* Carriers to make hay on IP VPNs * The New Data Center: Where are we now? * ChoicePoint's error sparks talk of ID theft law * AT&T expands wired and wireless LAN coverage * Network World Renovator Award: Call for Entries * Today on Layer 8
IP VPNs are the new frame relay. Frame relay – which was originally positioned as a stepping stone to ATM – has enjoyed extraordinary popularity for a long time. People love it, and the only thing luring users away from frame is the IP VPN. Carriers smell the change in the air, and they’re ready to accelerate it. Carriers to make hay on IP VPNs http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022105-vpns.html?net Network World’s VPN Newsletter http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/vpn/index.html?net
IP VPNs are the new frame relay. Frame relay – which was originally positioned as a stepping stone to ATM – has enjoyed extraordinary popularity for a long time. People love it, and the only thing luring users away from frame is the IP VPN. Carriers smell the change in the air, and they’re ready to accelerate it.
Carriers to make hay on IP VPNs
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022105-vpns.html?net
Network World’s VPN Newsletter
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/vpn/index.html?net
The New Data Center: Where are we now?
If you’re not sure what “the new data center” is, you’re not alone. It goes by many names – adaptive, autonomic, on-demand, grid-like – and the multitude of names betrays the youth of the technology. Nevertheless, the new data center is taking shape, and Network World this week presents a comprehensive update on the overall goal as well as the piece parts: server consolidation, service-oriented architectures and frameworks like ITIL.
https://www.nwfusion.com/supp/2005/ndc1/022105status.html?net
ChoicePoint’s error sparks talk of ID theft law
The revelation last week that data collector ChoicePoint has mistakenly given private information on up to 145,000 U.S. residents to identity thieves has led to renewed calls in Washington, D.C., for a national data privacy law.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0223choicerror.html?net
AT&T expands wired and wireless LAN coverage
AT&T announced it has nearly quadrupled its wireless LAN locations and tripled its wired Ethernet locations in the past 12 months.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2005/0223attwire.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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