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NetFlash: How MCI’s revival will affect you

Opinion
Sep 15, 20032 mins
Networking

MCI-not-WorldCom is looking to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and it might be able to do so in another couple months. What happens then? If you use the company’s services, how should you protect yourself? This week’s article answers these questions and more. How MCI’s revival will affect you http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0915worldcom.html?net

MCI-not-WorldCom is looking to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and it might be able to do so in another couple months. What happens then? If you use the company’s services, how should you protect yourself? This week’s article answers these questions and more.

How MCI’s revival will affect you

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0915worldcom.html?net

Services offer path to in-house CDNs

If you want to deliver video to remote offices but don’t want the associated management headaches of setting up your own content delivery network, then CDN services may be for you. This article looks at one organization’s decision to go with such a service – and interestingly, MCI is the provider.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0915ecdn.html?net

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Extreme adds zip to switches

Extreme Networks last week unveiled a module for its BlackDiamond switches that lets users keep transmitting data during upgrades or failures, and to retain existing investments in BlackDiamond line cards.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0915extreme.html?net

Advanced network management features bolster blade servers

Vendors are stepping up the network capabilities of their blade servers to make it easier for corporate users to combine the slices of computing power into server clusters designed to handle critical business applications.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0915blades.html?net