* Three CIOs share tips for advancing in your profession * Nortel to enhance its Ethernet derivative * New WiMAX products raise stakes in looming 4G battle * Top IT companies embracing virtual reality * FCC pushes off AT&T/BellSouth decision again
Create your own career destiny
This week, three CIOs share tips for advancing in your profession. Bill Leo began his career putting paper in printers at a Fortune 100 firm. Greg Morrison started out as a commissioned officer doing project management in the Army Signal Corps. And Scott Townsend used a background in economics as a springboard into IT. Although each started at entry level, all three men are now CIOs. Their key to success: creating their own career destiny. Click here for more.
Nortel to enhance its Ethernet derivative
Nortel will enhance a proprietary technology for improving the performance of Ethernet as part of its emphasis on becoming a leading supplier of metro Ethernet systems for carriers. Click here for more.
New WiMAX products raise stakes in looming 4G battle
Looking around the exhibit hall floor at this year’s WiMAX World conference, you could see something new. Products. Lots of them. Click here for more.
Top IT companies embracing virtual reality
Among the space stations and vampire castles in the virtual world of Second Life, a new kind of development is emerging: IT expo. Last week IBM, Intel and Sun separately staged events in the virtual world, which boasts a population of nearly 900,000. Click here for more.
FCC pushes off AT&T/BellSouth decision again
The FCC Friday pushed off a planned vote on the proposed AT&T and BellSouth merger. According to printed sources, the FCC is deadlocked, with half the commissioners voting for and the other half against the deal. This is the second time in one week that the FCC pushed off its vote. It was expected to make a decision on the merger Thursday. Click here for more.
News podcast: Network World 360
This week: What Microsoft’s anti-piracy plan means for network managers, Force10 Networks brings its technology to the wiring closet, Array’s SSL innovation, Nielsen Ratings adapts to mobile video technology, and why Hanna, Alberta, is more advanced than your town. (11:46) Listen now.
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