NetFlash: Supercomm to reflect telecom industry revival

The telecom industry isn’t exactly in perfect health, but it’s also not coughing up a lung, either. This week’s Supercomm trade show will reflect the resurgence among telecom equipment vendors, with companies from Lucent to Mangrove Systems making significant announcements. Find out more about the market, the hottest technologies and the show itself in our story. Supercomm to reflect telecom industry revival http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/062104supercomm.html?net Supercomm 2004 news, updated daily http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/supercomm2004.html?net

The telecom industry isn’t exactly in perfect health, but it’s also not coughing up a lung, either. This week’s Supercomm trade show will reflect the resurgence among telecom equipment vendors, with companies from Lucent to Mangrove Systems making significant announcements. Find out more about the market, the hottest technologies and the show itself in our story.

Supercomm to reflect telecom industry revival

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/062104supercomm.html?net

Supercomm 2004 news, updated daily

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/supercomm2004.html?net

Compliance, phishing top user concerns

It has become cliché to ask in interviews, “What keeps you up at night?” As if everyone is an insomniac. But corporate chief security officers probably really don’t get much sleep these days, given all the threats to their networks. This week we hear what worries them and how they’re dealing with those worries.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/062104secwrap.html?net

Foundry releases high-end load balancing devices

Foundry this week launched a line of load-balancing appliances aimed at high-performance data centers in enterprise and carrier networks.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0621foundry.html?net

Supercomm: Extreme adds MPLS, SONET-like failover to Ethernet boxes

Extreme Networks this week will use the Supercomm trade show in Chicago to highlight new MPLS features on its BlackDiamond and Alpine switches.

https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0621exadd.html?net

Today on Layer 8, where we recommend SPF (Sarcasm Protection Factor) 30 before reading:

The latest, most-expensive iPod accessory; military to use digital bugles at funerals; Sprint sets data transfer speed record; and the start of our latest Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

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CORRECTION: Yesterday’s edition of NetFlash incorrectly stated that HP had bought Riverstone Networks; in fact, HP purchased only the company’s 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology.