* Renewed 3Com router push has open source slant * 10 VoIP companies to watch * Symantec to buy asset management software maker Altiris * Clothing-optional telecommuting * How Schwab shuts out hackers * YouTube may share revenue with users * Today on Layer 8
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Renewed 3Com router push has open source slant
3Com this week plans to make a fresh run at Cisco and Juniper with an enterprise network strategy focused on embedding security, management and VoIP services from itself and others into its routers and switches. Click here for more.
10 VoIP companies to watch
It’s a given that with time VoIP will replace traditional voice technology in corporate networks. Sales of IP phone systems have surpassed those of traditional PBXs, and business VoIP will exceed traditional voice by 2010, according to IDC. In the meantime, companies will need technology to make the transition smoothly and expand VoIP to wireless phones, handhelds, laptops and other devices. Here is a list of 10 companies that warrant attention as the business environment shifts its voice technology. Click here for more.
Symantec to buy asset management software maker Altiris
Symantec will acquire Altiris, a maker of asset management software for mobile devices and other hardware, for $830 million, the companies said Monday. Click here for more.
Clothing-optional telecommuting
We’ve all heard the jokes about what our colleagues who work from home are wearing – or not. For Tom Mulhall, though, telecommuting sans clothing is no joke. Rather, it’s good business. The owner (along with his wife) of The Terra Cotta Inn resort and spa in Palm Springs, Calif., Mulhall wrote to us this week “just wearing a smile” to say 80% of their guests bring laptops and work poolside. Click here for more.
How Schwab shuts out hackers
It’s a simple promise that Charles Schwab & Co. makes to its customers, but one with security ramifications that ripple throughout the company: “Schwab will cover 100% of any losses in any of your Schwab accounts due to unauthorized activity.” What the pledge means in practice is that security extends to every corner of the Schwab organization. Click here for more.
YouTube may share revenue with users
Video-sharing site YouTube may start paying users for their content, the company’s cofounder said in a video displayed on the site. Click here for more.
Today on Layer 8, where we make you feel warm, but not this warm:
In today’s “what the *%#&% were they thinking category,” I give you The Silent Guardian, a device – or gun, really – that uses wave technology to heat skin to an intolerable level, thus causing anyone within the vicinity to flee the area. Fast. Raytheon, which developed the device, says it offers “less-than-lethal directed energy protection” and can repel individuals or crowds without causing injury. At your home for not-just-networking news.
