* Avaya buys Traverse Networks to link cell phone users to corporate VoIP * Nortel reinforces SMB gear with stackable switches, VoIP * Communicating even when the network's down * The good, bad and ugly of a VoIP implementation * NYC telecom tour Day 3: Security, management steal the show * Twisted Pair Podcast * LinuxWorld Podcast * Buzzblog: DST snag; secure passports aren't; and film industry nightmare * Today on Layer 8
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Spam is up 80%, software patent ignites firestorm of controversy in higher education, HP looks to get its software house in order, and a review of Windows Vista final code shows security needs admin attention. Listen now.
Avaya buys Traverse Networks to link cell phone users to corporate VoIP
Avaya this week acquired Traverse Networks for $15 million and announced simplified pricing for its various VoIP software platforms – moves the vendor hopes will be a one-two punch against Cisco and Nortel in the mobility and collaboration arena. Click here for more.
Nortel reinforces SMB gear with stackable switches, VoIP
Nortel is trying to appeal to small-to-medium-sized businesses by introducing an array of stackable switches and by adding big-business phone features to its small-office IP PBX. Click here for more.
Communicating even when the network’s down
The quest for disruption-tolerant networks, or DTNs, is being driven by military, scientific and emergency-response wireless networks, which typically lack the connectivity, stability and predictability of conventional wired networks. Instead, researchers say, the hallmarks of a DTN are the very problems that quickly bring a conventional wireless network to its knees: frequent and unpredictable disconnects, changing nearby nodes and very long delays. The trade-off: it takes a lot longer to send and receive data over a DTN. Click here for more.
The good, bad and ugly of a VoIP implementation
Facing frequent outages in the DSL lines serving 50-plus corporate-owned Gold’s gyms, Bobby Badugu knew it was time for a significant network upgrade. After conducting due diligence in April into the various options – including satellite, frame relay and a different DSL provider – he opted for a carrier-provided VoIP service. That’s when the trouble began. Click here for more.
NYC telecom tour Day 3: Security, management steal the show
With all the new technology that’s changing the industry, someone has to secure and manage it. Thursday’s waltz through the last day of the UBS Warburg Global Communications conference here provided an overview of where some of the players in the network security and management marketplace are focusing their efforts. Click here for more.
Twisted Pair Podcast
Sure, Jason and Keith talk about the latest SANS Top 20 security threats, Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday, a potential problem with Daylight Savings Time, the Sony PS3, Zune and iPod’s on a plane, but can you name that Atari 2600 tune? Plus Twisted Pair Pigskin Pick’em. (53:24) Listen now.
LinuxWorld Podcast
It’s an eventful week for Linux news, with the GPL Java release making new levels of business integration possible. It’s also time to look at new tricks for an old editor. (3:11) Listen now.
Buzzblog: DST snag; secure passports aren’t; and film industry nightmare
It may be ironic that Sun’s JRE is messing up Daylight Saving Time, but IT pros aren’t laughing. The U.K.’s ‘super-secure’ RFID passports turn out to be neither super nor secure. And researchers stream the equivalent of 12 DVDs in 2 minutes – pirates rejoice.
Today on Layer 8, where we’d only camp out for our beloved Atari 2600:
Windows’ subway crash; the one PS3 review you need to see; L.A. groups urge citizens to tape police via their cell phones; and marshmallows and vegetables don’t mix; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
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