Nortel Networks was disappointed to miss out in Telstra's recent round of billion dollar networking hardware contracts, but last week warned the winners they had better shape up or face being shipped out.
Recent market movements by networking heavyweights Lucent and Cisco indicate shaky ground in the networking arena. Meanwhile, Intel may be shifting its focus from wired to wire-less, say analysts.
Sending data between computers and storage systems has been a job handled by a few small, highly specialised companies, but that's changing as new technology allows networking giants such as Cisco Systems to get into the act.
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Telecommunications carriers have laid thousands of miles of fibre-optic cables in the ground, but some analysts suggest the companies have dug themselves into a deep hole.
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Last week I gained first hand insight into how one of the up and comers in networking is putting price pressure on heavyweights like Cisco, Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent.
A technical review conducted by the British government has found several security flaws in products that use VoIP and text messaging, including those from Microsoft and Cisco Systems.
Microsoft has released a batch of updates that affect Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000, Outlook Web Access (OWA) for Exchange Server 2003, and Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC).
A new set of standards announced by the International Telecommunications Union could make it easier for telephone and Internet service providers to offer Ethernet services over their existing networks.
Just because your company hasn't deployed wireless networks doesn't mean you shouldn't be concerned with at least one form of wireless security: prevention of rogue access points.
After years of hype, MPLS (multiprotocol label switching) may finally be an acronym whose time has come.
If you're thinking about voice over IP, we take a look at the steps involved in getting it set up and what's on offer from four major vendors.
Wireless LANs have finally matured into a viable and affordable means of extending your wired network.
For over a year, member companies of the Bluetooth Consortium have been telling us how the Bluetooth’s fast, easy wireless connection capabilities will change the world of portable computing.
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