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Kabel Deutschland Provides Bundled Digital Communications Services

Kabel Deutschland KDG is in the process of evolving from a cable network operator to a comprehensive provider of communication and TV services. This evolution is being realised through the transformation of its legacy television infrastructure into a Cisco IP Next-Generation Network IP NGN. More than one million customers are...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Cable Network, Kabel Deutschland, KDG, Cisco IP NGN, Cable, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking

Case studies 2007-09-21

Cisco CRS-1, Cisco 7600 Series Routers, and the Cisco IP Next-Generation Network: A Winning Combination for Cable Networks

The Cisco Cable IP Next-Generation Network IP NGN architecture utilizes technology and innovation to enable the transition from a broadband service provider to an experience provider. The Cisco IP NGN unifies separate network, service, and application layers of the network over a single, converged IP infrastructure. The Cisco Carrier Routing...

Tags: Cisco CRS-1, Router, Network, IP, Cisco Systems Inc., Cable Network, Cable, Cisco IP NGN, Networking

White papers 2007-03-01

Additional Resources

How OpenDNS, PowerDNS and MaraDNS remained unaffected by the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability

The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein DJB, author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying basic math principles to raise awareness on what's to turn into the "sky is falling" critical Internet vulnerability in 2008, in...

Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Anomaly, Attack, OpenDNS, MaraDNS, NSS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity

Microsoft's financial analyst meeting was a tale of a technology conglomerate: You heard a lot about search, a decent bit about the enterprise and all sorts of projects in between. But amid all the coverage--see Mary Jo's laundry list of stories--I can't help but wonder if Microsoft's...

Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Enterprise, IBM Corp., Game Players, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Dell opts for performance with R5400 data center-hosted desktop

Dell unveiled its data center-hosted desktop product line on Tuesday. Unlike rivals Hewlett-Packard and IBM, Dell didn't build its solution on blade servers but instead opted for a high performance system using a 2U box called the Dell Precision R5400 Rack Workstation. "By not putting the solution...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Performance, R5400, Workstations, Desktops, Servers, Hardware, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Juniper: Enterprise demand strong; Johnson hired to scale up

Current Juniper CEO Scott Kriens delivered strong quarter results, said enterprise demand was solid and outlined the primary reason Kevin Johnson was hired as his replacement: He knows how to scale. Ahead of its earnings report statement Thursday Juniper made the Johnson news official. The company has...

Tags: Revenue, Juniper Networks Inc., Kevin Johnson, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Childs rigged crazyquilt private network

Childs rigged crazyquilt private networkBut who is monitoring the monitor?Gartner's statement not worth quoting. They are the most worthless thing to hit IT.Was Childs the only IT person on staff that knew anything about computers? That's what it sounds like. But this isn't that hard to believe. Most IT...

Tags: NETWORKING, Most IT department, private network, network, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."

2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."My ViewFirst, no one hates Microsoft more than I do - for both practical and ethical reasons. After dealing with Microshaft's endless parade of crap for nearly two decades, I finally abandoned my PC for a Mac. It was one of the best moves of...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."

July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...

Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-24

News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison iPhone vulnerable to phishing,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, DNS, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Flaw, Game Players, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-24

|)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit

|)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploitSo, Linux's BIND the first to be exploited...So, Linux's BIND the first to be exploited...Nice work!CoolNate, nice post and analysis!Wasn't the replacing the ns.victim.com cache entry part of the Halvar Flake speculation? I thought first part of the exploit was to...

Tags: Domain names, NETWORKING, Operating systems, Alecco, DNS, ruid, exploit, HD Moore, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Microsoft splits its Platforms

Microsoft splits its Platformsjohnson leavingFirst of all, this is good news. It's not like he as done a good job running this companies marketing and online business. This is good news. Microsoft is making changes and its for the better. For all your naysayers who like to...

Tags: NETWORKING, Microsoft Corp., Johnson, rep, Juniper Networks Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs

Terry Childs's lawyer, Erin Crane, offered the court some insights into the Childs' motivations in changing SF's network passwords. She will argue today for a reduction in his $5 million bail, perhaps to something closer to the bail set for common murderers ($1 mil.) In her written...

Tags: Password, Network, Backup, Terry Childs, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-23

SF mayor gets back to the keys to the city

"The first thing I want you to know, Mr. Mayor, is that when you walk out of this room, you will have the computer codes." So spoke Terry Childs, San Francisco's jailed network administrator, to Mayor Gavin Newsom, in a spur-of-the-minute jailhouse meeting, according to SF Chronicle...

Tags: City, Lawyer, Computer, Productivity, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Cisco acquires Pure Networks, home networking software

Cisco Systems has cable set-top boxes and your home along with the routers. Now it wants the software that puts your entire home network together. Cisco, which is determined to be a big consumer player as well as an enterprise behemoth, on Wednesday that it will buy...

Tags: Software, Pure Networks, Cisco Systems Inc., Home Networking, Networking, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-23

AT&T's quarter hits mark; Wireless churn falls; iPhone 3G sells well

AT&T on Wednesday reported second quarter earnings of $3.8 billion, or 63 cents a share, on revenue of $30.9 billion. Adjusted earnings were 76 cents a share, a tally that met Wall Street estimates. In the second quarter a year ago, AT&T reported net income of $2.9...

Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone 3G, 3G, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Open Source VoIP: Asterisk or FreeSwitch?

When the time came for a new PBX, Brian Snipes chose to do something a bit unconventional. The IT manager at law firm Hare, Wynn, Newell, and Newton LLP didn't purchase a commercial PBX, nor did he settle on the open source market leader,...

Tags: Phone, PBX, Attorney, FreeSwitch, Asterisk, Telephony, VOIP, Open Source, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Telecommunications, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Has Halvar figured out super-secret DNS vulnerability?

[ UPDATE:  Kaminsky has all but confirmed that, yes, the cat is out of the bag ] It looks very much like the nitty gritty of Dan Kaminsky's super-secret -- and heavily hyped -- DNS cache poisoning vulnerability has been figured out by reverse engineering guru Halvar...

Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Server, Referral, Mallory, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Q'n'A: Your correspondence to date

Over the last week or two, I've been inundated with an email. On a serious note, there have been a few questions asked; not that they need clarification as I've already covered these things, I'll answer these anyway. Q. [Email] Open Source ERP5 is now used to...

Tags: Mobile, E-mail, Public Relations, Online Communications, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-21

USB Over IP (zip)

Share your USB device without risk of losing it. Access remote instruments without leaving your chair. USB is the standard interface used by most modern computer devices today. But USB was designed to connect electronic peripherals only to a single computer. USB Over IP is a revolutionary software solution that...

Tags: IP, USB, FabulaTech

Software downloads 2008-07-21