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"It's a bit like working with your wife; it has its ups and downs."

Siraj ElAhmadi, CEO of Menara Networks, on what it is like working with his brother, Salam, who is the company's CTO.

Titbits and tweets you may have missed

ENISA has published a comprehensive report entitled Cloud Computing: Benefits, risks and recommendations for information security. The 125-page report can be downloaded from the ENISA site, click here.

There is also a SecureCloud 2010 conference coming up in March involving ENISA and the Cloud Security Alliance, click here for details.

A European court overruled German regulators that had allowed Deutsche Telekom to ban competitors from having access to its high-speed broadband network.

Teknovus announced availability of the TK3401 EPON node controller that supports central office (OLT) to subscriber (ONU) distances of up to 100 km and up to 1,000 subscriber ONUs. And if you ever wondered what is the difference between the optical network unit (ONU) and optical network terminal (ONT), here is the answer.

Broadcom announced its plan to acquire Dune Networks for $178m. Meanwhile, the 10GBASE-T copper interface got a shot in the arm with start-up Aquantia raising $44m in financing.

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Tidbits and tweets you may have missed

1. ENISA has published a comprehensive report entitled Cloud Computing: Benefits, risks and recommendations for information security. The 125 page report can be downloaded from the ENISA site, click here. http://tr.im/GC8x

2. A European court overruled German regulators that had allowed Duetche Telekom to ban competitors from having access to its high-speed broadband network. http://tr.im/GC7O

3. Teknovus announced availability of the TK3401 EPON node controller that supports central office (OLT) to subscriber (ONU) distances up to 100 km and connections to over 1,000 subscriber ONUs http://tr.im/GCe2 And if you evered wondered if there is a difference between the ONU and ONT here is the answer http://tr.im/GCgu

4. Broadcom announced its plan to acquire Dune Networks for $178m http://tr.im/GCf3

5. Meanwhile 10GBASE-T copper standard got a shot in the arm with start-up Aquantia gets $44m in financing http://bit.ly/6MCwdk

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"It's a bit like working with your wife; it has its ups and downs."

Siraj ElAhmadi, CEO of Menara Networks on what it is like working with his brother, Salam, who is the company's CTO.