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- Who owns the Internet pipes?
- Who owns the Internet pipes?Tenuous Peer Agreements - the Internet is FragileRemeber when Level 3 severed it's peer connections with Cogent citing that the existing business model wasn't advantageous? Millions of users couldn't access portions of the web, anyone who used Level 3 or Cogent, for many days resulting...
- Tags: Internet, Net Neutrality, Level 3 Communications Inc., Internet is Fragile, Cogent
- Discussion threads 2006-04-07
- When carriers clash, Net suffers
- If the Internet is so crucial to virtually every aspect of business and government, how can squabbling companies be allowed to hold the Net hostage? This week large portion of the net has been offline due to a squabble between backbone long-haulers Level 3 Communciations and Cogent, News.com reports. ...
- Tags: network, Level 3 Communications Inc., Cogent
- Blog posts 2005-10-07
- Finding a solution to the ISP wars
- Finding a solution to the ISP warsA bit complicated no pun intendedDoesn't it become rather tedious to try to figure out who is connecting to what through where? If it is rather easy and there are only a handful of situations to track for each ISP, then go ahead...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), INTERNET, Cogent, Level 3 Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-10-07
- Blackout shows Net's fragility
- Blackout shows Net's fragilityTo quote that famous rabbit..."What a bunch of soccamaroons!"This is childish and stupid. Punishing the consumer over a silly squabble that could have been better handled and resovled. I hope there is a class action suit against these to morons. This kind of behaviour is just one...
- Tags: Federal government, VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Cogent, fragility, Internet
- Discussion threads 2005-10-06
- Network feud leads to Net blackout
- Network feud leads to Net blackoutIt had to happen sooner or later.Big business will completely destroy the Internet. It's time to nationalize this valuable resource before it becomes useless.Unstoppable CommunicationsWasn't that Darpa's idea behind the internet? Or are we just talking the Web?Are ISP's even necessary anymore?I was reading...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Network technology, capitalism, Cogent, network, Internet
- Discussion threads 2005-10-06
- Scattered Vonage outages reported
- Scattered Vonage outages reportedCould it be related to the Cogent vs Level3 issueCould it be related to the Cogent vs Level3 issue?http://beta.news.com.com/Network+feud+leads+to+Net+blackout/2100-1038_3-5889592.htmlFrank
- Tags: Manufacturing, Level3, Cogent, Vonage Holdings Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-10-05
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- Tough love: Linux needs more haters
- Tough love: Linux needs more hatersGood article, JeremyI'm currently setting up our company network on Linux and will likely be bumping into some of those Samba issues. Complicated by having a mixed OS environment on the client side. Yeah, that's going to be fun. Nice that Google...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Distributed decision making in IT
- Distributed decision making in ITMoving the SPOF rearrainging deckchairs.Lets make something clear - that the central SRSS/DumbRay server IS a SPARC. x86 just doesn't cut it for hosting so many users. SO please don't do the same thing as big blue and pull the old bait and switch - OF...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, information technology, server, decision-making
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Autonomy CEO: Web 2.0 'under all the hype, there is something there...'
- An intriguing article by 'meaning based computing' company Autonomy's CEO Mike Lynch in today's Financial Times: Embracing the friend, taming the beast – Web 2.0 in the enterprise. Autonomy are mature and stable (with a 4 billion market capitalisation), rapidly becoming the second largest pure software company...
- Tags: Web, Autonomy Corp. Plc, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Apple finally goes RIA
- Apple finally goes RIAPlease convince me.How can RIA and privacy coexist? I mean, the same people who are delusional about the patriot act live on myspace, youtube, and facebook where privacy is valueless.i likeits a great start, I think Apple is going in right direction.RE: Apple finally goes RIAThis...
- Tags: rich Internet application, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-17
- Does computer make any difference in the quality of teen writing?
- Does computer make any difference in the quality of teen writing?Change: YES!.... Not necessarily Good or BadAs the parent of 3 grown (college & beyond) children, I can tell you I was disarmed when each of them, in 6th or 7th grade, refused to use what I considered standard practices...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-05-31
- Blog fight: on dumping email servers
- Blog fight: on dumping email serversHa ha ha..is it April Fool's again already?Geeze and I thought it was April Fool's all over again! What absolute drivell of an assumption.Look, what planet are you guys seriously living on? Have you ever actually worked in an enterprise?And as if gmail is going...
- Tags: E-mail servers, Groupware, e-mail server, blog, HERE IS, Google Inc., e-mail, server, Google Apps
- Discussion threads 2008-05-23
- The Storm Worm would love to infect you
- The Storm Worm would love to infect youUm... It this page a stormworm vector??It certanly looks suspiciousRE: The Storm Worm would love to infect youWhat the heck is that article The Storm Worm would love to infect you talking about? I didn't understand any of it.Will ZDNet please please hire...
- Tags: Scanners, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Storm Worm
- Discussion threads 2008-05-19
- Hiring IT management
- Hiring IT managementBackwards..."In choosing a CIO, the cardinal rule is to pick someone whose skills align with the technology you have or want."I wouldn't call that a cardinal rule, but it certainly is important."There is a significant proviso: it’s technology that counts, not its application."That makes me shudder..."Since the CIO...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, hiring, Murph, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-03-14
- IDS Scheer: Jazzing up BPM
- I spent a quick but very interesting day at the annual user conference for IDS Scheer, the progenitors of the Aris BPM solution. In case you hadn't heard of it, Aris holds the singular distinction of being included in the partner roadmaps of rivals SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft, all without...
- Tags: IDS Scheer, BPM, Rote, Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Strategy, Enterprise Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Management, Software, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-02-18
- NetSuite's numbers are not what they appear
- NetSuite's numbers are not what they appearOfficial response from NetSuite to inaccurately cited customer dataDennis, some points of clarification:1. On our call and in our filings we talk about active customers. Customers are not considered "active" until they go live with the product. Since customers choose their own...
- Tags: Blogging, Dennis Howlett, NetSuite Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-15
- NetSuite's numbers are not what they appear
- During yesterday's earnings call, I was struck by the way CEO Zach Nelson got an easy ride from the Wall Street folk. Today, Jason Carter dropped a bomb which the financial folk should have spotted: Over the last 5 years this company has lost more customers than it has...
- Tags: NetSuite Inc., Zach Nelson, Construction, Financial Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-02-15
- Apple, the $20 iPod touch update and GAAP
- Apple, the $20 iPod touch update and GAAPIf it really was GAAP, then Apple would have to charge for the ATV upgrade!I agree with you on this. Firmware upgrade usually contain new feature, so why are they not being charged for? Current Apple TV users are getting a free upgrade...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, GAAP, Apple iPod
- Discussion threads 2008-01-16
- DataPortability.org Workgroup is still born
- DataPortability.org Workgroup is still bornData licenses are under discussionI don't know whether you'd consider my own arguments regarding data licensing as cogent, but issues of data, social networks and the law have been raised and are under discussion in the group. See http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2008/01/data_licenses_for_social_netwo.phpWhile many of the points you make are...
- Tags: Social networking, DataPortability.org Workgroup
- Discussion threads 2008-01-09
- DataPortability.org Workgroup is still born
- As I write this, the interwebs are kicking off with the news that Plaxo, Facebook, Google and Robert Scoble have joined the DataPortability.org Workgroup. I can hear the cries already. First up Mike Butcher at TechCrunch who in Twitter said this is MASSIVE NEWS and reported that: As TechCrunch...
- Tags: Purpose, Law, European Union, Social Networking, Disaster Recovery, Backups, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Data Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-01-08
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