Riverbed has been shopping again. This time, it's looking to purchase Zeus Technology and Aptimize. Both of these are privately owned companies, with Zeus being based in Cambridge in the…
Riverbed goes shopping for godly web performance
Is the Eurostar geared for the UK business traveller?
The Eurostar is still one of the most efficient means of getting to and from Paris from the UK. However, it's not as good as it could be, especially for…
503: A weekend of poor internet service
This weekend has seen a few opportunities for various organisations to do better with their internet service performance. On-line coverage of sports events isn't yet quite up to the demands…
Is this the end for Nokia?
In this Reuters report, it appears that Nokia is still on the downward spiral. The most worrying thing is that S&P has downgraded (from BBB+) to BBB- their view of…
The Future is Forever, with World IPv6 Launch Day
So today (June 6 2011) was World IPv6 Day, the day on which several major players in the Internet field turn on, and enable IPv6 for testing for the day.…
Dual Chipset Motherboards? It’s an expensive way of preparing for an upgrade.
Looking at the AnandTech article on Asus's Danshui Bay Concept motherboard, I'm impressed with the idea, but not sure that it's going to work in the execution. The idea is…
End-of-Life: Riverbed announces EOL for Shark Appliance Kits
Following on from the acquisition of CACE Technologies, Riverbed is announcing the withdrawal of the Shark Appliance Kits (software and network card) that allowed users to create their own appliances.…
This one time, when I found two identical MAC addresses…
So, this one time, I discovered two network cards with identical MAC addresses. During 1993, and a network transition from Token-Ring to 10-BaseT Ethernet, I had to deal with a…