* Qwest to bid anew for MCI * My day with Deke at VoiceCon * RSA: Microsoft on 'rootkits': Be afraid. Be very afraid. * Cisco attends Juniper 'infranet' meeting * Today on Layer 8 * This week’s top 5 stories
So what if MCI already has agreed to let Verizon buy it? Qwest isn’t giving up. Qwest previously bid $8 billion for MCI, more than Verizon did. Now it is re-evaluating and resubmitting. Can Qwest woo MCI? Qwest to bid anew for MCI http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2005/0217qwest.html?net
So what if MCI already has agreed to let Verizon buy it? Qwest isn’t giving up. Qwest previously bid $8 billion for MCI, more than Verizon did. Now it is re-evaluating and resubmitting. Can Qwest woo MCI?
Qwest to bid anew for MCI
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2005/0217qwest.html?net
My day with Deke at VoiceCon
Network World’s Bob Brown wanted to take a trip to Orlando in the dead of winter, so he hitched a ride with network strategist Deke Kassabian to last week’s VoiceCon and recorded the man’s observations, questions and insights about the VoIP products and technologies at the show. Reading the story is like attending a trade show with a friend who really knows his stuff.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/021405widernetdeke.html?net
RSA: Microsoft on ‘rootkits’: Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Microsoft security researchers are warning about a new generation of powerful system monitoring programs, or “rootkits,” that are almost impossible to detect using current security products and that could pose a serious risk to corporations and individuals.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0217rsa-mic.html?net
Cisco attends Juniper ‘infranet’ meeting
Two representatives from Cisco this week for the first time attended a meeting of vendors and service providers brought together by rival Juniper to push for a secure and profitable public IP network.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2005/0217infracis.html?net
Today on Layer 8, where we say “Game on!”:
Britain #1 for illegal TV downloads; Microsoft’s “Parents’ primer to computer slang”; Web cam nabs burglar; and the New York Times loses its mind; 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. Cisco launches IPS offensive
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/021405-cisco-rsa.html?net
2. Verizon sweeps up MCI in $6.7 billion merger
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2005/0214verizsweep.html?net
3. Cisco eyes larger internal role for Linux desktops
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0216cislinux.html?net
4. RSA: Microsoft on ‘rootkits’: Be afraid. Be very afraid.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0217rsa-mic.html?net
5. Demo @ 15 spotlights security
https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2005/021405demomain.html?net
