Data-storage-network provider McData Corp. agreed to buy Computer Network Technology Corp. for about $111 million in stock, plus the assumption of $124 million in debt.

Computer networks and communication systems are interdisciplinary fields that require state-of-the-art engineering skills to meet the requirements of future technologies. Rapid growth in cloud ...

Cisco Systems, one of the largest makers of computer networking equipment, said on Wednesday that it would cut 7 percent of its work force in its second major round of layoffs this year.

In the 1970s, Bob Metcalfe helped develop the primary technology that lets you send email or connect with a printer over an office network.

Yet, 10BASE-5 showed that computer networking was viable, even in electrically noisy factory environments. 10BASE-5 saw limited deployment in broadcast facilities. I know of only a few systems that ...

While decentralized networks try to build and improve on past computer and network technology, centralized networks still have some advantages for certain applications.

Computer networks and internet connectivity have changed the face of the modern workplace, allowing users and devices across the globe to interact with each other as if they were located in the ...