* Nortel's 10G switch deals Cisco a blow * Test: Should IE stay or should IE go? * Offsite security complicates compliance * Novell CTO sets exit plan on eve of user conference * IDC on Linux and mobile devices * Deadline extended * Today on Layer 8
Last week we brought you the story of how Nortel won a large contract with the City of San Jose, in Cisco’s backyard. This week we tell you how the company did it – and it involves a new 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch set to debut next month. Nortel’s 10G switch deals Cisco a blow http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/032105-nortel.html?net
Last week we brought you the story of how Nortel won a large contract with the City of San Jose, in Cisco’s backyard. This week we tell you how the company did it – and it involves a new 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch set to debut next month.
Nortel’s 10G switch deals Cisco a blow
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/032105-nortel.html?net
Test: Should IE stay or should IE go?
This is the match-up you’ve all been waiting for. In this corner, weighing in at more than 90% market share, the heavyweight browser champion of the world – Microsoft Internet Explorer. In the far corner, the newcomer weighing in at an impressive 25 million downloads, Mozilla Foundation’s Firefox browser. Ding ding.
https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2005/032105ie.html?net
Offsite security complicates compliance
Offsite security conditions are always a factor to consider when a company enters an outsourcing deal, but regulatory initiatives are raising the stakes.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/032105-sas70.html?net
Novell CTO sets exit plan on eve of user conference
Just days before the kickoff of Novell ‘s annual BrainShare user conference, its CTO this week disclosed plans to leave the company at the end of the month to become the general manager of a software business unit at another IT vendor.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0318novelctos.html?net
IDC on Linux and mobile devices
Last week we ventured in to Boston for IDC’s Directions 2005 conference, where we met up with Jean Bozman, research vice president for the enterprise computing group, to talk about Linux in the data center, and Kevin Burden, program manager for mobile devices, to look at the future of the phones and PDAs we carry. Listen in:
https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2005/0321radio.html?net
Deadline extended
Remember how I said Friday was the deadline for our New Data Center Awards? I found out later that the deadline has been extended til this Wednesday. Who says you don’t get a second chance? Here are the details: 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.
https://www.nwfusion.com/NDCawards
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