* AT&T: Fall of an icon * Chevron has had it with passwords * Level 3, Cogent resolve peering spat, renew deal * From IMS to fiber, RBOCs tout promise of next-gen services * Trend Micro, eSoft tout anti-spyware products * Today on Layer 8
Interviews with former AT&T insiders, regulators, analysts and other observers concluded one thing: It didn’t have to end this way. Ed Block knew the future was bleak. “What the hell do we do now?” he asked himself when AT&T agreed to the 1984 consent decree that broke up the company and gave birth to the regional Bell operating companies, one of which, SBC, is finalizing its $16 billion acquisition of AT&T. AT&T: Fall of an icon http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/103105-att.html?net&story=103105-att
Interviews with former AT&T insiders, regulators, analysts and other observers concluded one thing: It didn’t have to end this way.
Ed Block knew the future was bleak. “What the hell do we do now?” he asked himself when AT&T agreed to the 1984 consent decree that broke up the company and gave birth to the regional Bell operating companies, one of which, SBC, is finalizing its $16 billion acquisition of AT&T.
AT&T: Fall of an icon
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/103105-att.html?net&story=103105-att
Chevron has had it with passwords
Chevron early next year plans to eliminate the last of 50,000 network passwords, finalizing a transition to a smart card-based system designed to dramatically increase security and privacy while cutting costs.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/103105-chevron.html?net&story=103105-chevron
Level 3, Cogent resolve peering spat, renew deal
Two feuding top-tier ISPs Friday said they have struck a deal to renew their traffic exchange agreement and avert a repeat of a showdown that blacked out connections between their customers earlier this month. Level 3 Communications and Cogent Communications have agreed on what they called a “modified” version of their original peering arrangement.
http://www.networkworld.com/edge/news/2005/102805-cogent-level3.html?net&story=102805-cogent-level3
From IMS to fiber, RBOCs tout promise of next-gen services
Look for the RBOCs to sidestep a number of technological obstacles and make significant progress on IP Multimedia Subsystems, wireless broadband and fiber-based video initiatives over the next year.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/103105-cto.html?net&story=103105-cto
Trend Micro, eSoft tout anti-spyware products
This week Trend Micro and eSoft plan to unveil products aimed at helping customers combat spyware. Trend Micro’s focus will be on desktops and servers, while eSoft’s will be on appliance-based gateway filtering of spyware.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/103105-spyware.html?net&story=103105-spyware
Today on Layer 8, out searching for the Great Pumpkin:
AOL IM worm on the loose; hurricane victims MREs appear on eBay; people confused by gadgets, but love them anyway; and the winner of our latest Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
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