* Tech Insider: VoIP * MCI shareholder starts proxy fight to block Verizon * Sun patches critical Java flaws * Q&A: Sun exec explains StorageTek acquisition * Cisco introduces dual-band home WLANs to Europe * Today on Layer 8
Our most-read story yesterday was a Clear Choice Test on unified messaging products, complete with ratings of the top vendors. We also peek at where IP telephony is going and take an in-depth look at SIP. Check it all out in this week’s Tech Insider. Tech Insider: VoIP http://www.networkworld.com/techinsider/2005/061305ti-voip.html?net&story=061305ti-voip
Our most-read story yesterday was a Clear Choice Test on unified messaging products, complete with ratings of the top vendors. We also peek at where IP telephony is going and take an in-depth look at SIP. Check it all out in this week’s Tech Insider.
Tech Insider: VoIP
http://www.networkworld.com/techinsider/2005/061305ti-voip.html?net&story=061305ti-voip
MCI shareholder starts proxy fight to block Verizon
If you think MCI should have taken Qwest’s higher bid instead of Verizon’s, you’re not alone. A shareholder that owns 5% of MCI is trying to drum up opposition to the planned acquisition.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061505-mci-proxy.html?net&story=061505-mci-proxy
Sun patches critical Java flaws
Sun issued alerts this week about vulnerabilities in its Java platform that security researchers describe as critical that could allow attackers to execute malicious code on targeted computers.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061505-sun-java.html?net&story=061505-sun-java
Q&A: Sun exec explains StorageTek acquisition
Network World Senior Editor Deni Connor caught up with Mark Canepa, executive vice president of Sun’s Network Storage Products Group, at Gartner PlanetStorage this week in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. They chatted about Sun’s $4.1 billion acquisition of StorageTek.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061505-sun.html?net&story=061505-sun
Cisco introduces dual-band home WLANs to Europe
Over two years after the products appeared in the U.S., Cisco has introduced the Linksys Wireless A+G range of home networking products to Europe. The dual-band devices support the 2.4-GHz 802.11g standard and the 5-GHz 802.11a standard for wireless LANs.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061405-cisco-wlans.html?net&story=061405-cisco-wlans
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