FCC rules that VoIP carriers provide E911 as standard feature

05/25/05

Plus: Nortel teams with IBM on telecom and ECI Telecom acquires Laurel Networks

Meet the megas

02/23/05

Just keep them off the farm and from blocking calls.

Security is everyone's business

10/25/04

The point for all IT managers is clear: Network and security are no longer two distinct categories.

Nortel plans cost-cutting moves

08/04/04

Nortel plans to announce cost-cutting moves next month in an effort to rein in operating costs and boost profits.

Results are not in

06/11/04

Plus: MCI and Qwest reach wholesale pricing agreement and Riverstone adds new line of metro Ethernet routers.

Messaging goes mission critical

11/24/03

E-mail has become the primary medium for all business communications and continues to grow at an astounding rate.

VoIP drives network makeovers

09/01/03

It will take time for user companies and service providers to move from their legacy equipment and support systems. However, keep an eye out for products and technologies that will let you migrate to VoIP in a way that will protect your existing technology investments. Clinging to technologies based on the public switched telephone network will ultimately limit your company's competitiveness.

Secure start-ups will fare best in '03

02/24/03

It is always challenging to look out at a new year and predict which technology sectors will be most important to network managers and most promising for venture investors. The year ahead is particularly difficult because so many economic and political questions remain unresolved. However, here are my predictions