NetFlash: Cisco to juice 6500 switch

After two weeks of leave, it’s nice to be back. Many thanks to Sheryl Hodge for ably filling this space in my absence. While I was out it was revealed that Cisco’s Catalyst 6500 is about to get a backplane upgrade that will vault the switch’s capacity to well over a terabit per second. See our story for all the details. Cisco to juice 6500 switch http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/081505-cisco.html?net&story=081505-cisco

After two weeks of leave, it’s nice to be back. Many thanks to Sheryl Hodge for ably filling this space in my absence. While I was out it was revealed that Cisco’s Catalyst 6500 is about to get a backplane upgrade that will vault the switch’s capacity to well over a terabit per second. See our story for all the details.

Cisco to juice 6500 switch

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/081505-cisco.html?net&story=081505-cisco

Broadband rulings draw user concerns

Higher prices and less choice are the likely outcomes of recent FCC and Supreme Court decisions on DSL and cable modems. Unfortunately, those are technologies used by countless businesses for remote access to VPNs.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/081505-broadband-rulings.html?net&story=081505-broadband-rulings

LinuxWorld: Vendors open arms for open source

Systems vendors used the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo to show a deepening commitment to community-developed software, a trend that should help alleviate IT managers’ concerns about where they will find corporate support for Linux or open source deployments.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/081505-linuxworld.html?net&story=081505-linuxworld

Complete LinuxWorld coverage

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/linuxworld.html?net&story=linuxworld

IBM takes start-ups under wing

When it comes to selling products to big companies, young software companies face a Catch-22: Most corporations aren’t willing to bet on a business application that doesn’t have at least a few large customer references, yet those references will never materialize without some brave soul believing enough in a start-up to take a risk on its unproven software. IBM is out to change that.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/081505-ibm-startups.html?net&story=081505-ibm-startups

Today on Layer 8, curtain up, light the lights:

Google Print project on hold; man thinks gaming skills will get him out of police chase; Tivo to trial ‘Net TV downloads; and the winner of the latest Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

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