NetFlash: Carriers are key to VoIP prominence

NetFlash: Carriers are key to VoIP prominence
09/26/05

In this issue:

* Carriers are key to VoIP prominence
* Massachusetts finalizes plans to phase out Office
* User: Oracle upgrade goes smoothly
* IT prepared for Hurricane Rita
* The Buzz Issue
* Today on Layer 8
* Links related to NetFlash
* Featured reader resource
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM

By Jeff Caruso

Last week's Fall VON 2005 Conference & Expo made it clear that
carrier-based SIP trunking is the next big step that VoIP needs
to take for success. Moving to such a technology would give
businesses greater flexibility and enable more advanced
applications.
Carriers are key to VoIP prominence
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7608>

Massachusetts finalizes plans to phase out Office

The State of Massachusetts (or is it Commonwealth?) has
finalized its plans to get away from Microsoft's proprietary
file formats for office documents. Will others follow suit?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7609>

User: Oracle upgrade goes smoothly

For one longtime PeopleSoft customer, last year's Oracle
takeover came at an awkward time: The Center for Remote
Enterprise Systems Hosting in Sioux Falls, S.D., was in the
process of spinning out from Dakota State University, and was
about to sign the first commercial contract for its hosted
PeopleSoft applications services.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7610>

IT prepared for Hurricane Rita

"The information technologies' help desk is currently closed due
to weather conditions caused by Hurricane Rita, and the
University of Houston Downtown has decided to close the
university."
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7611>

The Buzz Issue

Our annual guide to the hot technologies stirring up the
industry, from RFID and SOA to holographic storage and
ransomware.
<http://www.networkworld.com/buzz/2005/?net&story=buzzhome>

Today on Layer 8, 9 of 10 in OT for 375 yards:

Microsoft to take on Google AdSense; headline of the day; the
iPod nano's fatal flaw; and the winner of our latest Weekly
Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for
not-just-networking news.
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6921>
2. IT pros share their tales of making ITIL work
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7612>
3. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7042>
4. Wireless: Volunteers give voice to evacuees
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7613>
5. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7614>

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To contact: Jeff Caruso

Jeff Caruso is managing editor of online news for Network World.
He oversees daily online news posting and newsletter editing,
and writes the NetFlash daily news summary, the High-Speed LANs
newsletter and the Voices of Networking newsletter. Contact him
at <mailto:jcaruso@nww.com>
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