NetFlash: Bring on the wireless apps

Users had a clear focus at last week’s WiMAX World conference: They wanted to know more about cost-effective, reliable, licensed wireless broadband for applications such as backhaul, access to wireline network services and data backup/recovery. Bring on the wireless apps, users tell WiMAX World http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/103105-wimax.html?net&story=103105-wimax

Users had a clear focus at last week’s WiMAX World conference: They wanted to know more about cost-effective, reliable, licensed wireless broadband for applications such as backhaul, access to wireline network services and data backup/recovery.

Bring on the wireless apps, users tell WiMAX World

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/103105-wimax.html?net&story=103105-wimax

Level 3 to acquire WilTel / FCC okays telecom mergers with conditions

Consolidation of the U.S. telecommunications industry continued Monday when Level 3 agreed to acquire WilTel for approximately $700 million. Meanwhile, the FCC approved two giant telecommunications mergers with conditions that include holding some rates steady and offering “naked” DSL broadband service.

Level 3 to acquire WilTel

http://www.networkworld.com/edge/news/2005/103105-level3-wiltel.html?net&story=103105-level3-wiltel

FCC okays telecom mergers with conditions

http://www.networkworld.com/edge/news/2005/103105-telecom-merger.html?net&story=103105-telecom-merger

ScriptLogic spices management tool with inventory, patching, anti-spyware

ScriptLogic today plans to release the next version of its desktop management software that adds inventory, management, and security controls to the platform.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/103105-scriptlogic-desktop-authority.html?net&story=103105-scriptlogic-desktop-authority

Tasman aims at beating Cisco with lower-cost router

Tasman Networks this week plans to debut a router line aimed at matching Cisco’s Integrated Services Routers on performance and beating them on price.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/103105-tasman-router.html?net&story=103105-tasman-router

Radio: Verity and enterprise search

Verity has been in the business of enterprise search for quite some time. Recently, the company launched Version 6.0 of its K2 Enterprise product that targets special applications that require a lot of heavy data lifting. Joining us to discuss the release and the enterprise search market in general is Verity Chief Marketing Officer Nicole Eagan. Listen in:

http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/1031radio.html?net&story=1031radio

Today on Layer 8, where we’re wondering which house gave us the black licorice:

What to do once your gadget is obsolete; Apple sells a ridiculous number of video downloads; Ford Motor rolls the mobile office; and the start 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