Our WAN and service provider e-mail news alert.
VBrick video appliance saves WAN bandwidth, 08/28/07: VBrick is introducing an appliance that can help businesses drastically reduce use of WAN bandwidth for company video presentations.
Podcast: Panasonic speeds up trans-Pacific file transfers, 08/27/07: With development teams in the U.S. and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic R&D, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance on this edition of Voices from IT Roadmap. (17:36)
Is the bloom off municipal Wi-Fi? Chicago scraps public wireless network, 08/29/07
Chicago flew in the face of the public wireless broadband movement today and killed off an $18.5 million Internet access system. And there are signs the rush to municipal Wi-Fi maybe be slowing. Chicago cited rising costs, spotty demand and uncooperative carriers as the main reasons for the cancellation of the rollout that would have covered the city’s 228 miles.
iPhone unlocking video hits Web, 08/29/07: A video showing the founder of a Belfast, Northern Ireland, company unlocking the iPhone hit the Web early Wednesday U.K. time as proof that software exists that can unlock Apple’s device for use with carriers other than AT&T.
Should you sue your wireless carrier?, 08/23/07: Sick and tired of bad service and bungled bills from your wireless carrier? Amazingly wireless carriers, anticipating discontent, covered their rear ends when you signed up for service. Verizon’s contract stipulates: “You agree that, by entering into this Agreement, you and AT&T are each waiving the right to a trial by jury or to participate in a class action.”
The TTL hack: Cisco Subnet blogger Jeff Doyle explains how to protect your network edge with TTL security.
The 300-page iPhone bill to disappear, 08/23/07: A week after the brouhaha of the 300-page iPhone bill and other customer complaints, AT&T Wireless has announced its new plan for handling iPhone billing.
Buy a mobile phone, 08/24/07: Work doesn’t stop just because you’ve left the office. If anything, you just multitask more. So it’s critical to get a mobile phone that can work as hard as you do. Today’s business handsets have made a massive evolutionary leap from the simple pocket talkers of yore, offering surprisingly effective solutions for managing your calendar, your contacts, and even your business data, no matter where you are. There is no single greatest handset for all users, but with a little bit of forethought, you can easily choose the best phone and service plan for your own business needs.
Protecting your network edge: Cisco Subnet blogger Jeff Doyle explains how to protect your network edge with reverse path forwarding.
A lesson for the future: Cisco Subnet’s From the Field blogger Michael Morris asks if two diverse LAN ports to every cube is more trouble than it’s worth.
