Phil Hochmuth

Senior Editor, Infrastructure

 

phochmuth@nww.com (508) 490-6442 Fax: (508) 490-6438

Network World, Inc. 118 Turnpike Road Southborough, MA 01772

Recent articles by Hochmuth

Web 2.0 meets the enterprise: complications ensue
May. 24, 2007
"Web 2.0 creep" going on inside the corporate firewall is challenging enterprise networks to handle the real-time demands and bursty nature of the latest collaboration and social networking software, according to IT ...

Slideshow: 3Com launches security boxes for SMBs
May. 21, 2007
Take a closer look at 3Com's unified threat management gear for small and midsize enterprises that is introducing at the Interop show this week.

A closer look at Foundry's high-density WLAN gear
Mar. 19, 2007
Take a closer look at Foundry's high-density WLAN gear and location-tracking software

VoiceCon: Users' VoIP plans, products and deployments vary widely
Mar. 08, 2007
IP telephony is working its way into all types of enterprises, with the products and deployment plans varying as widely as the companies using the technology.

Cisco + Nokia
Feb. 13, 2007
Take an in-depth look at Cisco and Nokia's push for Wi-Fi VoIP/cellular convergence.

Ethernet inventor makes the Inventors Hall of Fame
Feb. 08, 2007
Ethernet is right up there with magnetic resonance imaging, the LP record, air bags, and soft contact lenses. So says the National Inventors Hall of Fame, which included Bob Metcalfe, inventor of the ubiquitous LAN ...

Report: Almost half of users will move to Linux for critical apps in 4 years - Network ...
Jan. 08, 2007
A new study says more businesses plan on using Linux servers to host their most critical applications and services.

Linux happenings in 2007
Jan. 03, 2007
This year promises to be a big one for Linux, at least according to predictions by analysts and pundits in the early part of this decade. Some examples:

Praxon adds voice recognition
Dec. 11, 2000
Praxon last week announced it would bundle voice recognition cards from iVoice in its Phone Data Exchange line of converged phone servers.

IP telephony in a neat package
Dec. 11, 2000
Alcatel has released an IP voice product bundle intended to help midsize businesses and enterprise branch office users ease into packetized telephony.

Allied Telesyn delves deeper into Layer 3
Dec. 04, 2000
New switch/router and LAN switch products offer Layer 3 for less; company introduces Gigabit Ethernet NIC.

Cisco and partners provide roaming broadband access to road warriors
Nov. 15, 2000
Search / Docfinder: Advanced search | Help | Site map RESEARCH CENTERS Applications Careers Convergence Data Center LANs Net/Systems Mgmt. NOSes Outsourcing Routers/Switches Security Service Providers ...

Early copper Gigabit users rave on the technology
Nov. 13, 2000
Early adopters of 1000Base-T say it saves on wiring costs vs. using fiber while improving network bandwidth.

Jayshree Ullal: Ever the entrepreneur
Dec. 26, 2005
Cisco executive Jayshree Ullal discusses her entrepreneurial career.

Security experts urge a 'say yes' mindset
Dec. 19, 2005
Being an IT security specialist requires a close understanding of business goals, a dose of salesmanship and a willingness to say yes to projects even if it means dealing with new risks, top network security ...

Carriers must take control of their broadband, IPTV services, Cisco says
Dec. 12, 2005
As “over-the-top” broadband services such Vonage and Skype proliferate, Cisco last week said broadband carriers must prioritize and ensure quality of service for their applications tied to access services, such as voice ...

Northrop Grumman to deliver IP conferencing net to DoD
Dec. 05, 2005
The U.S. Department of Defense last week picked Northrop Grumman to build its $51 million IP videoconference network, based on hardware and software from Cisco and Radvision, network services from AT&T and technology ...

Behind Cisco's Hosted Small Business Services initiative: One observer's view - Network ...
Nov. 14, 2005
One of the leveling factors in small business, consumer and enterprise network technology is the commoditization of LAN/WAN gear and the chips built into such products, says Frank Dzubeck, president of Communication ...

EBay bid shows promise of VoIP
Sep. 19, 2005
The $2.6 billion purchase of Skype last week by eBay further cements VoIP as an industry-altering business technology. The deal raises the public profile of VoIP just as Fall VON 2005 opens its doors this week in Boston ...

IP PBX maker to launch wireless phone
Jul. 25, 2005
Zultys Technologies this week is expected to announce a wireless IP phone aimed at users of the company's SIP-based IP PBX and other gear based on the VoIP standard.

Cisco covets anti-spam role
Jul. 18, 2005
Cisco appears poised to initiate more action in the anti-spam arena, having just jumped into a standards fray where the industry's top hardware vendor normally wouldn't be found.

Cisco announces management shifts
Jul. 11, 2005
Cisco last week promoted Charles Giancarlo to chief development officer, a year after he was named CTO and president of Cisco's Linksys division.

Cisco takes aim at surging XML, RFID traffic
Jun. 20, 2005
With a multi-product launch expected this week, Cisco will attempt to address two growing areas of concern for network architects: managing the expected explosion of XML and RFID traffic.

Cisco hedging its bets with WLAN game plan
May. 02, 2005
Interop attendees will see both product lines this week, including Airespace switches and thin access points sporting Cisco colors and labels. They'll also see a new line of routers that double as WLAN access points, ...

The spin on Cisco's latest acquisition
Apr. 25, 2005
With its acquisition of Topspin Communications last week, Cisco is leaping deeper into the corporate data center beyond its traditional role as a high-speed Ethernet switch vendor.