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  • Riding the downturn: Network vendors eye new markets in ’09

    Posted January 8, 2009 - 5:44 pm

    Today's rough economy hasn't put the breaks on vendor ambition. Here's a look at what you can expect this year from Microsoft, Cisco, Juniper Networks, Avaya, and other key IT vendors, including their most pressing 2009 priorities and potential stumbling blocks.

  • AT&T builds $23M IPv6 network for U.S. military

    Posted January 7, 2009 - 11:16 am

    AT&T is building a production-quality IPv6 data network for the U.S. Army in Germany that will cost approximately $23 million when it is completed next year.

  • Comcast confirms new network management practices

    Posted January 6, 2009 - 5:34 pm

    Comcast, the second largest broadband provider in the U.S., has stopped network-management practices that focus on slowing the BitTorrent peer-to-peer application, the company said.

  • Comcast Has Begun Throttling the Bandwidth Hogs

    Posted January 6, 2009 - 3:40 pm

    Use too much bandwidth and pay the price. That's the word from Comcast, which has launched a broadband throttling system to prevent power users from hogging its network.

  • Force 10, Turin Networks merging

    Posted January 5, 2009 - 5:40 pm

    Data center switching vendor Force 10 Networks this week says it is merging with Turin Networks, a provider of wireless backhaul, Carrier Ethernet and converged access systems for service providers.

  • Securing DNS should trump budget-cutting, experts say

    Posted December 31, 2008 - 11:29 am

    The discovery of a major DNS flaw in mid-2008 landed the technology in many headlines, but with econ

  • BroadSoft acquires Sylantro as VoIP market consolidates

    Posted December 30, 2008 - 5:00 pm

    BroadSoft, a provider of VoIP applications to telecom service providers, this week said it acquired competitor Sylantro Systems for an undisclosed sum.

  • AT&T restores service after outages

    Posted December 30, 2008 - 10:22 am

    AT&T on Monday said it had restored service after service outages hit the wireless carrier.

  • Control a remote PC with ease for free

    Posted December 29, 2008 - 12:32 pm

    I'm constantly accessing different computers, but I don't need to get up from my chair to swap PCs. Instead of walking between them, a VNC (virtual network computer) setup lets me log into remote machines that are across the room or around the world. Now I can manage software installations, see if a download is complete, or just troubleshoot from anywhere.

  • Panasonic to show powerline network prototypes at CES

    Posted December 26, 2008 - 10:01 am

    Panasonic a prototype HD-PLC device for remotely monitoring an electric car while it is charging at the upcoming CES show in Las Vegas.

  • Inspire Awe

    Posted December 21, 2008 - 7:39 pm

    What you and I can do in 2009 to help others is to inspire awe. Yup, as a CCIE you can do this, you can inspire awe. Think about how hard it was to prepare and then pass the lab. That act can inspire another to do the same thing, to be focused and to forge ahead. So inspire awe. You can do it, after all it is only three letters and you can spell it and create it. Be a mentor and you will see what I mean.

  • NSA patents a way to spot network snoops

    Posted December 21, 2008 - 5:32 pm

    The NSA has been granted a patent for detecting whether network communications have been tampered with.

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    Vista OOBE Part 4: Summary

    Posted December 19, 2008 - 1:00 pm

    Now that I've gotten the networking issue under control, if not exactly fixed (I still have to disable and enable the network connection a couple of times after every reboot), let me wrap up my initial experiences with Vista. Bottom line for me: little or no improvement over XP for my use.

  • Best practice: Choosing a satellite Internet service provider

    Posted December 18, 2008 - 1:52 pm

    A reliable Internet connection is a must-have for business continuity for small businesses. This offers dos and don'ts from one company on how to select the right plan. One thing not to be overlooked - getting your own IP address.

  • Report: Cisco among 3 bidders for Nortel's Ethernet biz

    Posted December 17, 2008 - 10:40 pm

    Nortel is reportedly entertaining bids from three companies, including Cisco, for its Metro Ethernet Networks business unit.

  • Foundry shareholders OK merger with Brocade

    Posted December 17, 2008 - 5:22 pm

    Foundry Networks shareholders have approved a merger with Brocade Communications, overcoming what appears to be the last major hurdle in a deal that had been questioned as stock and credit markets plunged.

  • Cisco beefs up virtual partner empire

    Posted December 17, 2008 - 1:57 pm

    At a time when big players are talking about laying off a part of their channel ecosystem, Cisco has decided to embrace a different approach. Although the vendor is not keen on aggressively adding more partners, it has made sure that no harm befalls on its existing channel fraternity.

  • 802.11n boosts WLAN use in enterprises

    Posted December 17, 2008 - 10:27 am

    The popularity of 802.11n is attracting more businesses to wireless LAN equipment and helping suppliers cope with the tough economic climate, industry analysts say.

  • Critics to ICANN: Top-level domain sale dangerous, costly

    Posted December 15, 2008 - 2:03 pm

    A controversial proposal to create hundreds of new generic top-level domains is generating harsh criticism as corporations and individuals question the need for additional competition in the domain name marketplace and

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    Vista OOBE Part 2: the horror, the horror

    Posted December 15, 2008 - 1:40 pm

    First, a correction: HP includes the Vista system disks in a special partition and expects you to make your own recovery disks. I still think people deserve a real disk, but I doubt I'll get anywhere with that. I'll leave that battle until after I fix the sound and networking problems with this system.

  • North Korea launches 3G cellular service

    Posted December 15, 2008 - 10:08 am

    A 3G cellular service was launched in North Korea at 5pm by Cheo Technology, a company in which Egypt's Orascom Telecom holds a majority stake.

  • Nortel mulls bankruptcy

    Posted December 10, 2008 - 3:03 pm

    Nortel has hired lawyers to consider whether it should seek bankruptcy protection, but the company says it has made no decision to do so.

  • Cisco plans TelePresence translation next year

    Posted December 9, 2008 - 9:55 pm

    Cisco will add real-time translation to its TelePresence high-definition conference technology next year, enabling people in several different countries to meet virtually and each hear the other participants' comments in their own languages.

  • Cisco to shift resources to consumer push

    Posted December 9, 2008 - 5:44 pm

    Cisco Systems will shift resources into new product areas next year, including making a major push into homes, Chairman and CEO John Chambers said Tuesday.

  • Be brave because it is not over yet!

    Posted December 8, 2008 - 7:38 pm

    Start out slow don’t hyperventilate or step on your own tongue. Ask the same questions of all prospective employers so you can rate their answers against each other properly. What is important to you? If you are in the USA don’t ask for a company car, if you are in England don’t ask for an American car, if you are in Fiji don’t ask for too little money, if you are in Dubai ask for more of everything, if you are in Finland don’t ask to work from home, if you are in China don’t ask for an American car, if you are in Russia don’t ask for Chinese food, if you are in India don’t ask for less than a 14% increase, if you are in Brazil don’t ask for more holidays, if you are a CCIE in prison for killing your wife don’t ask for Eman!

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