NetFlash: SBC to turn up hot spots

Never mind all the anti-hype surrounding wireless LAN hot spots lately. SBC is taking the technology seriously – so seriously that it plans to have 20,000 hot spots in place around the country in three years. Not only is SBC a believer, but it is also trying to convert other businesses, giving them the tools to become hot spots themselves. SBC to turn up hot spots http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2003/0806hotspot.html?net

Never mind all the anti-hype surrounding wireless LAN hot spots lately. SBC is taking the technology seriously – so seriously that it plans to have 20,000 hot spots in place around the country in three years. Not only is SBC a believer, but it is also trying to convert other businesses, giving them the tools to become hot spots themselves.

SBC to turn up hot spots

https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2003/0806hotspot.html?net

Some VoIP users still cling to TDM

Security issues continue to weigh heavily on users’ minds – and that is causing them to wonder about the optimum number of baskets for all their eggs. Would running both data and voice on an IP network put both at risk if there were an outage? Several users speak up with their thoughts.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0804voiptrouble.html?net

Proficient’s lower-cost device aims to pick best VPN route

Proficient Networks is introducing a less-expensive appliance that directs VPN traffic to the best Internet connection at sites with more than one Internet link.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0806proficientvpn.html?net

EMC looks to software and services for turnaround

EMC wants to “take a little bit of a page from IBM’s book” and position itself as an end-to-end provider of hardware, software and services to meet all its customers’ storage needs, CEO Joe Tucci told analysts at EMC’s annual strategy briefing Wednesday.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0806emclooks.html?net