WLAN shakeout aheadThe wireless LAN switch market is facing a major shakeout in 2004, so IT executives shopping for 802.11 gear need to take special care to pick an architecture that suits their long-term plans and a vendor with staying power. Expect to see start-up vendors dropping out of the market and those with an established wire presence surviving.https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2003/1208wlan.html?netIEEE: Chinese security standard could fracture Wi-Fi The implementation of a Chinese security standard for wireless networking could undermine efforts to develop a global standard for wireless LANs and drive up the cost of networking equipment for end users, warned a senior executive at the IEEE. The Chinese WLAN standard is similar in many ways to the Wi-Fi standard, except for one crucial difference – security. The existence of two different standards for WLANs, one for China and one for the rest of the world, could cause a terrible split in the wireless market.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1209ieeechine.html?net C&W finds buyer for U.S. businessIt’s good news for Cable & Wireless customers that C&W has announced plans to sell its U.S. business to Gores Technology Group, culminating a market exit than began in June.https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2003/1208cwgores.html?netOracle patches SSL server bugsOracle has issued a security alert and software patches for a set of serious vulnerabilities in the security protocols used by some of its server products.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1209oraclpatch.html?net Related content news Dell provides $150M to develop an AI compute cluster for Imbue Helping the startup build an independent system to create foundation models may help solidify Dell’s spot alongside cloud computing giants in the race to power AI. By Elizabeth Montalbano Nov 29, 2023 4 mins Generative AI news DRAM prices slide as the semiconductor industry starts to decline TSMC is reported to be cutting production runs on its mature process nodes as a glut of older chips in the market is putting downward pricing pressure on DDR4. By Sam Reynolds Nov 29, 2023 3 mins Flash Storage Technology Industry news analysis Cisco, AWS strengthen ties between cloud-management products Combining insights from Cisco ThousandEyes and AWS into a single view can dramatically reduce problem identification and resolution time, the vendors say. By Michael Cooney Nov 28, 2023 4 mins Network Management Software Cloud Computing opinion Is anything useful happening in network management? Enterprises see the potential for AI to benefit network management, but progress so far is limited by AI’s ability to work with company-specific network data and the range of devices that AI can see. By Tom Nolle Nov 28, 2023 7 mins Generative AI Network Management Software Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe