Stories by Bob Brown

9 super useful subreddits network pros should follow

Reddit is not just filled with pictures of cats and silly memes. Seriously. There's a lot of good content on the popular social news aggregator for network professionals whether you're focused on security, Windows, VoIP, IPv6 or a mixed bag.

By Bob Brown | 23 May, 2013 22:28

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, reddit, Networking, infrastructure management, hardware systems, networking subreddit, Data Center, netsec subreddit, Reddit networking, LAN & WAN, management, cisco subreddit, windows subreddit, software

Ethernet filters out porn, plus 9 other facts (?) we learned from Bob Metcalfe's Reddit Q&A

Bob Metcalfe, who 40 years ago invented Ethernet along with David Boggs, spent two hours this week regaling Reddit users with his thoughts on everything from software-defined networking to Internet porn.

By Bob Brown | 23 May, 2013 12:36

Tags: reddit, University of Texas at Austin, 3Com, EE, 3C, Networking, Ethernet Switch, LAN, LAN & WAN

In Pictures: The 16 best iPhone/iPad games of 2013 so far

Fish turn into money, sorcerers rule and things get creepy in these iPhone and iPad games

By Bob Brown | 23 May, 2013 08:53

Tags: iPhone, games, iPad

Reddit IAmA this week to feature Ethernet inventor Bob Metcalfe

Bob Metcalfe, co-inventor of Ethernet 40 years ago this week, will get his turn to play social media rock star as the subject of a Reddit IAmA on Tuesday, May 21, at noon EDT.

By Bob Brown | 20 May, 2013 16:17

Tags: Metcalfe Ethernet 40, reddit, Ethernet 40th birthday, Reddit iama, reddit Ethernet, Metcalfe reddit iama, business management, LAN & WAN

iPhone 5 case mini review: Nuguard KX keeping my smartphone safe

I recently swapped out my existing iPhone 5 case from for a Newer Technology model dubbed the Nuguard KX just in time to put it to the test at the Interop Las Vegas convention.

By Bob Brown | 14 May, 2013 14:56

Tags: Newer Technology, Shell, consumer electronics, Iphone 5 case, Networking, wireless, smartphones, iphone5 case, iphone case review

Improv group comes to rescue of texting pedestrians with Seeing-eye People

The scene-making Improv Everywhere troupe has released a pair of videos in which it pokes fun at people who can't take their eyes off their texting devices even while navigating busy streets in New York City. Improv Everywhere's solution for safeguarding oblivious walking/texting zombies: Seeing-eye People.

By Bob Brown | 30 April, 2013 19:17

Tags: walk and text, consumer electronics, Networking, wireless, smartphones, seeing-eye people, Improv Everywhere

Apple WWDC sells out in 2 minutes, first ticket on eBay less than 1 hour later

The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference sold out in just two minutes today, blowing away last year's record of two hours.

By Bob Brown | 25 April, 2013 20:13

Tags: Apple iPhone 6, Configuration / maintenance, PC, Networking, wireless, hardware systems, Apple WWDC, Apple WWDC tickets, Data Center, Apple, consumer electronics, Google, Apple ipad5, WD, smartphones

CIO at hospital caring for Boston Marathon bombing victims and suspect shares lessons learned

Dr. John Halamka, CIO at the hospital where Boston Marathon bombing patients and suspects have been treated over the past week, has shared in a blog post Tuesday lessons learned from an IT and security management perspective.

By Bob Brown | 23 April, 2013 19:21

Tags: reddit, remote secure access, risk management, Networking, John Halamka, infrastructure management, Boston Marathon bombing, DMC, Beth Israel bombing, business management, CIO, management

What the man behind HP's new internal IT plan has in mind

As someone who spent billions with HP over 20 years while in IT leadership roles at Boeing and Verizon Wireless, John Hinshaw knew the big hardware, software and services company from the outside as well as anyone. In the year-and-a-half since becoming executive vice-president of technology and operations at HP, he's been putting that knowledge to use on the inside.

By Bob Brown | 23 April, 2013 15:06

Tags: boeing, Networking, infrastructure management, HP SDN, internet, cloud computing, LAN & WAN, HP, John Hinshaw HP, management, HP Networking, SDN, Cloud, HP cloud

Virtual Instruments: Avoiding "The Abyss", trouncing Brocade and not hiding behind SDN

Virtual Instruments, the nearly 5-year-old infrastructure performance management software and hardware maker, is one of those companies that might never become a household name no matter how successful it becomes. In fact, many at first mistake the company for being in the music business.

By Bob Brown | 15 April, 2013 13:55

Tags: management, symantec, IBM, Networking, infrastructure management, Network management, Virtual Instruments, VMware

What's next for Virtual Instruments

Virtual Instruments, whose software and hardware is used to manage data center performance, plans to release the next edition of its VirtualWisdom software in the fourth quarter.

By Bob Brown | 15 April, 2013 13:55

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, virtualization, Microsoft, Ethernet Switch, hardware systems, Virtual Instruments, Data Center, VMware, LAN & WAN

6 fresh Apple iPhone 6, iOS 7 concept designs

While it's still unclear when Apple will reveal its iPhone 6, iPad 5 or iOS 7 (or whatever it calls its next smartphone, tablet and operating system), the longer we wait the more intriguing ideas are being floated by would-be Apple designers.

By Bob Brown | 15 April, 2013 10:49

Tags: Apple, consumer electronics, Networking, wireless, smartphones, anti-malware

Robotic tick collector, therapist/patient app among top Tufts $100K biz plan contenders

Tufts University's Gordon Institute has named 13 finalists for two $50,000 business startup prizes, and the techier contenders' focus areas run the gamut from scooping up ticks to crowdsourcing new videogame ideas.

By Bob Brown | 04 April, 2013 12:21

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, hardware systems, Data Center

Rob Held, ex-CEO of early Ethernet company Chipcom, passes away at 74

John Robert (Rob) Held, who made a name for himself in the networking industry during the 1980s and 1990s as president and CEO of Ethernet hub pioneer Chipcom, has died at age of 74. Held suffered a brain hemorrhage earlier this month and died in Boston.

By Bob Brown | 25 March, 2013 16:20

Tags: 3Com, 3C, Networking, Yale University, Chipcom, Rob Held Chipcom, LAN & WAN, U.S. Navy, HP

Tempting new Apple iOS 7 concept videos emerge

The pressure is increasing on Apple to revamp iOS for iPhones and iPads as competitors -- from Samsung to Microsoft to BlackBerry -- roll out advances, and the Apple faithful have no shortage of ideas for what iOS 7 should include.

By Bob Brown | 21 March, 2013 23:02

Tags: iphone 6 rumors, iphone6, Networking, wireless, Apple WWDC 2013, anti-malware, youtube, Blackberry, Apple, security, Microsoft, WD, ios7, Apple ios7

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