There’s nothing local about this LAN

Cisco blows away Q1 expectations; AT&T, Verizon others boost 4G networks Network Architecture Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile | Forward this to a Friend >>> Sponsored by HP_Avnet Network Lifecycle Management in Action Network management silos do not work in today's complex environments. Watch this video for a real-world example that shows the benefits of unifying fault, performance and configuration management into a single platform with a single view. Watch now. Spotlight Story There's nothing local about this LAN Verizon Business this week expanded its Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) across the world, taking a local area network technology and making it global. Read full story Related News: Cisco blows away Q1 expectations Even the bullish forecasts for Cisco's Q1 fell far short. Cisco this week posted first quarter results that far exceeded Wall Street, and its own, expectations. AT&T, Verizon others boost 4G networks AT&T and Verizon, along with several other telecom companies and device manufacturers, have joined forces to help develop voice and SMS standards for the 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard. FCC seeks public's help with E-Rate Internet services program The Federal Communications Commission this week asked for public comments on how to improve E-Rate, the federal program designed to give U.S. schools and libraries access to affordable telecom and Internet services. Cisco, EMC roll out joint venture The joint venture everyone's been waiting for for the past couple of months has finally arrived. Cisco and EMC have formed a joint venture to "accelerate" the products it develops under it new Virtual Computing Environment coalition with VMware. November giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away free books on VMware vSphere security. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and free books on Exchange Server 2010. Google Subnet is giving away free books on Android app development. Entry forms can be found on the main contest page. Trivia answers are revealed on each main Subnet page. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are Ethernet everywhere! Inside planes, trains, cars and spaceships, Ethernet is a morph master. Here's a look at some of Ethernet's cooler implementations. 7 tools to ease Windows 7 rollout These utilities help you plan, ensure app compatibility and manage images. The Importance of PCI DSS Compliance The greatest challenge to PCI DSS compliance resides in monitoring and managing all its specific network requirements, which encompass security firewalls, access and change controls, system updates, configuration changes and testing procedures. Learn how to ensure that your organization achieves and maintains compliance. Learn more The Executive Guide to Data Loss Prevention Independent, objective research that examines the business justification for implementing DLP solutions and outlines the resource requirements to successfully deploy DLP in an enterprise. Data loss prevention (DLP) technology has never been more important. To that end, we've developed tools to help guide organizations considering DLP technologies. Read more.   November 05, 2009 MOST-READ STORIES How a start-up failed to take supercomputing world by storm AT&T sues Verizon over TV ads Tone-deaf Unisys official on why cloud computing rocks Microsoft sets SQL Server 2008 R2 preview T-Mobile suffers another outage FBI warns of $100M cyber-threat to small business The Cisco squeeze Cisco, EMC unveil data center joint venture IBM executive accused of insider trading out of a job Why can't we do anything about spam? Architecting Business Intelligence Applications for Change Business Intelligence applications that effectively cope with changes to the business need to be built using an open and extensible framework for data, deployment, and user experience. Global 1000 companies have relied on BIRT, the leading Rich Information application development environment, as the open source foundation to design and deploy Business Intelligence applications that easily adapt to change. Click here to learn more. EMO Labs: Better Sound Through Innovation at DEMOfall 09 EMO Labs' Invisible Speaker innovation takes People's Choice Award top honors at DEMO conference. Watch EMO Labs product launch.   This email was sent to networking.world@gmail.com Complimentary Subscriptions Available for newsletter subscribers. Receive 50 issues of Network World Magazines, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Apply here. Terms of Service/Privacy   Subscription Services Update your profile To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Unsubscribe Network World, Inc., 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2009 www.networkworld.com | Forward this to a Friend >>>