It's the heart of your network, so it's essential that you get the best possible performance from your server. From a user perspective, the network file server is often both the most forgotten piece ...

Social networking is pushing up server sales despite the increasing adoption of server-efficient virtualization technology, according to Sun Microsystems. Virtualization squeezes more computing muscle ...

Showcase in Amsterdam debuts 100 Tb/s network silicon, ultra-high bandwidth pluggable optics, and a unified control plane ...

A device that functions as an access control point for users in remote locations connecting to a company's internal network or to an ISP. Also called a "media gateway" or a "remote access server" (RAS ...

File Transfer Protocol is an older networking protocol for transferring files to network servers. Here's how to use it on your Mac. We previously covered the Terminal-based SCP protocol, which allows ...

On Monday, Cisco pulled the curtain off of its Unified Computing System (UCS), a solution set that ties together the network, servers, storage, virtualization and a single management console that the ...

In 1966, the United States government created the first computer network, ARPANET. The network introduced a new way of connecting computers and set the foundation for what would become the Internet.