* Walmart.com follows Amazon with outages * Obsolete software drains billions from IT budgets * Tony Li back at Cisco * Network World Radio: Getting your rebate money * Introducing Network Life * Today on Layer 8
First Amazon.com mysteriously goes on the blink for a few hours Monday – now Walmart.com has availability problems Wednesday. In both cases, the companies aren’t saying exactly what caused the outages during this critical holiday shopping period. What’s going on here? Walmart.com follows Amazon with outages http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1208updat-wal.html?net
First Amazon.com mysteriously goes on the blink for a few hours Monday – now Walmart.com has availability problems Wednesday. In both cases, the companies aren’t saying exactly what caused the outages during this critical holiday shopping period. What’s going on here?
Walmart.com follows Amazon with outages
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1208updat-wal.html?net
Obsolete software drains billions from IT budgets
They don’t call it a “software lifecycle” for nothing. Yes, software applications have an obvious beginning, when they are first brought into a company. But they also have an end, when they’re not really being used anymore and are really just taking up IT space. Failing to recognize that costs money – a lot of money.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1208bpm.html?net
Tony Li back at Cisco
Routing software engineer Tony Li has landed back at Cisco eight years after he reportedly nailed his letter of resignation to an office door at the company.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1209li.html?net
Network World Radio: Getting your rebate money
Rebates can be the bane of one’s existence when it comes to buying electronics, especially this time of year as people load up on holiday goodies for friends and family. As James Gaskin, author of 15 books and a Network World columnist, explains, getting your rebate is not always easy. Listen today:
https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/1209radio.html?net
Introducing Network Life
We recently polled 1,500 of our readers and found that a full 90% were being asked by friends and family for advice on setting up home networks. With home network possibilities exploding and merging with the world of consumer electronics, it’s high time for a publication focused on this exciting area, and Network World is the one to bring it to you. It’s called Network Life, and it’s chock full of tips, news, product tests and opinion columns. Check out the new site today.
https://www.networklifemag.com/?net
Today on Layer 8, the delicious junk food in your balanced networking diet:
Why people really buy broadband; meet the “AOL Optimized” PC; ex-president gets behind new search engine; add new fonts, graphics to your iPod; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
