* Q&A: Nortel chief strategy officer discusses company's ambitions * McAfee buys security software maker Preventsys * Global Crossing rolls out service enhancements and network upgrades * GigaStor Probe analyzes remote Gigabit links with ease * VC reveals how network technologies get from universities to vendors to you * Buzzblog: Spreadsheet pioneer on 'getting Googled' * Today on Layer 8
Q&A: Nortel chief strategy officer discusses company’s ambitions
Three months ago, Nortel tapped George Riedel, Juniper’s strategy and business development chief, as its own chief strategy officer. It’s Riedel’s responsibility to establish the partnerships and investments that will deliver on CEO Mike Zafirovski’s stated goals for Nortel to have a 20% share or better in key markets, such as IPTV, IMS, WiMAX and Metro Ethernet. Riedel took some time at Globalcomm 2006 to discuss Nortel’s ambitions with Network World Managing Editor Jim Duffy. Read the full interview.
McAfee buys security software maker Preventsys
McAfee announced it has acquired Carlsbad, Calif., start-up Preventsys, which makes risk-management and compliance reporting software, for just under $10 million. Click here for more.
Global Crossing rolls out service enhancements and network upgrades
This week Global Crossing made a handful of announcements, including enhancements to its IP VPN, VoIP services and upgrades to its MPLS backbone. Click here for more.
GigaStor Probe analyzes remote Gigabit links with ease
Diagnosing network problems without analyzing or even inspecting the traffic related to the problem is always an exercise in speculation and guesswork. Network Instruments says its GigaStor probe is the answer. Click here for more.
VC reveals how network technologies get from universities to vendors to you
Noticing a drop-off in the number and impact of enterprise network start-ups in recent years, we’ve begun exploring network-oriented developments further down the pipeline, such as at universities and other labs. In recent weeks, we’ve spoken with a handful of industry players whose jobs include keeping track of university research that might make a difference in the market for networking and other products. Here’s the first in a series of stories we plan to publish over the next couple of weeks. Click here for more.
Buzzblog: Spreadsheet pioneer on ‘getting Googled’
Paul McNamara writes: When Dan Bricklin created the world’s first spreadsheet – VisiCalc debuted on the Apple II in 1979 – Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin were six years old and presumably mastering the intricacies of first-grade finger-painting. So the question sprang to mind this morning upon reading that Google now offers its own spreadsheet: What does Bricklin think of these young whippersnappers and their incursion onto the technology turf he defined? Click here for more.
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