NetFlash: Telecom managers swap VoIP rollout tips

Opinion
Oct 19, 20042 mins

* Telecom managers swap VoIP rollout tips * VoIP future hangs on regulatory decisions * Microsoft delays access control technology for two years * The air is starting to come out of the WLAN market * ISS to proactively thwart attacks * Today on Layer 8

This week’s Voice on the Net show is already proving quite valuable for IT executives thinking about rolling out voice over IP. We have highlights from a panel where IT managers shared their experiences. And we report on what experts are saying will likely make VoIP viable as a service. Check back with us throughout the week for more news from the show. Telecom managers swap VoIP rollout tips http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1018voiptip.html?net VoIP future hangs on regulatory decisions http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1018voipreg.html?net Breaking VON news http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/von-boston.html?net

This week’s Voice on the Net show is already proving quite valuable for IT executives thinking about rolling out VoIP. We have highlights from a panel where IT managers shared their experiences. And we report on what experts are saying will likely make VoIP viable as a service. Check back with us throughout the week for more news from the show.

Telecom managers swap VoIP rollout tips

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1018voiptip.html?net

VoIP future hangs on regulatory decisions

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1018voipreg.html?net

Breaking VON news

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/von-boston.html?net

Microsoft delays access control technology for two years

When Microsoft introduced its NAP plan for access control and Cisco introduced its similarly named NAC plan, you just knew there was going to be trouble – a battle of the acronyms, perhaps. Well, it turns out that Microsoft needed to scale back its efforts and is now working with Cisco. Score one for the industry.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1018msnap.html?net

The air is starting to come out of the WLAN market

Network industry watchers have been warning for months that the wireless LAN market has been overfunded and was due for a shakeout. The tremors have started.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/101804wlanmarket.html?net

ISS to proactively thwart attacks

Internet Security Systems is scheduled to announce plans for a system that prevents network attacks before threats are publicly identified.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/101804iss.html?net

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