NetFlash: Cisco drops suit against Huawei

Cisco made a big splash 18 months ago when it discovered that software and even user manuals from Huawei Technologies looked awfully familiar. Cisco sued the Chinese company over what appeared to be blatant copying of Cisco’s intellectual property. However, Huawei has stopped selling the equipment – and now that an independent investigation has verified that, Cisco is dropping the suit. The happiest party in all this? 3Com. Cisco drops suit against Huawei http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0728huawei.html?net

Cisco made a big splash 18 months ago when it discovered that software and even user manuals from Huawei Technologies looked awfully familiar. Cisco sued the Chinese company over what appeared to be blatant copying of Cisco’s intellectual property. However, Huawei has stopped selling the equipment – and now that an independent investigation has verified that, Cisco is dropping the suit. The happiest party in all this? 3Com.

Cisco drops suit against Huawei

https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0728huawei.html?net

World’s biggest computing experiment in trouble

Grid computing will be put to the ultimate test in Europe’s Large Hadron Collider project, a scientific undertaking of epic proportions. But according to fellow IDG publication TechWorld, a key element of the project isn’t keeping up with the group. It has to do with IBM’s Storage Tank, which has scaled to an impressive 28 terabytes. However, that’s a paltry 0.2% of the project’s requirements for the first year.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0728cern.html?net

Barrett tells Intel employees to shape up

After a year of missteps, processor delays and design problems, Intel CEO Craig Barrett has called on the chip manufacturing giant to change its methods and improve the way it brings products to market, according to an internal memo posted to the company’s corporate intranet and dated July 21.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0728barretells.html?net

Network World Fusion Radio: Bram Cohen on BitTorrent

Among the techies looking to transfer/share big files, BitTorrent is all the rage. This week, Bram Cohen, the creator of BitTorrent, joins us to discuss how the technology works and the impetus behind it. Listen in at:

https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/0729radio.html?net

Today on Layer 8, where it’s all good:

Get your inner-CSI on; play the Press Release Drinking Game; NASA spies the Death Star; and Oh, Florida – not again; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

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