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NetFlash: SBC readies 50,000-node IP phone system at Ford

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Sep 22, 20042 mins
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* SBC readies 50,000-node IP phone system at Ford * Exploit posted for Microsoft JPEG flaw * Sun offers pay-as-you-go computing service * PeopleSoft, IBM strike middleware alliance * Today on Layer 8

Yet another sign that VoIP is taking over the world: Ford has ordered a whopping 50,000 IP phones for 110 company facilities in southeastern Michigan. In an interesting arrangement, SBC will design the IP voice system and then manage it for Ford – while Ford continues to manage the IP network itself. SBC readies 50,000-node IP phone system at Ford http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0921sbcreadi.html

Yet another sign that VoIP is taking over the world: Ford has ordered a whopping 50,000 IP phones for 110 company facilities in southeastern Michigan. In an interesting arrangement, SBC will design the IP voice system and then manage it for Ford – while Ford continues to manage the IP network itself.

SBC readies 50,000-node IP phone system at Ford

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0921sbcreadi.html?net

Exploit posted for Microsoft JPEG flaw

When Microsoft revealed last week that its software processes JPEG files in such a way as to render PCs vulnerable to hackers, we all knew it was just a matter of time before an exploit would appear. Turns out it was a matter of just a few days.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0921exploposte.html?net

Sun offers pay-as-you-go computing service

Sun Tuesday announced it will offer utility computing services priced at less than a dollar per node per hour.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0921sungo.html?net

PeopleSoft, IBM strike middleware alliance

PeopleSoft is deepening its ties with IBM, announcing Tuesday a sales and development partnership it called the most significant enterprise applications alliance in the companies’ history.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0921peoplibm.html?net

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

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