* Cisco deals kick VoIP market into high gear * Postal Service delivers single sign-on * F5 appliance extends remote access * AT&T expands network globally * The power is yours * Today on Layer 8
Cisco in recent months has been on a roll when it comes to VoIP, announcing three huge VoIP installations totaling 380,000 IP phones. Why the sudden success? Has VoIP suddenly become attractive to large companies? Is Cisco doing something different? Network World’s Phil Hochmuth investigates. Cisco deals kick VoIP market into high gear http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/100404ciscovoip.html?net
Cisco in recent months has been on a roll when it comes to VoIP, announcing three huge VoIP installations totaling 380,000 IP phones. Why the sudden success? Has VoIP suddenly become attractive to large companies? Is Cisco doing something different? Network World’s Phil Hochmuth investigates.
Cisco deals kick VoIP market into high gear
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/100404ciscovoip.html?net
Postal Service delivers single sign-on
Single sign-on may not seem like a big deal. But to the U.S. Postal Service’s 150,000 users accessing a thousand applications, the ability to sign on once and get the information access they need is quite a hefty deal indeed.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/100404postal.html?net
F5 appliance extends remote access
F5 Networks is wheeling out new hardware that lets more remote users securely connect simultaneously to corporate networks than past iterations of its product.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/100404f5.html?net
AT&T expands network globally
AT&T last week announced network expansion initiatives that include extending the reach of its Multi-protocol Label Switching network in Asia and South America, boosting IP capacity in the northwest U.S., increasing the reach of remote access services and deploying four new data centers overseas.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/100404attnet.html?net
The power is yours
Want to exercise some personal power? Tell us which industry players you feel qualify for our annual “50 most powerful people in the network industry” list, then watch for the final list, published in our annual Power Issue, Dec. 27.
https://www.nwfusion.com/survey/mostpower2004.html?net
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