Why Avaya deal is good for customers; How dumb is dumb enough for a network?

Voices of Networking This newsletter is sponsored by Xirrus Wireless Products Buyer's Guide From wireless adapters to WiMax repeaters, we've got detailed information on hundreds of products that will quickly help you pinpoint the hardware or software you're looking for. We've categorized each product into one of 10 specific wireless market segments, so you can drill down, compare and contrast products in only the areas you need. Voices of Networking, 06/11/07 By Jeff Caruso Lippis: Why Avaya deal is good for customers, 06/06/07 For the price of $8.2 billion, private-equity firms Silver Lake and TPG Capital have offered to take Avaya private. This is the largest such transaction ever in the enterprise networking and communications arena. And it’s a positive development for ... Johnson: How dumb is dumb enough for a network? 06/06/07 It’s hard to believe that it’s been 10 years since David Isenberg published his seminal paper, “The Rise of the Stupid Network.” Editorial: Bots on your net? Look twice, 06/07/07 Think the botnets you read about consist solely of zombies on unprotected consumer PCs? Think again. The IDC Enterprise Panel: Join IDC's panel of IT influencers and decision-makers. Your contributions will be compiled and distributed to technology and telecommunications vendors all over the world. As a thank you for joining, you will receive select free IDC research, and discounted IDC conference passes. Click here to learn more Backspin: Appalled by things legal, 06/07/07 A couple of weeks ago I was Astounded by Things Legal. That stopped working for me so I moved on. I am now Appalled. Bradner: Busy days at the FCC, 06/04/07 You can't say that the FCC does not earn its keep, at least if you go by policy announcements and commissioners’ statements. Minoli: Whatever Happened to the OTN? 06/04/07 At the beginning of this decade there was a lot of fanfare about the Optical Transport Network. OTN is intended to be the next evolutionary step in a carrier's infrastructure. It's designed to address the requirements of next-generation networks by ... Cool Tools: UpStage tries to upstage iPhone, 06/07/07 With last week's announcement by Apple that the heavily hyped iPhone will be available June 29, time is running out for phone companies to come up with their own iPhone killer or iPhone alternative. 'Net Buzz: Readers get their turn on the soapbox, 06/07/07 It's been so long since we've dipped into the mailbag that I can't even lift the thing. A few choice pieces: Dr. Internet: Publishing video on Web pages, 06/07/07 I have two questions about using Dreamweaver and Flash to publish video on Web pages. The first is how can I connect Dreamweaver to a site using a nonstandard SFTP port? The second is how do I convert a Windows movie file to a Flash video and put it ... Gearhead: Virtual burn and rip, 06/07/07 Anyway, back to CD and DVD stuff: I'd wondered for some time whether there was a product that could create a virtual CD burner so I could burn virtual CDs from iTunes. Nutter's Help Desk: Blocking ports on switches, 06/04/07 As our network continues to grow, we are trying have standards as to reserving certain port numbers for access points, certain ones for printers, etc. Another challenge is to prevent ports from being used without proper authorization. Yoke: ITIL - It'll more than do, 06/04/07 Version 3 of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library was released officially on May 30, and from what I have seen, it takes a giant step toward elevating the importance of ITIL from a business standpoint. Editorial: Some of the gems at Interop, 05/31/07 Interop in Las Vegas two weeks ago featured the usual litany of big vendors, but it's fun to nose around to see what the smaller shops have cooked up.

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