* Dissecting the Cisco-NetSolve deal * Microsoft could be better, not just richer * Showdown: Patch management * I want my MTV - now
Dissecting the Cisco-NetSolve deal
Jeff Kaplan zooms in on Cisco’s recent acquisition of NetSolve. Obviously, Cisco wanted the smaller company’s strength in managed services. Why? What does this portend for Cisco – and the industry at large?
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/100404kaplan.html?vo
Microsoft could be better, not just richer
Mark Gibbs uses an open letter to try to get a point across to the folks over at Microsoft: it’s time to change. Time to grow up, stop grubbing for every last dollar and become a “moral and ethical force” in the industry.
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/100404backspin.html?vo
Showdown: Patch management
After the presidential debates, the debate to look for will be on Network World’s Web site. Editor-in-Chief John Dix this week throws down a challenge to six vendors to battle each other over patch management.
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/100404edit.html?vo
I want my MTV – now
Video on demand is an idea whose time has finally come, says Howard Anderson. Digital video recorders and on-demand services from the cable companies are fueling the revolution. Is it all because VCRs are difficult to use?
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/100404anderson.html?vo
