* Carriers are key to VoIP prominence * Massachusetts finalizes plans to phase out Office * User: Oracle upgrade goes smoothly * IT prepared for Hurricane Rita * The Buzz Issue * Today on Layer 8
Last week’s Fall VON 2005 Conference & Expo made it clear that carrier-based SIP trunking is the next big step that VoIP needs to take for success. Moving to such a technology would give businesses greater flexibility and enable more advanced applications. Carriers are key to VoIP prominence http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092605-von.html?net&story=092605-von
Last week’s Fall VON 2005 Conference & Expo made it clear that carrier-based SIP trunking is the next big step that VoIP needs to take for success. Moving to such a technology would give businesses greater flexibility and enable more advanced applications.
Carriers are key to VoIP prominence
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092605-von.html?net&story=092605-von
Massachusetts finalizes plans to phase out Office
The State of Massachusetts (or is it Commonwealth?) has finalized its plans to get away from Microsoft’s proprietary file formats for office documents. Will others follow suit?
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092305-states-office.html?net&story=092305-states-office
User: Oracle upgrade goes smoothly
For one longtime PeopleSoft customer, last year’s Oracle takeover came at an awkward time: The Center for Remote Enterprise Systems Hosting in Sioux Falls, S.D., was in the process of spinning out from Dakota State University, and was about to sign the first commercial contract for its hosted PeopleSoft applications services.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092605-oracle.html?net&story=092605-oracle
IT prepared for Hurricane Rita
“The information technologies’ help desk is currently closed due to weather conditions caused by Hurricane Rita, and the University of Houston Downtown has decided to close the university.”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092305-hurricane-rita.html?net&story=092305-hurricane-rita
The Buzz Issue
Our annual guide to the hot technologies stirring up the industry, from RFID and SOA to holographic storage and ransomware.
http://www.networkworld.com/buzz/2005/?net&story=buzzhome
Today on Layer 8, 9 of 10 in OT for 375 yards:
Microsoft to take on Google AdSense; headline of the day; the iPod nano’s fatal flaw; and the winner of our latest Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8
