* Shake-up in telecom has users on edge * Show shines light on desktop Linux * HP unleashes WAN, LAN, wireless product launch * Dell'Oro: Fast switches, routers roar ahead * Network World Renovator Award: Call for Entries * Today on Layer 8
Merger announcements have rocked the carrier world in recent weeks – SBC and AT&T, Verizon (or Qwest) and MCI – but what does it all mean for enterprise companies? Will they be able to negotiate a better deal? Will they get more innovative services? Or less? This week’s story takes on these questions and more. Shake-up in telecom has users on edge http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022105-mci-verizon.html?net
Merger announcements have rocked the carrier world in recent weeks – SBC and AT&T, Verizon (or Qwest) and MCI – but what does it all mean for enterprise companies? Will they be able to negotiate a better deal? Will they get more innovative services? Or less? This week’s story takes on these questions and more.
Shake-up in telecom has users on edge
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022105-mci-verizon.html?net
Show shines light on desktop Linux
Linux devotees have been talking up Linux on the desktop for a long time, but it has always been hard for many shops to move away from Windows. Now, though, more IT managers than ever are fed up with supporting Windows desktops – one we interviewed recently used the word “nightmare” – and desktop Linux is starting to look mighty fine.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022105linuxworld.html?net
HP unleashes WAN, LAN, wireless product launch
HP this week is expected to make a three-pronged product launch to help users add lower-cost WAN connectivity to branch offices and improve security on wired and wireless LANs.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022105-hp-router.html?net
Dell’Oro: Fast switches, routers roar ahead
Large enterprises are starting to deploy more Gigabit Ethernet than Fast Ethernet to employees’ desktops, a generational shift that was about eight years in the making and driven by progressively lower prices, according to market research company Dell’Oro Group.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0218dellfast.html?net
Network World Renovator Award: Call for Entries
Have you overhauled your network and realized a substantial return on the investment, discovered a significant new business opportunity or found a creative way to leverage technology? If so, get in the running for Network World’s new Renovator Award, the top winners of which will be honored at a celebration in Las Vegas during the NetWorld+Interop conference, May 3-5. Entries will be judged by a panel of Network World editors, columnists and industry experts. Winners will be presented an award at the celebration and profiled in a subsequent Network World article. Stand up and be counted! Award Sponsor: Juniper Networkshttps://www.nwfusion.com/renovator2005.html?net
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