NetFlash: IP services profitability still in doubt 09/23/04 In this issue:
* IP services profitability still in doubt * Microsoft adds incentives to licensing program * Former CA chief Sanjay Kumar indicted on fraud charges * Cisco to hire 1,000 engineers, salespeople this year * Network World Fusion Radio * Today on Layer 8 * Links related to NetFlash * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by World Data Products Inc Just Released >>> New '04/'05 Cisco Router & Switch Poster Hot off the press! The World Data Products' poster of Cisco routers and switches has been updated with new Router and Catalyst switch models. This definitive guide provides information on model capacities, interface cards and available features. A great resource for product selection and network planning. Get yours today! To order go to: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=81106 or call 800-553-0592 _______________________________________________________________ DOWNLOAD THE LATEST SPECIAL REPORTS FROM NETWORK WORLD Focused reports on compelling industry topics, Network World Special Reports are available online at Network World Fusion. Network World Special Reports on Mobility, IP Telephony Security, the State of Wireless LANs and more are currently available. Download any or all of our Special Reports at: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=81379 _______________________________________________________________ NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORK WORLD FUSION By Jeff Caruso Service providers are building out IP networks with all the gusto of a dot-commer circa 1998. But no one is quite sure whether IP-based services are even profitable - or when they will be. As a market, frame relay dwarfs IP VPNs, for instance, and voice over IP is just getting started. And prices are being kept low, making the challenge of reaching profitability that much more difficult. IP services profitability still in doubt <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004ipprofit.html?net> Microsoft adds incentives to licensing program Microsoft continues to try to make its volume licensing and maintenance programs more palatable to customers. Ever since Licensing 6.0 and Software Assurance were introduced two years ago, customers have been resistant - but Microsoft has made quite a few concessions since the introduction, and many enterprises have come around. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0922stepup.html?net> Former CA chief Sanjay Kumar indicted on fraud charges Former Computer Associates CEO Sanjay Kumar and CA's former head of worldwide sales, Stephen Richards, have been indicted on charges of securities fraud conspiracy and obstruction of justice, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday afternoon. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0922sanjay.html?net> Cisco to hire 1,000 engineers, salespeople this year Cisco said it will add up to 1,000 employees, primarily in its engineering and sales groups, over the next fiscal year, which ends July 31, 2005. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0922hirecis.html?net> Network World Fusion Radio: Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report Symantec this week released its semi-annual Internet Security Threat Report that covers the first half of 2004, and the numbers are not good. Bot networks are up from 2,000 at the beginning of the year to 30,000 as of the end of June, and there are some 10,000 malicious programs that could infect a Windows PC. Joining us to discuss the findings is Dean Turner, executive editor of the Internet Security Threat Report for Symantec. Listen in now at: <http://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/0923radio.html?net> Today on Layer 8, now at the low, low price of "free": The future of IT is women's work; free voice mail for the homeless; make your own light saber; and feds pass anti-video voyeur bill; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news. <http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Jeff Caruso Jeff Caruso is managing editor of online news for Network World. He oversees daily online news posting and newsletter editing, and writes the NetFlash daily news summary, the High-Speed LANs newsletter and the Voices of Networking newsletter. 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