* Cable companies intensify enterprise service ambitions * Can IBM Tivoli make the most of its software riches? * Microsoft unveils Vista upgrade program for holiday buyers * Case study: Fallon Clinic follows network overhaul with management upgrade * Program to wean developers off Coke and pizza * Buzzblog: Wakeup call on male infertility? * Today on Layer 8
Cable companies intensify enterprise service ambitions
For Comcast, it’s reportedly $3 billion to $5 billion in five to seven years. For Cablevision, it’s $1.5 billion in two years. And for Cox, it’s $1 billion in four years. These are revenue targets cable companies say they can achieve from selling phone, data and other services to corporate customers. Indeed, cable multisystem operators are increasingly investing in and targeting enterprise businesses to broaden their market and take competition with the phone companies beyond the residential market. Click here for more.
Can IBM Tivoli make the most of its software riches?
IBM’s Tivoli software group has a big opportunity to address growing demand for management products by small and midsize businesses and by companies with converged networks, but first it needs to sort out all the new technologies IBM has obtained via acquisitions and make its selection of offerings better known to customers. Click here for more.
Microsoft unveils Vista upgrade program for holiday buyers
Confirming what might have been this year’s worst kept secret, Microsoft Tuesday said users who buy PCs this holiday season loaded with Windows XP will get coupons for free or discounted upgrades to Vista when it ships next year. Click here for more.
Case study: Fallon Clinic follows network overhaul with management upgrade
Fallon Clinic spent $24 million on a network upgrade, and Susan Paul was darned sure that money would be well spent. The director of IT infrastructure followed the 2005 network upgrade – from a small 256Kpbs frame relay connection to 10Mbps Ethernet-like transparent LAN service to 26 locations – with another investment in network management software. Read the full case study and see our interview with Susan Paul.
Program to wean developers off Coke and pizza
Altiris in Australia has introduced an innovative staff program to try and wean the company’s software developers off Coke and pizza. Click here for more.
Buzzblog: Wakeup call on male infertility?
Hey, fellas, never mind swapping the tighty-whities for boxers if you’re looking to give your little swimmers a leg up in the fertility lottery: New research suggests that you try stowing the cell phone in your underwear drawer instead of leaving it attached to your ear – or in your pants pocket – 24/7. Click here for more.
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Microsoft employee complains about Microsoft customer service; Geeks invade Kentucky; computer defeats text messaging champ; and how Microsoft is trying to get you to buy a PC this holiday season; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
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