* VoIP rollouts generate heat, power concerns * Microsoft acquires VoIP provider Teleo * Cell phone service takes a big hit in hurricane states * BMC acquires knowledge mgmt. company * IT director lends a hand in Thailand * Today on Layer 8
VoIP is spreading to many enthusiastic organizations – but those organizations are starting to see the flipside of VoIP. With VoIP, you need to run power to all those IP-enabled phones, and that raises all sorts of other issues. VoIP rollouts generate heat, power concerns http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905-poe-heat.html?net&story=082905-poe-heat
VoIP is spreading to many enthusiastic organizations – but those organizations are starting to see the flipside of VoIP. With VoIP, you need to run power to all those IP-enabled phones, and that raises all sorts of other issues.
VoIP rollouts generate heat, power concerns
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905-poe-heat.html?net&story=082905-poe-heat
Microsoft acquires VoIP provider Teleo
Microsoft is going after Skype, the popular Internet-based calling service. Its secret weapon is a start-up that’s fresh out of beta.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/083105-microsoft-teleo.html?net&story=083105-microsoft-teleo
Cell phone service takes a big hit in hurricane states
In the destructive aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, hundreds of repair crews from Verizon Wireless and Cingular Wireless are on standby to get into ravaged parts Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to repair waterlogged cell phone systems and equipment.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/083005-cell-phone-katrina.html?net&story=083005-cell-phone-katrina
BMC acquires knowledge mgmt. company
BMC Software Tuesday announced it had acquired a maker of knowledge management software in a deal that would equip BMC with service-desk capabilities that it plans to incorporate into its Remedy and Magic product suites.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/083005-bmc.html?net&story=083005-bmc
IT director lends a hand in Thailand
Hurricane Katrina’s devastation this week has brought home the power of Mother Nature to many in the U.S. Earlier this summer, Senior IT Director K.C. Tomsheck got a first-hand look at Mother Nature’s force abroad.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/083005-tsunami.html?net&story=083005-tsunami
Today on Layer 8, news for the nerdy set:
Digital photography changes the way we take pictures; the world’s worst network acronym; iTunes music phone set for launch; and will Google turn evil?; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
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