Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Analysts: Verizon's court victory won't hurt Skype and other VoIP players
WAN-optimizing gear drops transaction times and makes applications respond faster
Carrier offering end-to-end SLAs for network performance.
There are more options than ever, but beware -- the least-expensive training choices aren't always the best
Brandeis skips pilot "sinkhole," goes straight to Cisco IP PBX rollout
Automation software, NAC products among tools being used to integrate management and security
Businesses need to balance WAN performance with data security
Users from Fortune 500, higher education, non-profits and healthcare approach convergence differently.
Security for applications becoming more important, analyst says at IT Roadmap.
IBM, Cisco join Nortel, Microsoft and others lead unified messaging charge