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1996: Ten years of NetworkWorld.com

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October 31, 2005 12:05 AM ET
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The landmark federal telecommunications reform act, intended in large part to spur local competition, went into effect - and one RBOC promptly bought another.

 

Java's Percolating
Third-party vendors begin rolling out apps for the Sun programming language.

Landma rk reform bill ushers in telecommunications free for all
Back then, there were still seven RBOCs.

ATM under the gun
ATM vendors peer into the future and don't like what they see: Competition from such technologies as Gigabit Ethernet.

WorldC om gets big
Company pays $14 billion for MFS, looks to beat rivals in end-to-end punch.

More:
SBC announces plans to merge with Pacific Telesis

Microsoft releases IE 3.0

Microsoft releases preview copies of NT Server 5.0

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Year that start ups were launched that went on to be household names

  • Juniper Networks
  • Extreme Networks
  • Foundry Networks
  • Netgear
  • Covad Communications
  • Packeteer
  • F5 Networks
  • Redback Networks
  • Marimba
  • Inktomi
  • Travelocity
  • Priceline
  • HotJobs
 
Riding the wave
NetworkWorld.com has grown with industry over ten years as ...

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