March, 2008

SHARKFEST: Open source network analysis fans churn up the waters with the Father of the Internet

Susan Fogarty Profile: SusanFogarty

Just when you thought it was safe to go into the NOC….da, dum….da,...

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Grading the analysts

Shamus McGillicuddy Profile: Shamus McGillicuddy

Chances are you deal with industry analysts pretty often, whether your company pays for their services or whether you meet with them at conferences. And if you don't talk to them, your boss probably does. As a tech journalist, I talk to a lot of industry analysts on a daily basis. I rely on them...

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Verizon Wireless wins prime C-block spectrum

Michael Morisy Profile: Michael Morisy

In networking news on a larger level, Verizon Wireless has officially won the coveted C block in the FCC's closely watched wireless auction. From a statement Verizon issued:

"We are very pleased with our auction results. Specifically, we were successful in achieving the spectrum...

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Cisco at VoiceCon Orlando 2008

Shamus McGillicuddy Profile: Shamus McGillicuddy

Cisco has been relatively quiet at VoiceCon Orlando 2008. Well, they did make a bit of a splash today with a keynote address that featured CEO John Chambers and former vice president Al Gore discussing how communications technology can do its part to fight global climate change. I'll have...

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The IT Guy: Disaster recovery

The other bad news is that the backup systems in the data center were not yet... 0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend March 17, 2008  6:09 PM Tools for finding tools: Find the right networking products for your enterprise Tessa Parmenter Profile: Tessa Parmenter Whether you get bombarded by vendors at a conference or have to sit through a sales pitch in a meeting, it seems getting a clear, apples-to-apples comparison of networking products is impossible. Even Googling a company's website points us to a bullet list of... 0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend March 10, 2008  7:04 PM iPhone SDK, enterprise features: Nice, but not enough Shamus McGillicuddy Profile: Shamus McGillicuddy Let me just say, I have no horse in this race. I'm no BlackBerry crackhead and I'm no iPhone fan boy. When Apple announced its iPhone enterprise play last week, I started working the phones. My plan was to talk to a handful of... 0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend March 8, 2008  12:09 AM iPhone targets the enterprise with new apps, Cisco VPN client Ron Richard Profile: Ron Richard The iPhone was already doing a pretty good job creeping into the enterprise, despite early concerns about its security and manageability. Now, Apple is taking steps to allay those fears; yesterday, the company 0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend March 5, 2008  5:54 PM Nokia’s Morph travels back from future to save world, prepare lunch Ron Richard Profile: Ron Richard I'd like to share a piece from Kate Dostart, associate editor for the networking group. She wrote this for SearchMobileComputing.com's newsletter, and I thought it might be of interest. Please feel free to post comments here or 0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend March 3, 2008  2:20 PM ‘Fourth Generation’?! Cisco responds to Wi-Fi whippersnappers Michael Morisy Profile: Michael Morisy A few hours after posting my story on Extricom's and Meru's approaches to wireless networking, I got an e-mail from Cisco expressing their disappointment in not getting to tell their "side of the... 0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend Forgot Password No problem! Submit your e-mail address below. We'll send you an e-mail containing your password. E-mail: Submit Your password has been sent to:cguarrera@techtarget.com