* Security's inseparable couple: Alice and Bob * Two VoIP case studies from VoiceCon * Sprint’s plans for 2005 * First National Bank of Omaha throws Sun out * Today on Layer 8 * This week’s top 5 stories
“Today, nobody remembers I invented Strong Primes, but everyone knows me as the guy who wrote the story of Alice and Bob,” says the guy who wrote the story of Alice and Bob, and also did something or other related to cryptography. In this week’s Wider Net, Network World takes a look at where Alice and Bob came from, and how they grew to be rock stars in the security world. Security’s inseparable couple: Alice and Bob http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/020705widernetaliceandbob.html?net
“Today, nobody remembers I invented Strong Primes, but everyone knows me as the guy who wrote the story of Alice and Bob,” says the guy who wrote the story of Alice and Bob, and also did something or other related to cryptography. In this week’s Wider Net, Network World takes a look at where Alice and Bob came from, and how they grew to be rock stars in the security world.
Security’s inseparable couple: Alice and Bob
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/020705widernetaliceandbob.html?net
Two VoIP case studies from VoiceCon
Earlier this week we brought you VoIP deployment strategies from Bank of America. Now Lehman Bros. and Merrill Lynch separately talk about their own VoIP challenges and strategies.
Lehman Bros. brings IP telephony development in house
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0210lehman.html?net
Merrill Lynch taps Avaya, Cisco for separate VoIP projects
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0210merrill.html?net
Sprint’s plans for 2005
Sprint this week laid out its strategic direction for 2005, which includes executing on its wireless data network deployment, expanding its business services and seeing its Nextel merger through.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2005/0210sprint2005.html?net
First National Bank of Omaha throws Sun out
First National Bank of Omaha said this week that it’s nearing completion of a complete changeout of its distributed server infrastructure for a mainframe and blade-server architecture based on Linux. While only 80% complete, the move is already expected to save the company $1.8 million this year in operating expenses and another $9.6 million through 2011.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0210firstnatio.html?net
Today on Layer 8, where we’re Fiorina-free today:
SF school tags kids, parents protest; Boston adds Wi-Fi to subway system; where to get a Gmail invite; Billboard now charts music downloads; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net
This week’s top 5 stories so far:
1. HP board dismisses Fiorina
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0209fioristeps.html?net
2. SBC / AT&T seen as only the first act
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/020705-att-sbc.html?net
3. VoIP vendors to ‘converge’ on show
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/020705voicecon.html?net
4. Thirteen patches planned in next Microsoft security update
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0204thirtpatch.html?net
5. Bank of America breaks down its VoIP deployment
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0208bofa.html?net
