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 ...

The new era of Silicon Valley runs on networking—and not the kind you find on LinkedIn. As the tech industry funnels billions into AI data centers, chip makers both big and small are ramping up ...

Storage switch vendor McData Corp. Tuesday said it is acquiring Computer Network Technology Corp. in a $235 million deal. CNT is a leader in WAN extension and long-distance data replication technology ...

Juniper Networks, a provider of computer networking technology, announced today that it has acquired network security specialist Altor Networks for $95 million. Altor Networks specializes in providing ...

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 ...