* Alcatel chosen for $300 million voice/data network upgrade to replace Cisco * Microsoft lays out Longhorn, PowerShell and application management roadmaps * FaceTime adds Web filtering to real-time communication security * Dust Networks puts wireless sensor network on single chip * Cisco to buy Ethernet chipmaker Greenfield * Open source directions: IBM’s Bob Sutor on best practices * Buzzblog: Hey, Bank of America, you're No. 1… in downtime * Today on Layer 8
Alcatel chosen for $300 million voice/data network upgrade to replace Cisco
Reviewing purchase orders for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s recently announced $300 million net upgrade, one might think the organization was quitting healthcare to become a telco carrier. That’s not in UPMC’s plans, of course. What is scheduled for the next four years is the installation of a carrier-class optical and edge MPLS network from Alcatel, with converged, high-speed IP voice and data services extending all the way down to the organization’s 66,000 end users. Click here for details.
Microsoft lays out Longhorn, PowerShell and application management roadmaps
On the heels of the completion of Vista and Office, Microsoft Tuesday opened its annual IT Forum conference by confirming the roadmap for the next beta of Longhorn Server, announcing the release of its long-awaited PowerShell command line tool, and unveiling a host of new and upcoming releases of platform and application management tools. Click here for more.
FaceTime adds Web filtering to real-time communication security
FaceTime Communications Monday announced a new product designed to let IT managers secure and manage both Web and real-time applications with a single set of policies. Click here for more.
Dust Networks puts wireless sensor network on single chip
Dust Networks this week introduced a simpler, less expensive wireless sensor network with a new chip. Click here for more.
Cisco to buy Ethernet chipmaker Greenfield
Cisco plans to add switch-silicon vendor Greenfield Networks to its arsenal for metro Ethernet, a technology many service providers are now rolling out for business customers. Click here for more.
Open source directions: IBM’s Bob Sutor on best practices
Bob Sutor, vice president of open source and standards at IBM, sat down with Network World Senior Editor Deni Connor to discuss the relationship between intellectual property and open source. The discussion ranged from how a company can balance open source and proprietary software development to what Novell and Microsoft are doing. Click here for the full interview.
Buzzblog: Hey, Bank of America, you’re No. 1… in downtime
Bank of America’s Web site, with 20 million customers and a raft of industry awards, ranks dead last among 43 banks in terms of site availability for September and October, according to an uptime monitoring service. BoA’s site was down for a total of two days and three hours over that span. Meanwhile, a couple of banks were logging spotless records. Click here for more.
Today on Layer 8, where we wonder if it’s time for egg nog yet:
Penthouse for geeks; don’t sing for your company; NW sweeps week underway again; and the start of our Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
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