Chairman Powell’s last hurrah

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In his last outing as FCC chairman, Michael Powell at VON Spring 2005 Wednesday urged equipment vendors and service providers to keep pressing for regulatory changes to help drive competition in the VoIP world. One service provider at the show said some of the rules for the VoIP industry were still fuzzy and that Powell, who leaves his post at the end of the month, should himself press for certain decisions to be made before he vacates his chair.

* BREAKING NEWS FROM VON SPRING 2005, SAN JOSE:

All the latest headlines from VON Spring 2005:

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/von2005.html?net

VON: AOL readies VoIP service, 03/08/05

There’s a new VoIP provider on the scene: America Online.

https://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2005/0308aol.html?nl

Fight for regulatory changes, Powell tells VoIP providers, 03/08/05

Outgoing FCC Chairman Michael Powell urged VoIP equipment vendors and service providers at VON Spring 2005 to keep pressing for the regulatory changes they need to succeed.

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

VON: Voice over Wi-Fi needs cellular component, speakers say, 03/08/05

Voice over Wi-Fi must include Wi-Fi-to-cellular roaming to succeed, according to speakers at the VON Spring 2005 conference.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0308vwlan.html?nl

VoIP apps take center stage at VON, 03/07/05

VoIP applications for businesses, including call center programs, multimedia conferencing and IP Centrex, will be dominant themes at this week’s Spring VON 2005 conference.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/030705von.html?nl

* BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORK VENTURES, REDWOOD CITY, CALIF.:

VCs debate over network industry funding, 03/08/05

Companies continue to struggle with how to best manage and secure their networks, but that doesn’t mean start-ups addressing these issues are necessarily going to get the funding they need to get off the ground.

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

* NEWS FROM SHARE (IBM USER GROUP), ANAHEIM, CALIF.:

Share at 50: IBM users still sticking together, 03/07/05

Twice a year the Button Man dons his lab coat, weighted down with pins, for a singalong with a few hundred other crooners who share a common affinity for IBM technology.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/030705widernetshare.html>nl

Early adopters share tips at IBM event, 03/07/05

Finding hiccups in pre-release code is a labor of love for Martha McConaghy. “Our philosophy is, if we find the bugs, you won’t have to,” says McConaghy, who is systems, network and operations manager at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Plus it keeps work interesting, she says.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/030705share.html?nl

* UPCOMING TRADE SHOWS (March., April, May)

CTIA Wireless 2005

March 14-16, New Orleans

https://www.wow-com.com/conventions_events/index.cfm

CeBIT 2005

March 10-16, Hannover, Germany

https://www.cebit.de/homepage_e?x=1

Novell BrainShare 2005

March 20-25, Salt Lake City, Utah

https://www.novell.com/brainshare/

Gartner Outsourcing Summit

April 4-6, Los Angeles

https://www4.gartner.com/2_events/conferences/std8.jsp

Gartner Wireless and Mobile Summit

April 11-13, Orlando, Fla.,

https://www4.gartner.com/2_events/conferences/ra8.jsp

CAworld 2005

April 17-21, Orlando, Fla.

https://ca.com/caworld/2005/speaker_info/agreement.htm

WinHEC

April 25-27, Seattle, Wash.,

https://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winhec/default.mspx

Network+Interop Las Vegas 2005

May 1-6, Las Vegas

https://www.interop.com/

GigaWorld IT Forum

May 2-5, Dallas, Texas

https://www.forrester.com/Events/Overview/0,5158,833,00.html

* FREE NETWORK WORLD TECHNOLOGY TOURS:

Network Management/IT Automation and the Agile Enterprise: Tools to bridge the gap

March 22-31, various cities

What ultimately makes the agile enterprise agile? The sudden recognition there’s a dangerous gap between what the enterprise expects and the technology you need when a disaster strikes. Or an opportunity looms. Or competitive pressures push your network to the limit. You’ll takeaway solutions in 7 key management areas …

https://www.nwfusion.com/events/networkmanagement/index.html

Wireless & Mobility: Commanding broadband everywhere

March 21-31, various cities

Just when technology solves the complexities of anytime-anywhere wireless broadband, enterprises are suddenly paralyzed by uncertainty as they face crucial decision points about their own wireless networks. Which devices? Which apps? Which technologies? And why? Wireless & Mobility: Commanding Broadband Everywhere is the breakthrough event with the answers you’ve been waiting for. 

https://www.nwfusion.com/events/wirelessandmobility/index.html

Remote Office Networking: Bringing the enterprise together

April 5-14, various cities

It’s kind of like wanting a Snickers bar, then reading the fat content on the wrapper. The enterprise wants Remote Office Networking, but it’s reluctant to deal with the cost, security and control issues. They’re hungry for flexibility, but dread exposure to hackers. They’ve got to have more user productivity, but resist the expense of supporting far-flung workgroups.

https://www.nwfusion.com/events/remoteofficenetworking/index.html