Allied Telesis ships Gigabit Ethernet switches; Gauging green

LANs News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Cisco Best Practices for Extending Your Network Architecture Access podcasts, whitepapers and more that offer best practices and principles for extending your architecture across a campus. Learn about the design principles that will transform your campus net and how to tackle the critical areas of integrated security, unified network services and more. Click here to read now! Network World's LANs News Alert, 07/16/07 Allied Telesis ships Gigabit Ethernet switches, 07/10/07: Allied Telesis in recent weeks released two Gigabit Ethernet switches - a 48-port switch and a Layer 3 modular switch. Biggest lie in the enterprise: The network is down: Reader Bernie Lubitz wants everyone to stop blaming the network when applications are nearly always the culprit. John Obeto asks: How is your beta test of Windows Server 2008 chugging along? Any gotchas or gems? Network World Buyers Guides Find the right products for your enterprise - fast. With seven categories - security, storage, convergence and VoIP, network infrastructure, network applications, wireless and LAN/WAN management - you can quickly pinpoint the hardware or software you need. With the side-by-side comparison tool you can evaluate product features and make the best purchase decisions for your enterprise. Click here to go to the Buyers Guides now. Gauging green, 07/12/07: Just how important is the issue of green networking to you? New computer efficiency specs go into effect July 20, 07/12/07: New Energy Star specifications for computers and related equipment that go into effect next week should save consumers and businesses more than $1.8 billion in energy costs over the next five years. In addition, the specifications will prevent greenhouse gas emissions equal to the annual emissions of 2.7 million cars, according to Energy Star, the joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy.

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