3Com joins list of one-generation companies; Unlimited gall to cost Verizon $1 million

Voices of Networking This newsletter is sponsored by NetApp ESG White Paper: Storage for Mid-Sized Enterprises Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) takes a close look at the storage landscape. Read this report on the challenges facing the mid-size enterprise companies as they evaluate implementing a storage network. Learn about the benefits and perceived inhibitors. Voices of Networking, 11/05/07 By Jeff Caruso Anderson: 3Com joins the list of one-generation companies, 10/30/07: It was with some degree of sadness that I saw 3Com sold to Bain Capital and Huawei. But it got me wondering why we see so many one-generation companies. 'Net Buzz: Unlimited gall to cost Verizon $1 million, 10/29/07: New York state has given Verizon Wireless a million new reasons to understand that the word “unlimited” when used in advertising should mean what it means elsewhere in polite society. Network Guardians: Is NAC worth it? 10/29/07: I read a lot of conflicting stories about NAC - some very positive and some dismissive. Is NAC over-hyped, or is there value in it? All VoIP Security. All in One Place. From buying tips to peer discussions. From case studies to market trends. Network World's newly enhanced VoIP Security Buyer's Guide has everything you need to stay current, research technology, compare products and implement solutions - all in one convenient location. Click here to go to the Buyer's Guide now. Backspin: Look out! It’s FrankenSCO! 10/26/07: Santa Cruz Operation was surely dead, but along comes an investor to breathe a spark of finance into the corpse. Bradner: The truth about Verizon Wireless and Comcast, 10/30/07: If I wanted network neutrality laws passed I could not think of a better pair of allies than Verizon Wireless and Comcast. By their duplicitous behavior, both have been doing a very good job of showing lawmakers just why such laws may be needed. Insider Threat: Making sense of data loss prevention, 10/29/07: With all the recent news about acquisitions in the DLP space, I'm unsure if now is the time to select a solution or if I should wait. How can I tell the right time to get into DLP? Nutter's Help Desk: When the laptop stops connecting to access points, 10/29/07: I occasionally have difficulties connecting to unsecured wireless networks (say at hotels or airports). The configuration goes through applying the wireless settings, associates, renews the IP address but fails at the IP config step. Is there a ... Johnson: Videoconferencing's never-ending entrance, 10/30/07: Videoconferencing’s been “the next big thing” since, oh, approximately 1988 -- yet it’s never really taken off in a major way, at least for consumers. Hot Topics: What NetworkWorlders are talking about Is Fibre Channel dead? Bot-herders for Ron Paul? Never mind the b******t, swearing at work is a good thing Cisco Certs are dead – long live Cisco certs! Is open source routing closing the router gap? Outsourcing vs. keeping it in-house IBM, Alcatel-Lucent battle Microsoft over UC Blog readers make lousy editors The next three big WAN optimization targets What's holding Vista back? Hackers gain access to private hotel network using Cisco VoIP

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