&T on Friday announced it's buying independent carrier Leap Wireless Inc. (LEAP) for about $1.2 billion in a bid to scale up in its battle against goliath rival Verizon.Leap's

The big news in the tech press this week is Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is reorganizing his company to try to make it good again (or at least boost