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- Follow the Leader: ActiveTcl on Routers and Network Appliances
- The network infrastructure sector is a competitive space. Router and network appliance manufacturers are faced with the challenge of providing rock-solid hardware while making sure their devices are flexible and configurable enough to meet a wide range of user needs. Cisco added TCL Tool Command Language as the primary scripting...
- Tags: Router, Network Infrastructure, Network, TCL, Leader, Network Infrastructure Sector, Networking, Routers & Switches, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2008-10-01
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- Antitrust: Time to break apart the phone companies -- again?
- Actually,those 'guaranteed revenue' companiesAre not so rare. Food companies, oil and gas companies, phone companies, electric companies, water utilities.... the list goes on and on if I had enough time to think of them all.That is why we need to break up any company that gets more than a 10%...
- Tags: Corporate law, Telecom & Utilities, Network technology, Food & Beverage, 360Networks Corp., phone company, phone, antitrust
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- U.S. national broadband strategy: Funding is the elephant in the room
- The Federal Communications Commission held a series of discussions about broadband polices, wiring rural locales and fostering innovation, but the elephant in the room was funding. The rough goal of the Feds' national broadband dreams is to wire everything in a high-speed access utopia. Radio waves, fixed...
- Tags: Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-14
- Has government red-tape and politics hurt cybersecurity efforts?
- Governmental red tape - and probably some Washington politics, as well - has prompted the White House's senior cybersecurity aide to resign, according to reports. Her reason: delays in appointing a national cybersecurity czar. Melissa E. Hathaway, who was also a cybersecurity aide during the Bush years,...
- Tags: Government, Cybersecurity, Security, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- Pivot3 - a different take on unified computing
- Pivot3's Lee Caswell and I spoke about a different take on unified computing architectures and storage centric computing. Lee and I crossed paths while he was with Sun Microsystems. Furthermore, Pivot3's take includes memory virtualization/distributed caching elements as well. Here's how Pivot3 describes itself ...
- Tags: Network, Environment, Pivot3, Storage, Servers, Networking, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-07-31
- Washington: Together, we can tackle cybersecurity
- Following a 60-day review of cybersecurity in the United States, the White House today released details of a short-term action plan, which includes the appointment of a "cybersecurity policy official" - a cybersecurity czar, if you will. PDF of full report In a nutshell, the report concluded...
- Tags: Agency, Cybersecurity, Federal Government, Government, Vertical Industries, Security, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-05-29
- Why the London Olympics is closed source
- Why the London Olympics is closed sourceHeaven ForbidFrom the article quoted:[i]BT will be responsible for providing all communications services including those for the workforce, venues, athletes, national Olympic committees and the media. It will also manage voice and data networks.[/i]Amazing, they have awarded the telecoms contract to a telco. Whatever...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, OPEN SOURCE, Telecom & Utilities, British Telecommunications, London Olympics, voice
- Discussion threads 2009-05-07
- FCC takes first step toward National Broadband plan
- The Federal Communications Commission said today that it has taken the first step toward developing a National Broadband plan to ensure that all Americans have access to high-speed Internet connections. A CNET report notes, however, that the process could get bogged down by special interest groups who...
- Tags: FCC, Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Federal Government, Networking, Government, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- Can Australia's government really bring fiber to the home?
- Can Australia's government really bring fiber to the home?Wonderful for AustraliaJust imagine not having to deal with Comcast, and having real, actual, broadband without a fascist corporation looking at all your packets.Bass ackwardsThat said Australia?s concept?form a government-private sector joint venture and then make it totally private when the network...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Broadband Internet, Optical networking, Fiber optics, government, broadband, broadband penetration, FTTH
- Discussion threads 2009-04-07
- Can Australia's government really bring fiber to the home?
- The Australian federal government plans to build its own fiber to the home network. Renai LeMay at ZDNet AU reports that the Australian government didn't get any viable proposals from the big telecom players. Instead, the government will build its own network in partnership with the private...
- Tags: FTTH, Australia, Government, Fiber Optics, Vertical Industries, Optical Networking, Broadband Internet, Telephony, Telecommunications, Enterprise Software, Software, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-07
- Australia to build $31 billion fiberoptic broadband network
- Australia says it will build a $43 billion Australian, or roughly $30.7 billion USD, national high-speed fiberoptic broadband network. In a surprise decision that rejected bids from some of the country's top telecoms firms, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the Australian government would ask private companies join...
- Tags: Broadband Network, Network, Australia, Broadband, Networking, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-04-07
- BT Engage IT Accelerates Service Management Optimization Engagements
- BT Engage IT, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, combines expertise in both network and desktop infrastructure to provide public sector and business clients the best overall solution. They needed resources that could scale up or down according to the size of the engagement, usually between 200 and 4,000 license seats....
- Tags: Service Management, Information Technology, British Telecommunications, Microsoft Corp., Strategy, It Services, Management
- Case studies 2009-04-01
- How green is your e-tailer? Survey finds Internet and e-commerce businesses lacking in green tech leadership
- If almost your entire business value proposition was based on IT infrastructure, you would think you would be doing something about embracing green IT. But fully 82 percent of businesses in the Internet or e-commerce sector have yet to really embrace ecological considerations. That's according a survey released this month...
- Tags: Sustainability, Leadership, Green Technology, Rackable Systems, Survey, E-business, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Marketing Research, Marketing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-02-23
- CIO Sessions: Verisign CTO on building a new Internet
- Ken Silva, CTO of Verisign, recently sat down with me to talk security, building a network, domain names and trying to out-innovate hackers. I also give him a proverbial white board to design a new Internet. Here's what Silva would do with a...
- Tags: VeriSign Inc., Domain Name, Internet, Domain Names, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-02-11
- “Zombies ahead!” sign says something about SCADA security
- “Zombies ahead!” sign says something about SCADA securitySecurity of the GridThanks for bringing light angle to what is essentially a very hot topic! We all need to take a breather every now again, stop worrying about the security of parts of the grid and calm down.I'm wondering if you wouldn't...
- Tags: Enterprise software, SCADA
- Discussion threads 2009-01-30
- Sizing, configuration, and the Unix reseller hurdle
- Sizing, configuration, and the Unix reseller hurdleIncompetent is as incompentent doesI saw an interesting job ad: http://detroit.craigslist.org/tch/982155526.htmlI contacted the guy to find out how someone with 3 years of experience could possibly be able to consult on infrastructure. Not to mention the whopping 55k salary (with 50% travel). No wonder...
- Tags: Content management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise software, Unix, Microsoft SharePoint, Bob Anderson, reseller, brass ring, noose, shingle, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-01-14
- Network Infrastructure Investments: Create Immediate, High-Skilled Jobs and Stimulate Economic Growth
- This paper, intended for public-sector executives deciding where to invest stimulus money, describes four benefits of adding 21st century network infrastructure to all building and transportation projects such as jobs creation: not just any jobs, but sustainable, skilled jobs, swift start, immediate Return On Investment ROI from cost savings and...
- Tags: Job, Network Infrastructure, Network, Investment, Transportation, Network Administration, Networking
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Research reminder: The need to control IT electricity use isn't confined to the data center
- Data alert: Forrester Research has published charts from a new survey this month reporting that technology OUTSIDE the data center uses more electricity than the stuff that lives inside. The findings are part of the research firm's regular Enterprise and SMB Hardware Survey cycle, which it conducts on a quarterly...
- Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-12-23
- CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Second Verse, Different Than the First
- Industry Giants -the New Adults on the Block Most of these might not be surprising to you but they are to me. With maybe the exception of Sage...and NetSuite....and RightNow and.....ah well. I guess they aren't really all that surprising. But to some degree, IBM and Cisco are surprising. ...
- Tags: Strategy, Application, NetSuite Inc., IBM Corp., CRM, Zach, Zoho, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2008-12-16
- CRM 2009 Forecast - Part 2 - Sticking My Hands Out To Be Slapped
- Last week at this time I was throwing my neck out there forecasting some of CRM's moves in 2009 - and no one chopped it off, thank goodness. So, now, in the same spirit, I'm going to do part 2 of three and stick my hands out to be slapped...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, PaaS, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Emerging Technologies, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
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