Second part of $20B telecom award imminent; Avaya in buyout talks?

Daily News: PM This newsletter is sponsored by Microsoft ENTERPRISE NAS - TRENDS, ISSUES & OUTLOOK Watch Network World's Editorial Perspectives webcast on Enterprise NAS for the issues, trends and new developments affecting today's enterprise network storage environment. View to understand the latest thinking on Network Attached Storage (NAS) and its place in today's enterprise. Click here to watch now. Network World Daily News: PM, 05/29/07 News podcast: Network World 360 Report slams FBI network security; Microsoft publicly offers up a protocol for NAC; Verizon planning iPhone killer; and Q1 was record for DSL. (5:43) Second part of $20B government telecom award imminent The General Services Administration plans to award Thursday the second half of a $20 billion program that will provide telecommunications services to U.S. federal agencies during the next 10 years. Report says Avaya in talks for private-equity buyout A private-equity firm is reportedly seeking a buyout of Avaya, according to The Wall Street Journal. Make the most of your Mobile Gear Download our Free Executive Guide and learn how Network IT professionals are getting the most out of their mobile devices and improving mobile security. You'll also get the scoop on upcoming mobile tools and technologies and how they may impact your enterprise. Click Here to download today! Xirrus joins 11n product parade for enterprise wireless LANs Xirrus is the latest of the wireless LAN vendors to announce an access point that supports the most recent draft of the IEEE 802.11n high-throughput standard. Stealthy antispam system behind massive book digitization effort You know those pesky but necessary CAPTCHA boxes whose squiggly letters and digits you need to retype to use certain parts of Web sites? A computer scientist from Carnegie Mellon is looking to replace many of those boxes with antispam boxes of his own for the purpose of helping to digitize and make searchable the text from books and other printed materials. BMC picks up ProactiveNet BMC Software today said it acquired privately held software maker ProactiveNet for an undisclosed amount. End of BMC’s .Net Identity Management suite highlights stink with Microsoft, partners BMC has killed its .Net Identity Management product suite in part because partner Microsoft is squeezing BMC out with development of its own identity software, according to an internal Microsoft memo. Rugged-notebook vendor unveils 'sunproof' display A new display technology from a maker of rugged computers promises finally to make touch screens readable in bright, direct sunlight. Complete Interop roundup From Web 2.0 to the latest switch news, our reporters and editors will get you up to speed on everything that happened at last week's Interop show in Las Vegas. In depth ZigBee: The new Bluetooth? Although most IT professionals, as well as a majority of consumers, are familiar with the Bluetooth wireless data-communications standard, very few are aware of the new ZigBee wireless data standard. From the blogs and forums John Obeto says people who propose Microsoft Office-less offices are nuts. Green Your Network looks at Yahoo's plan to become carbon neutral. Miles Baska explains why he's switched to Avira's AntiVir Personal Edition Classic. The Alpha Doggs look at using captcha systems to help digitize books. Paul McNamara says feel free to admit you don't own an iPod.Mark Gibbs looks at a list of application-security weakpoints. Users continue to debate the question: Cisco: End of a religion? They also ponder whether Argonne National Laboratory really needed to rip out a pilot VoIP installation - and the case of that substitute teacher who could get 40 years. One user explains why we're moving back to the glass-house model. Another wonders why the FBI can't secure its own network. How to Ron Nutter helps a user having problems upgrading the supervisor on his Cisco 6809 switch. Tom Bowers discusses how to inventory your intellectual property. Video Not all VoIP rollouts go as planned Despite new building and fresh networking gear, a voice over IP implementation does not always go as planned - even for a high-tech outfit like the Argonne National Laboratory. Scott Pinkerton, manager of Argonne's core network infrastructure, explains the hurdles his group faced and the lessons learned from their failed VoIP project (Note: The article will also link you to the community discussion mentioned above).

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