Deal Radar 2009: Force10 Networks

Founded in 1999, Force10 Networks builds and secures high-performance networks. The company develops and manufactures switching and routing equipment including switches/routers, line cards, resilient switches, access switches, and security appliances. Formerly known as nCore Technologies, the company is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Deal Radar 2008: Operational Memory LLC,Raleigh, North Calorina

This week’s Deal Radar series begins with coverage of Operational Memory LLC, which launched its first solution, a social networking application for enterprises, in September 2008. Founded in 2005 by two “soccer dads” who got to know each other and their areas of expertise over several seasons of girls’ soccer, the SaaS company is based

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Trusting Untrusted Computers (Part 2)

By Taher Elgamal, Guest Author In the first article of this series I introduced the dilemma our networked world faces: how can we trust the computer software and hardware we depend on, even though these systems are untrustworthy? Let’s now think of a long-term strategy that would lead us to trust our networked environment more.