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Italy's Acantho Offers a New Model for Broadband Connectivity: Acantho is one of a new breed of service providers springing up across Europe to challenge the once-dominant national telcos. Consumers were hungry for video on demand, flat-rate telephony, and high-speed Internet access, while businesses large and small were searching for tools to extend their reach and increase operating efficiencies....; Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Cisco Systems Inc., networking technology, broadband, high-speed Internet access, VoD, broadband service, telephony, Internet access; Case studies 2006-05-04
Cisco Sao Paulo Office Saves One Million Dollars in Corporate Real Estate Costs Over Three Years: The Cisco Sao Paulo office has grown very rapidly, from less than 20 people in 1997 to 132 people. Because of this expansion, the Cisco Workplace Resources group struggled with options for housing its employees. Several technology solutions were implemented and everyone in the office was provided with a cell...; Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., VPN client, high-speed Internet access, remote access, real estate, Internet access, cell phone, laptop computer, telephone, computer, software; Case studies 2006-05-04
Paired Carrier Multiple Access (PCMA) for Satellite Communications: This paper presents a fundamentally new technique for two-way satellite communications called Paired Carrier Multiple Access (PCMA). PCMA is a novel method for frequency re-use with existing and planned satellites which allows two different earth stations to use the same frequency, time slots,and/or CDMA code at the same time. The...; Tags: PCMA, ViaSat, satellite communication, modulation, satellite, CDMA, TDMA, high-speed Internet access, telephony, Internet access; White papers 2006-03-16
Delivering High-Speed Wireless Internet Access to the City of Buffalo, Minnesota: The City of Buffalo is located approximately 40 miles from Minneapolis. In 2001, the City did not have access to either DSL or cable modem service - most of the Internet access in the community was through dial up via Qwest, the local telecommunications provider. Qwest did not have immediate...; Tags: Network technology, Buffalo, Qwest Communications Inc., Internet access, high-speed Internet access, broadband, cable modem, broadband Internet, DSL, modem, telecommunications, cable, Internet, network, WaveRider Communications Inc.; Case studies 2006-02-15
Multi-Use, Multi-Revenue Networks for the Hospitality Industry: One of the most requested guest amenities in hotels today is high speed Internet access (HSIA). Pressured by the pains of travel and the need to be more productive, guests are rating HSIA among the top amenities they seek in a hotel. HSIA has therefore become a must-have in the...; Tags: Internet Access, Network, Nomadix Inc., Industry, High-speed Internet Access, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications; White papers 2005-06-14

Integrated LAN-WAN Switching for High Speed Internet Access: Today’s technologies offer the ability to design a data communication environment based on switching technology that integrates LANs and WANs to achieve high performance, cost-effective networking solutions. This Guide examines the issues involved in integrating LANs and WANs, highlights developments that have created a synergy between these previously disparate...; Tags: Internet Access, Environment, High-speed Internet Access, WANs, LANs, Network Technology, Networking; White papers 1997-01-01
WNYCS Enables Hotels to Offer Guests Reliable, high-speed internet access: Buffalo Lodging Associates owns and manages operations for 25 hotels on the East Coast, in the Midwest, and in Florida. The company wanted to better serve its corporate guests by offering fast, reliable, high-speed Internet access at no cost. It found that traditional solutions for this service were often unreliable,...; Tags: Internet Access, Hotel, High-speed Internet Access, Cisco Systems Inc., WNYCS, Buffalo Lodging Associates; Case studies
Grand Hotel Europe Goes Wi-Fi: The Grand Hotel Europe has launched Wireless Internet Access, known as wireless fidelity or Wi-Fi, which is available throughout the hotel including all guest rooms, conference and public areas. This project has been developed in collaboration with Peterstar, the largest St. Petersburg based Internet Service Provider, and Cisco Systems, Inc....; Tags: High-speed Internet Access, Cisco Systems Inc., Grand Hotel Europe, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Internet, Wireless; Case studies
Chicago Luxury Apartments Reach New Heights; Cisco Partner RMS Implements Cost-Effective High Speed Internet Access for All Units: Grand Plaza is a new 764-unit luxury high-rise apartment building occupying a very desirable square city block bounded by Ohio, State, Grand and Dearborn in downtown Chicago. The architect and co-developer of the building wanted to offer something other upscale buildings in the area were not: high-speed Internet access from...; Tags: Internet Access, High-speed Internet Access, Cisco Systems Inc., Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, Grand Plaza, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Security; Case studies

Additional Resources

Could "not so high end" gaming systems tarnish Alienware's reputation?: Just as it seems that Dell is exiting the high-end gaming PC market by ditching the XPS line, Alienware announced its entry into the "not so high end" gaming market. Is this a good move for Alienware or could it dilute a brand considered to represent extreme gaming? ...; Tags: Alienware, Games, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Microsoft to raise Windows Small Business Server price 80 percent: When Microsoft starts shipping its Windows Small Business Server 2008 product later this year, its price will be substantially higher -- as much as 80 percent -- than the current version of Small Business Server. Surprisingly, some testers and at least one market researcher don't seem fazed...; Tags: U.S., Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Product, Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, CAL, Microsoft Windows, Pricing, Marketing Research, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-13
EDS internal memo on the HP purchase: HP acquired EDS in a deal valued roughly at $12.8 billion. The move was outlined Tuesday morning amid a healthy dose of skepticism. Here's a memo from EDS CEO Ron Rittenmeyer, who will now report to HP CEO Mark Hurd. To the EDS Worldwide Team: Today...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Branding, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Will EDS deal make HP Microsoft's IBM?: With the completion of its deal to buy EDS for $13.9 billion, Hewlett-Packard is about to become just as key to Microsoft's fate as IBM is to the fate of open source. How will Microsoft react? While Sun, Red Hat and a host of...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Microsoft Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., IBM Corp., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Google launches Friend Connect with mixed reviews: Google announced last night that it will be launching Friend Connect -- a tool that website owners can use to give their site a more social feel. Don't worry if you have a website but you are not comfortable integrating with advanced APIs, integrating couldn't be easier. ...; Tags: Google Inc., API, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Gates emphasizes PC-phone connectivity in Windows 7: Improved collaboration and connectivity between Windows PCs and cell phones is going to get a major shot in the arm with Windows 7, according to Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. During a speech for members of the Windows Digital Lifestyle Consortium in Tokyo last week, Gates referred...; Tags: Phone, Microsoft Windows 7, Mobile, PC, Cell Phone, Bill Gates, Gate, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Combined HP-EDS can explore missing methodology around how to offload IT to the cloud(s): HP's now official pending EDS buy for just shy of $14 billion positions the combined companies to organize and manage the hosted/on-premises mix to maximum efficiency and lowest TCO. It's a great goal to shoot for because all they have to do is beat IBM. With this...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Electronic Data Systems Corp., End Goal, Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-05-13
A U.S military botnet in the works: Make botnets, not war? In April, last year, I asked the question "Why establish an offensive cyber warfare doctrine when you canÂ simple install a type of Lycos Spam Fighting screensaver on every military and government computer and have it periodically update its hit lists?" A year...; Tags: Distributed Denial Of Service, Military, Attack, U.S, Security, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-05-13
VMware debuts premium Recovery, Stage Manager services: VMware has released two new virtualization management services and bundles to advance its technical lead in the market. To that end, the Palo Alto, Calif. announced Tuesday plans to deliver the VMware Site Recovery Manager, VMware Stage Manager and a number of bundles combining those with existingÂ products...; Tags: Recovery, VMware Inc., Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Data Management, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-13
HP's bid for EDS: Opportunity costs loom: The debate around Hewlett-Packard's purchase of Electronic Data Systems follows three primary questions. Is the EDS acquisition another Compaq--a deal that will take years to pay off? Is EDS the right acquisition for HP? Are there other places where HP should spend its money? HP on Tuesday...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Dennis, Tools & Techniques, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Still ranting about interfaces: My argument, yesterday, that how an application is to be used is more determinative of the right toolset for building it than what the application does, embeds the assumption that the people we sell our software or development ideas to, either are end users or make decisions on the basis...; Tags: Corel WordPerfect, Standards, Word Processors, Quality, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Software, Business Operations, Office Suites, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-13