In June 1972, Bob Metcalfe, a 26-year-old engineer fresh out of graduate school, joined a new research lab in Palo Alto, California, as it set out to build something that few people could even imagine ...

Jeff Tompkins is a writer and teacher of English as a Second Language living in New York City. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1967 and was educated at Brown University and University College ...

Lockheed Martin Corp. has selected computer networking technology from CA Inc. for the Navy’s Aegis Open Architecture Weapon System. CA will provide its Spectrum Network Fault Manager as part of the ...

Decentralized networks distribute processing across many devices, enhancing security and resilience. Blockchain technology exemplifies fully decentralized networks without central servers, running on ...

The cuts could amount to about 6,000 jobs for the San Jose, Calif., maker of computer networking technology. By Eli Tan Reporting from San Francisco Cisco Systems, one of the largest makers of ...

In the 1970s, Bob Metcalfe helped develop the primary technology that lets you send email or connect with a printer over an office network. By Cade Metz Cade Metz has covered the last five winners of ...