 Voices of NetworkingThis newsletter is sponsored by Sterling CommerceVoices of Networking, 10/22/07By Jeff CarusoJohnson: Nacchio's credibility aside, who can trust the feds?, 10/19/07: It just keeps getting worse. Last week, court documents unveiled as part of the appeal of former Qwest Communications CEO and convicted inside-trader Joe Nacchio indicate that the feds may have retaliated against the telco by denying it lucrative contracts because it wouldn’t accede to the National Security Agency's requests to illegally turn over phone records — months before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Backspin: Why aren’t we up in arms about software bugs?, 10/18/07: Software bugs are rife and a fact of digital life, except we have to find out about them the hard way rather than vendors ’fessing up. Cool Tools: Fujitsu's U810 aims to be ultimate mobile device, 10/17/07: For many years, users who’ve wanted the ultimate in mobility have had to sacrifice performance or other features to get something lighter or smaller, and Fujitsu has done a good job at providing most, if not all of the key features that notebook users seek.
Dr. Internet: Software helps design equipment racks, 10/17/07: I need to move the equipment in our messy server room into equipment racks but first I have to create a design document to show how the equipment will fit and to make sure we purchase the appropriate racks and accessories. Are there any reasonably priced rack-design software packages available for this? Bradner: The fallacy of short-term thinking about the Internet, 10/16/07: What she said got me thinking about the futility of quantifying the value of the Internet by measuring its impact on yesterday's business models. Gearhead: The saga of tracking down the DPC problem continues, 10/16/07: This week: For no reason the high CPU utilization rate due to DPCs has gone. Again. A reader suspects Microsoft updates, and Microsoft’s Mark Russinovich suggests a diagnostic tool. Finally I recommend some OS X disk drive tools. Kobielus: Business analytics sharpen vertical edge, 10/16/07: Corporate performance management — sometimes called “business analytics” — is a segment of the business intelligence (BI) market that is undergoing rapid consolidation. Gaskin: IBM spins OpenOffice, 10/18/07: I've been using the OpenOffice productivity suite for all my document, spreadsheet and presentation work for the last two years with great success (even though 95% of the people I exchange documents with were using Microsoft Office, nobody ever noticed). However, OpenOffice.org, like many open source efforts, needs some marketing help, a big name to push them into the spotlight. And while I’m surprised IBM has volunteered, that's exactly what is happening, with a twist. Network Guardians: NAC: Stand-alone appliances vs. built into the infrastructure, 10/15/07: I keep hearing about NAC as both standalone appliances and as part of switching infrastructure. Which is the best way to buy this technology? Net Buzz: FiOS out for fifth time in seven months, but …, 10/15/07: This time it's at least possible that Verizon is not to blame; both my wife and I are leaning in the charitable direction … although the conspiracy-minded may think otherwise. Nutter's Help Desk: When one user hogs all the bandwidth, 10/15/07: I am using a T-1, but when one of my workers downloads a file, it reaches the limit and others can hardly use the Internet. Is there any good ways to prevent this event? |
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