* Service providers fall short on service * Microsoft to enforce Sender ID checks * Verizon jumps into consumer VoIP with VoiceWing * CA shows revenue growth but cuts sales forecast * Today on Layer 8 * This week’s top 5 stories
Carriers seem to have mostly solved the reliability and network performance issues, but now they need to put the service back in service providers. That’s according to a recent survey by Nemertes Research – the same folks who bring you our weekly Data Center Newsletter. Find out which carriers got high marks and which fell short in our story. Service providers fall short on service http://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/071904carriers.html?net
Carriers seem to have mostly solved the reliability and network performance issues, but now they need to put the service back in service providers. That’s according to a recent survey by Nemertes Research – the same folks who bring you our weekly Data Center Newsletter. Find out which carriers got high marks and which fell short in our story.
Service providers fall short on service
https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/071904carriers.html?net
Microsoft to enforce Sender ID checks
Could this be the beginning of the end of spam? Dare to dream. Microsoft says that by October it will start checking mail bound for its Hotmail, MSN and Microsoft.com e-mail accounts for the Sender ID – which means the mail would have to come from valid e-mail servers to get through.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0722microtoen.html
Verizon jumps into consumer VoIP with VoiceWing
Verizon Thursday joined the VoIP crowd, introducing a service that lets broadband users make unlimited phone calls around the U.S. over a data network.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0722verizjumps.html?net
CA shows revenue growth but cuts sales forecast
Computer Associates Thursday released quarterly financial results meeting its reduced expectations, but in an indication it sees continuing problems ahead, lowered its guidance for the rest of its fiscal year.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0722updatca.html?net
Today on Layer 8, where TGIF stands for Thank God for Internet Fun:
How not to kill a mosquito; a bottle-cap tripod; why the NFL is stupid; and KITT for sale (Michael Knight not included). Don’t forget to get in on this week’s caption contest before the end of the day today. It’s all here:
https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net
This week’s top 5 stories so far:
1. New server chips carry hidden cost
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071904multicore.html?net
2. Service providers fall short on service
https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/071904carriers.html?net
3. New tools corral WLAN radio waves
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071904rftools.html?net
4. New Bagle, MyDoom variants roil Internet
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0720newbagle.html?net
5. North American broadband satellite launched
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0719northameri.html?net
