Here is this week's Editors' Choice; look for Readers' Choice later this week.
EDITORS’ CHOICE
From the front page of Network World
IEEE starts work on standards that could lead to 40G or even 100G Ethernet.
High tech helps solve mystery of ancient calculator
Results of a high-tech research project to be released next week promise to finally unravel much of the remaining mystery of a 2,000-year-old astronomical calculator.
Round 2: Testing Firefox 2 against IE 7our initial review of Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2 focused on cataloging their new features, this follow-up test put the new browsers through an extensive range of trials. These tests, of development standards conformance and page performance, were designed to show that browser choice can affect greatly how well users access Web content.
While
New feature: Article forums
You’re reading one of our articles and you want to make a point – or see what other folks have to say. Starting this week, you can. We’ve begun linking our articles to our community software. At the bottom of each articles (currently, those published in 2006), you’ll either see a form to start a discussion or a list of recent comments on it. You don’t have to register as a Community member to post; but if you do, your name will appear on your post, and you’ll be able to get e-mail notification of replies. Integrating the two systems proved an interesting technical challenge – site Executive Editor Adam Gaffin discusses.
In depth
We all hear people say that Cisco is the leader in networking or Microsoft is the leader in software. But what does it mean to be a leader?
Secure caller ID for VoIP
Session Initiation Protocol is used widely for the setup, teardown and management of VoIP calls. Much of its functionality is related to the setup of calls, as its name implies. Part of this setup involves the delivery of the caller’s identity so that the called party can decide how to treat the call – what is, essentially, Internet caller ID.
From the blogs and forums
Is Britain overrun by cybergangs? Paul McNamara ponders. The Alpha Doggs gasp at a survey that says people use the Internet to find science news. Mark Gibbs checks out an interesting little popup generator. We’re running a face-off this week on VPNs for mobile users – Do they need a specific mobile VPN or can existing SSL VPNs secure them? Tom Johnston of Netmotion Wireless argues for mobile VPNs; Hitesh Sheth of Juniper argues for existing SSL VPNs.
How to
Ron Nutter helps a user decide on the best backup for keeping VoIP-enabled branch offices connected. Andrew Lockhart looks at the possibilities of wireless driver exploits in the wild.
More news
VoIP pioneer details the importance of being SIP
Interactive Intelligence, an Indianapolis provider of VoIP software largely used in contact centers, is having a banner year. Sales are double what they were a year ago, which is validation for a pioneer in the use of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). Senior Editor Carolyn Duffy Marsan chatted with Interactive Intelligence CEO Don Brown.
Microsoft’s Ballmer rekindles Linux patent fears
For the second time in two years, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer last week played the patent infringement card against Linux and again set off a round of negative speculation and vendor clarifications.
10 telecom expense management companies to watch
Picking a telecom expense management vendor isn’t easy. After all, there are a 100 or more of them in North America alone, and none is public, making it difficult to peer into their financials.
10 telecom expense management companies to watch
Picking a telecom expense management vendor isn’t easy. After all, there are a 100 or more of them in North America alone, and none is public, making it difficult to peer into their financials.
IBM offers new single sign-on tool for SMBs
IBM has added a new single sign-on tool to its Tivoli software range to make life easier for small and medium-size businesses to link their Web sites with those of partners and customers.
Survey: ITIL’s ROI hard to measure
A survey released last week shows two-thirds of some 80 companies that have deployed an IT Infrastructure Library say they feel the process changes are delivering IT performance improvements, but most don’t have effective tools in place to measure the return on their investment.
