* Feds seek bids for massive telecom buy * States want VoIP, lack infrastructure * Novell snaps up Linux security company * IBM now selling Opteron blade * Today on Layer 8
Carriers are lining up for what could be the largest telecom deal in the world, the U.S. government’s Networx program. The federal government recently released details of what it needs in its requests for proposals. Which companies might be best suited to meet those needs? Feds seek bids for massive telecom buy http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/051005-networx.html?net
Carriers are lining up for what could be the largest telecom deal in the world, the U.S. government’s Networx program. The federal government recently released details of what it needs in its requests for proposals. Which companies might be best suited to meet those needs?
Feds seek bids for massive telecom buy
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/051005-networx.html?net
States want VoIP, lack infrastructure
States across the country want to hop onto the VoIP bandwagon, but they’re held back because their various departments have their own infrastructures – and those infrastructures are not quite ready for VoIP.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050905-nascio.html?net
Novell snaps up Linux security company
Linux vendor Novell has acquired security software vendor Immunix. The 15-person company was bought last week, but terms of the deal are not being released, according to Novell.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/051005-novell-immunix.html?net
IBM now selling Opteron blade
IBM has quietly begun taking orders for its first ultra-thin “blade” server to be based on Advanced Micro Devices’ Opteron microprocessor. Called the AMD Opteron LS20, the server is based on IBM’s BladeCenter design and will be available with a special low-power version of the Opteron.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050905-ibm-blade.html?net
Today on Layer 8, where we don’t fabricate our sources:
Feds in long hunt for last year’s Cisco hacker; CEOs split on importance of blogs; teacher uses computer to grade papers; and the start of the latest Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
