NetFlash: Fight for regulatory changes, Powell tells VoIP providers

Opinion
Mar 9, 20052 mins

* Fight for regulatory changes, Powell tells VoIP providers * VCs debate over network industry funding * Microsoft pulls together real-time client, server and service * IT service management software introduced * Call for entries * Today on Layer 8

At this week’s Voice on the Net trade show, FCC Chairman Michael Powell told a crowd of VoIP enthusiasts to be sure to continue giving the FCC a hard time. What does he care? He’s leaving. Fight for regulatory changes, Powell tells VoIP providers http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2005/0308fccpowell.html?net More VON news http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/von2005.html?net

At this week’s Voice on the Net trade show, FCC Chairman Michael Powell told a crowd of VoIP enthusiasts to be sure to continue giving the FCC a hard time. What does he care? He’s leaving.

Fight for regulatory changes, Powell tells VoIP providers

https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2005/0308fccpowell.html?net

More VON news

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VCs debate over network industry funding

Meanwhile, at the Network Ventures conference, venture capitalists – the string-pullers of the world of technology start-ups – talked about why they don’t want to invest in network management companies anymore. Bonus: the “impending doomsday scenario with VoIP.”

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0308netventures.html?net

Microsoft pulls together real-time client, server and service

Microsoft Tuesday officially named its new real-time client that is the desktop focal point for its corporate real-time communications and collaboration infrastructure, and upgraded both its instant messaging/presence server and its Web conferencing service.

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IT service management software introduced

MRO Software last week unveiled a suite of products the company says will help IT managers identify and align IT assets with IT services.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0308mros.html?net

Call for entries

Network World and AFCOM, the leading association for data center professionals, have teamed to honor innovative IT managers and cutting-edge data centers with our New Data Center Awards. Go to https://www.nwfusion.com/NDCawards to enter now for these awards: Data Center Manager of the Year, Data Center of the Year, and Secure Data Center. Entry deadline is March 18.

https://www.nwfusion.com/NDCawards

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More “24” technology product placement; Clearswift offers free threat assessment tools; AOL to launch VoIP service; and are bloggers journalists?: all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

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