Associated Press report also reveals EarthLink plans
Asset tracking, inventory management, high-value applications are growing
New release includes debugging tools, enhanced reporting features and support for role-based access
Planned network would have reached an estimated 100 million users
Funds lacking for test sites, even small ones
New version supports double the users of the previous release and costs about half as much.
Advanced software research, commercial hardware are key enablers
Start-ups pushed Cisco to take different point of view.
Abandoning wired links proving not so crazy after all as 802.11n emerges.
