* New WLAN group shakes up standards process * Qwest repeats call for conditions in telecom mergers * Survey says software spending stable * Microsoft and Yahoo to link IM networks * CA CEO: Fixing CA could take three years * Today on Layer 8
With two groups of vendors deadlocked in the IEEE over the next wireless LAN standard, what do you do? Form a third group, apparently. Depending on who you talk to, this third group will either build bridges like nothing else can or drive in the final wedge. New wireless LAN group shakes up standards process http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101205-wlan-group.html?net&story=101205-wlan-group
With two groups of vendors deadlocked in the IEEE over the next wireless LAN standard, what do you do? Form a third group, apparently. Depending on who you talk to, this third group will either build bridges like nothing else can or drive in the final wedge.
New WLAN group shakes up standards process
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101205-wlan-group.html?net&story=101205-wlan-group
Qwest repeats call for conditions in telecom mergers
Having failed to take part of one of the telecom industry’s mega-mergers, Qwest is asking the government to be stern with the companies that were successful.
http://www.networkworld.com/edge/news/2005/101205-quest.html?net&story=101205-quest
Survey says software spending stable
IT budgets are generally stable, but companies are still looking for ways to reduce IT expenses, according to new research from Goldman Sachs.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101005-it-spending.html?net&story=101005-it-spending
Microsoft and Yahoo to link IM networks
Microsoft and Yahoo will make their respective consumer instant-messaging networks partly interoperable in the second quarter of next year, the companies announced Wednesday.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101205-microsoft-yahoo.html?net&story=101205-microsoft-yahoo
CA CEO: Fixing CA could take three years
John Swainson is approaching the one-year anniversary of his hiring as the top executive at Computer Associates. At CA’s software development facility Tuesday, he spoke with a group of reporters and editors from International Data Group, Network World and Computerworld’s parent company. The main topic was the status of his efforts to revamp the software vendor, which was wracked by an accounting scandal, multiple government investigations, weak revenue growth and the ouster of CEO Sanjay Kumar before Swainson’s arrival.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101105-ca-ceo.html?net&story=101105-ca-ceo
Today on Layer 8, the source for “news”:
We drool over the new video iPods – particularly the new all-black model; share some great news about the potential end to dish washing; fret about the use of RFID to track our every move; and shoot down the theory that riding a bike to work is practical. All that and more at:
http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8
