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Dear Zonbu, think server

Zonbu is billing itself as a cheap client, a PC replacement, the true $100 laptop.But what if you called it a server?Its $12.95/month service charge is designed to pay for online updates, including security updates and backup services. If you have a home network, two kids each with a PC,...

Tags: Database Management, business models, Applications, General, Hardware, Implementations, LANs and WANs, Linux, Linux Desktop OS, Linux Server OS, management, marketing, mass market, Network Administration, Software as a Service, Strategy, support, wireless

Blog posts 2007-07-25

How big should the Linux kernel be?

Great news. The Emulex Virtual Host Bus Adapter HBA driver is being made part of the Linux kernel.What this means is support for enterprise scale fiber connections is actually going to be inside the core of the operating system. Cool.It's just another indication of how robust Linux is becoming, thanks...

Tags: Development, General, Implementations, Infrastructure, LANs and WANs, Linux, Linux Server OS, support, telecom

Blog posts 2007-07-11

The war against open spectrum

One of the key Internet values which makes open source possible is open spectrum.Unlicensed frequencies, linked to the Internet, have been among the greatest economic boons of this decade. The 802.11 or WiFi bands carry far more traffic, and generate far more economic activity, than any licensed band ever sold...

Tags: General, Government, Hardware, Infrastructure, LANs and WANs, Network Administration, Security, telecom, wireless

Blog posts 2007-05-08

Broadband piece was 6th most read on open source blog

A rant I wrote on the U.S. broadband crisis, highlighting an e-book by Bruce Kushnick, was the 6th most popular item on this blog during 2006. (Image from The Wireless Report.)The issues involved became central background to two big debates in 2006, the AT&T-BellSouth merger and network neutrality. Despite intense...

Tags: broadband, management, mass market, Government, Hardware, LANs and WANs, General

Blog posts 2006-12-15

Kaboodle was 10th most-read story at the open source blog

As the year winds down I want to look back by following-up on the 10 ZDNet Open Source items you found most worth a click in 2006. Well start with number 10, an April item on Kaboodle.Kaboodle LAN Commander, a simple, open source LAN management program, had reached its 1.0...

Tags: Kaboodle, Network Administration, LANs and WANs, Applications, General

Blog posts 2006-12-11

Additional Resources

Introduction to Information Technology

View Available Dates and LocationsIn this introductory course, you will learn the basics of computers, operating systems, and communication. With the help of interactive exercises, you will learn about common network protocols, the use of addressing to communicate over the network, and the role of the OSI...

Tags: OSI, Network, Information Technology, Networking, Wireless And Mobility

Training 2009-05-01

Troubleshoot Network Time Protocol

This paper provides information on how to troubleshoot common problems with Network Time Protocol NTP. Network Time Protocol NTP is widely used in order to synchronize a computer to Internet time servers or other sources, such as a radio or satellite receivers or telephone modem services. It provides accuracies typically...

Tags: Network, Network Time Protocol, Modems, Networking, Hardware, Components

White papers 2008-11-05

CTP Prep Course

View Available Dates and LocationsIn this three-part, lecture-only course, you will learn the fundamentals of data networking, telephony networking, and convergence technologies while preparing for the Convergence Technologies Professional CTP certification exam. CTP certification is the largest vendor-neutral convergence certification program. It is recognized as the...

Tags: Telephony, Network, Global Knowledge, Convergence Technologies Professional Certification, Networking, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications

Training 2008-09-01

IPReplicator 2.X (Windows)

IPReplicator enables organizations to quickly backup, protect, recover, distribute and share files - Globally. IPReplicator provides scalable, secure & automated file replication, disk-to-disk backup and Website publishing over TCP/IP based LANs, WANs and the Internet - even thru firewalls. Benefits include: continuous backup and quick recovery for Windows servers o...

Tags: Bandwidth Usage, LinkPro, IPReplicator, Microsoft Windows, Backups, Networking, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-05-07

Redundancy in Serial-to-Ethernet Communications

This paper provides information about redundancy in serial-to-Ethernet communications. It describes technologies from Digi International that eliminate single points of failure for networked devices while also enabling multiple host connections to a single port. It wasn't many years ago that users were ecstatic just to be able to connect a...

Tags: Digi International, Ethernet, Tcp/Ip, Network Technology, WANs, Networking, Internet

White papers 2008-04-01

IT sizing error delays Boston commuters

IT sizing error delays Boston commutersMaybe there should be a backupI still remember my college days when the computerized cash registers at the department store where I worked went down every once in a while, bring sales to a halt, sometimes for an hour or more.RE: IT sizing error delays...

Tags: Processor Power, processing power, commuter, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-02-11

Building Smarter WAN Connectivity: An Introduction to WAN Link Management and Its Benefits for IT Decision Makers

The relentless pressure to reduce costs, increase network performance, improve productivity, and meet regulatory requirements and business continuity needs are a constant battle for the information technology and telecommunications groups of any organizations. With the Layer-2 link balancing technologies that have entered the market place in the past few years,...

Tags: Network, Information Technology, Benefit, Telecommunications, Elfiq Networks, WANs, Network Technology, Telephony, Networking

White papers 2008-01-01

Google Earth inner workings described in newly published Google Patent App

I've just come across a very recently published U.S. Patent application by Google that appears to explain the inner workings of Google Earth. More specifically, the technology described in this Patent app deals with how mapping-related information within a database makes its way...

Tags: Geography, Google Inc., Database, Server, Google Earth, Information, Model, Object, Patent App, Keyhole Mark-up Language, Server 130, Servers, Hardware, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-12-13

Technical White Paper for VPLS

The VPLS technology is a technology used to provide virtual Ethernet service over the existing WAN. Through membership discovery, PW establishment and maintenance, and MAC-based address forwarding in the VSI, it interconnects LAN sites across WANs and thus interconnects the LANs geographically scattered via the Internet. This paper introduces the...

Tags: Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., VPLS Technology, WANs, LANs, Network Technology, Ethernet, Networking

White papers 2007-10-22

Extending the Substation LAN Beyond Substation Boundaries: Current Capabilities and Potential New Protection Applications of Wide-Area Ethernet

Ethernet-based Local Area Networks LANs have become an indispensable tool that promises to revolutionize power system communications. Advances in Ethernet-based technology have taken this industry from shared 10 Mbps LAN segments to switched 100 Mbps LANs followed by 1 Gbps backbones for Metropolitan Area Networks MANs and more recently 10...

Tags: SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES, Ethernet, WANs, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2007-06-07

WiMAX: Technology for Broadband Wireless Access

A Wide Area Network WAN is a data network covering a wide geographical area, as big as the Planet. WANs are based on the connection of LANs, allowing users in one location to communicate with users in other locations. Typically, a WAN consists of a number of interconnected switching nodes....

Tags: Network, WiMAX, Broadband Wireless, Broadband, Wireless Access, WANs, Networking, Network Technology

White papers 2007-05-10

Phenom 3.018 (Windows)

SeamlessP2Ps Phenom provides, a cost effective Peer-2-Multi-Peer Network solution incorporating an assortment of communication and collaboration tools. Phenom secures inter-network communication such as video conferencing, voice over IP, chat and more. Phenom utilizes a proprietary, private, peer-to-peer (P2P) technology locked down with a FIPS-140-2 compliant encryption scheme. SeamlessP2P's Phenom technology...

Tags: Network, P2P, Microsoft Windows, SeamlessP2P, SeamlessP2Ps Phenom, Phenom, Peer To Peer (P2P), Networking, Security, Internet

Software downloads 2007-04-25

The Cisco Solution for Managed SIP Trunks

The telecommunications industry is in the midst of an immense transition. Traditional long-established switching and transport technologies are rapidly being replaced by IP-based transport and edge devices. The IP revolution, now widespread in all types of public and private telecommunications networks, has started to have significant commercial impact in enterprise...

Tags: SIP, Network, IP, Cisco Systems Inc., WANs, Network Technology, Networking, Telephony, LANs, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), VOIP, Telecommunications, Emerging Technologies

White papers 2007-03-01

CCNA 2 Companion Guide: Introduction to WANs and Routers

Boost your comprehension of the Cisco Networking Academy Program's CCNA 2 course material with this introduction to routers--what they are, what they are capable of doing, how to tell them specifically what to do, and how to find out if they are doing their job correctly. First, focus on how...

Tags: Router, CCNA, Cisco Systems Inc., Routers & Switches, WANs, Network Technology, Networking

Book chapters 2006-08-08

NetworkActiv Port Scanner 4 (Windows)

NetworkActiv Port Scanner is a network exploration and administration tool that allows you to scan and explore internal LANs and external WANs. Because of the versatility and choosable operating modes available in NetworkActiv Port Scanner, it may be used by experienced network administrators as well as by novices. NetworkActiv Port...

Tags: Network, Microsoft Windows, NetworkActiv, NetworkActiv Port Scanner, Scanners, Networking, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2006-07-25