Cloud providers offer their own security, networking, and management-and-orchestration tools that third-party networking software platforms can abstract to make management simpler for enterprise IT ...

There's nothing worse for getting online than having slow home internet. This can cause frustration not only for yourself but everyone else who attempts to access their favorite app or service. We've ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

Operating systems use directory services to store information about software applications, files, printers and employees. Microsoft's Windows Active Directory integrates management tasks such as ...

Improved monitoring of work-at-home environments requires money, simplified infrastructure, and better IT leadership, an Enterprise Management Associates report says. (Enterprise Management Associates ...

There’s a common lament among people who switch to Macs, especially those coming over from the Linux and Unix worlds, that goes something like this: “Mac people are willing to drop an insane amount of ...

Way back when virtualization was a new thing, virtual networks were simple connections that linked virtual servers and the occasional networking appliance. Now, however, things are different. Building ...