* Microsoft to unveil a capacity mgmt. tool as part of broader mgmt. suite * Polo confirms data security problem * Carrier life after Chapter 11 * Intel employees put hot spot on the North Pole * Today on Layer 8
Microsoft to unveil a capacity mgmt. tool as part of broader mgmt. suite Microsoft next week plans to introduce a limited beta of a tool for capacity planning that will be one piece of a broad suite of tools designed to help companies model, deploy and manage network resources. http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0414mscap.html?net
Microsoft to unveil a capacity mgmt. tool as part of broader mgmt. suite
Microsoft next week plans to introduce a limited beta of a tool for capacity planning that will be one piece of a broad suite of tools designed to help companies model, deploy and manage network resources.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0414mscap.html?net
Polo confirms data security problem
Yesterday, we told you how HSBC Bank had sent letters to more than 180,000 of its credit card customers, warning that their card information may have been stolen during a security breach at a U.S. retailer. Today, Polo Ralph Lauren has identified itself as the U.S. retailer at the center of this scare over stolen customer data. The company said late Thursday that some of its customers’ credit card information may have been “misappropriated.”
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0415poloconfi.html?net
Carrier life after Chapter 11
Nearly six months after announcing its shift to more squarely focus on enterprise business customers, international service provider Global Crossing is still waiting for all the clouds to clear.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/041105-global-crossing.html?net
Intel employees put hot spot on the North Pole
Intel is contributing to global warming, the company admitted Thursday. Not the bad kind, though. Two employees at Intel Russia have erected what may be the world’s most northerly Wi-Fi hot spot 130 kilometers from the North Pole.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0414intelemplo.html?net
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