* $20 billion federal contract has telcos salivating * Going fault-tolerant for less * Force10 switch targets data center * Call mining gets a boost * Network World Fusion Radio: Skype * Today on Layer 8
It could be the largest federal telecom procurement ever. It’s worth billions of dollars over a long period of time. It’s also the most sought-after contract in the world right now. It’s Networx, and the final RFP is set to go out soon. No wonder all the carriers are tripping over themselves. $20 billion federal contract has telcos salivating http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/032805-contract.html?net
It could be the largest federal telecom procurement ever. It’s worth billions of dollars over a long period of time. It’s also the most sought-after contract in the world right now. It’s Networx, and the final RFP is set to go out soon. No wonder all the carriers are tripping over themselves.
$20 billion federal contract has telcos salivating
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/032805-contract.html?net
Going fault-tolerant for less
Who woulda thunk it? Intel-based servers can sometimes provide the same or better fault tolerance as other servers – at a fraction of the cost. Our story looks at real-world examples.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/032805ecintelft.html?net
Force10 switch targets data center
Force10 Networks this week will release its first fixed-configuration switch aimed at data center customers looking for a high-capacity box for linking a server rack to a 10G backbone.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/032805-force10.html?net
Call mining gets a boost
Call-mining technology combines speech recognition, speech analysis and data-mining capabilities to make it easy for companies to find specific information in audio archives and spot service gaps, sales opportunities and emerging customer trends.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/032805audio.html?net
Network World Fusion Radio: A look at Skype
Skype’s free Internet-based calling application is a hot commodity. The company claims 31 million people are using Skype to make free calls to one another and 160,000 new people are coming on board each day. Joining to discuss the phenomenon is Niklas Zennstrom, Skype’s CEO and co-founder. Listen in:
https://www.nwfusion.com/research/0328radio.html?net
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