* Also: Nortel names new CTO; and Cisco unveils products for cable operators
IDG News Service reports that Verizon is working to recover recordings of approximately 1.5 million 911 calls and radio communications accidentally deleted by a subcontractor during an upgrade of 911 equipment at the Massachusetts State Police Headquarters. According to Verizon, a technician at Needham, Mass.-based Dictronics was doing a planned upgrade last week of a digital recorder used for 911 emergency calls and radio communications between troopers and headquarters. After the work, Verizon officials were informed by the state police that up to 11 months’ worth of recordings — both calls and data — were no longer accessible. Verizon said a preliminary analysis indicates that the incident may have been the result of an error by a Dictronics technician.
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Nortel named industry veteran John Roese as its CTO. Roese joins Nortel from Broadcom, where he was vice president and CTO for networking technologies. Previously, he was executive vice president and CTO at Enterasys Networks, and CTO of Enterasys predecessor Cabletron. At Nortel, Roese will lead technology strategy for a company with more than 12,000 engineers and developers.
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Cisco this week unveiled products for cable operators selling services to small and midsized businesses and enterprises with branch operations. The Cisco Integrated Business Service offering consists of a Cisco 815 Cable Integrated Services Router (ISR) and WAN interface cards for the company’s 3800, 2800, 1800 and 800 series of ISRs. They integrate a cable modem with a router for deployment of business services, obviating the need to install both devices separately.
