As part of an investigation into several other things, my Internet research dredged up some work by Jim Gettys on Bufferbloat, which was related closely enough to my intended target…
Will the Thailand floods prompt a move to SSDs?
With ASUS announcing that it will run out of hard disks at the end of the next month , since new ones are not being produced in enough numbers to…
Riverbed Stingray
The recent acquisitions by Riverbed of Aptimize and Zeus (to provide A to Z coverage?) have now been integrated into the Riverbed family. See Riverbed goes shopping for godly web…
Dell intends to acquire Force10 networks
So another acquisition by a computer systems supplier of a networking infrastructure company. This trend started when Compaq acquired Thomas Conrad back in 1995, and is continuing today with the…
Riverbed goes shopping for godly web performance
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…
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…
Time for a new mobile, good-bye Nokia, hello HTC
It's time to change my mobile phone again. I don't have anything against my Nokia E75, which lasted well.. but the choices I made back in this post (Not a…
RFC5513: IANA Considerations for Three Letter Acronyms
Confused about TLAs, and what they mean? Concerned about the lack of TLA space, and it current rapid depletion? Don't worry, there's an RFC for that. A Three-Letter Acronym (TLA)…