* Gates transitioning out, Ozzie steps in as chief software architect * Net managers struggle to manage VoIP effectively * Study: Sarbanes-Oxley forcing some companies to consider going private * Network vendors jump on HP's latest blade server product * Internet2 selects backbone provider for its new network * Today on Layer 8
Gates transitioning out, Ozzie steps in as chief software architect
Microsoft’s Bill Gates will leave his day-to-day duties at Microsoft in July 2008 to pursue his passion to fulfill the mission of helping less fortunate people throughout the world through the foundation he started with his wife. Click here for more.
Net managers struggle to manage VoIP effectively
Ensuring top performance on a converged network typically requires a blended management approach, which couples voice-specific monitoring tools that detect jitter, packet loss, delay and call quality, with traditional network management products providing a picture of device health, port configurations and network availability. Bringing such tools together gives users a more complete picture of how voice applications impact the data network – and vice versa. Click here for more.
Study: Sarbanes-Oxley forcing some companies to consider going private
Faced with the costs to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, some public companies are looking at going private, even though the costs fell slightly in 2005. Click here for more.
Network vendors jump on HP’s latest blade server product
Blade Network Technologies and Cisco this week piled onto HP’s latest blade server announcement, as the switch vendors each introduced Gigabit Ethernet switch modules for HP’s BladeSystem c-Class. Click here for more.
Internet2 selects backbone provider for its new network
Internet2 Thursday named Level 3 as its new network provider that will build its future backbone to support 10 times more capacity than the current network. Click here for more.
Today on Layer 8, where we’ll be stepping down in two years to run our foundation for underprivileged video gamers:
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