At the recent ComNet Confernece and Exposition, the winners of the 2002 User Excellence Awards were recognized for their exceptional use of network technology to further business objectives. Network World’s President and Editorial Director John Gallant and Signature Series Editor Beth Schultz presented winner Royal & SunAlliance USA and runner ups Wells’ Dairy and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs with their awards.Read more about the project)Royal & SunAlliance USA’s Roger Thibodeau, chief network executive, and CTO Chris Heeley accepting the award for their rollout of 7,000 Windows XP desktop upgrades and installation of Active Directory. ( Read more about the project)Accepting the award for their converged network project is Blue Bunny’s (Wells’ Dairy) Tom Rhode, director of techical software; Jim Kirby, senior network architect; and, Kim Norby, vice president of IS. ( Read more about the project)Representing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is Darin Selnick, associate dean of the VA’s Learning University, accepting the award for his organization’s self-built content delivery network used to deliver training to employees around the country. ( Related content news AWS launches Cost Optimization Hub to help curb cloud expenses At its ongoing re:Invent 2023 conference, the cloud service provider introduced several new and free updates that are expected to help enterprises optimize their AWS costs. By Anirban Ghoshal Nov 28, 2023 3 mins Amazon re:Invent Events Industry how-to Getting started on the Linux (or Unix) command line, Part 4 Pipes, aliases and scripts make Linux so much easier to use. By Sandra Henry-Stocker Nov 27, 2023 4 mins Linux news AI partly to blame for spike in data center costs Low vacancies and the cost of AI have driven up colocation fees by 15%, DatacenterHawk reports. By Andy Patrizio Nov 27, 2023 4 mins Generative AI Data Center news Nvidia’s made-for-China chip delayed due to integration issues: Report Nvidia’s AI-focused H20 GPUs bypass US restrictions on China’s silicon access, including limits on-chip performance and density. By Sam Reynolds Nov 24, 2023 4 mins CPUs and Processors Generative AI Technology Industry Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe