Cisco this morning announced that it has completed its acquisition of privately-held Pari Networks, a provider of network configuration and change management solutions, in an effort to complement its own ‘smart service’ capabilities. Pari Networks, notably, was founded by a group of former Cisco executives. Cisco originally announced its intent…
Virtualization is on the top of more people’s tongues than ever before. The idea of being tied to a desk with a specific number of servers, one kind of operating system and limited software is becoming more and more obsolete for as long as virtualization continues to expand. Cisco is…
Malware has been found in the wild that masquerades as harmless Linux/Unix-like software for routers, but is in fact an IRC backdoor. The malware, which poses as a .elf file, has infected machines in Latin America, security company Trend Micro said in a blog post on Thursday. Trend Micro has…
