Broadband stimulus: Where do fiber, wire options fit? When it comes to bringing broadband to underserved areas of the United States, there is a general consensus that wireless technologies such as 802.11y, WiMAX and Long Term Evolution (LTE) will be crucial to getting people connected. However, many experts and service providers say that fiber infrastructure could be a big a piece of the puzzle as well. The stateful LAN: Layer 7 visibility and control Enterprises have seen an explosion of new applications, devices and classes of users on their LANs, which makes it harder than ever for IT to ensure network performance, secure corporate assets and comply with regulations. In response, next-generation intelligent LAN switches are emerging that are designed to provide stateful, deep-packet inspection up through Layer 7, providing granular user- and application-level controls. What's behind move toward managed services When the going gets tough, the tough get … managed? Apparently so. More than 65% of the companies I work with say they have deployed managed services — more than double the 27% that were doing so in 2006. 500M bps soon in a copper line near you, Ericsson says Next-generation DSL systems will enable bandwidths of more than 500Mbps by bonding many copper lines and using advanced noise cancellation, Ericsson said on Monday. Enter for a Microsoft training giveaway from New Horizons New Horizons Computer Training is offering a free Microsoft training course worth up to $2,500 to be given to one lucky Microsoft Subnet reader. Deadline for entry is March 31. Network World on Twitter Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news. |
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