All the week's news and views about The Edge, 11/08/04 _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Cisco Systems Special Report: Bridging the Gap; Enterprise ROI
IT professionals today don't indulge in the latest-greatest technology for their own sake; instead they concentrate efforts on projects that are most likely to help achieve business goals. Read about the challenges and opportunities when IT starts 'bridging the gap' and directly contributes to enterprise ROI. http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=88010 _______________________________________________________________ SECURTIY SUMMIT: CAN SECURITY BE A COMPETITIVE EDGE? Recently 23 prominent IT executives and academics gathered at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH for a daylong roundtable to address such questions. CIOs and VPs from some of the largest and most well-known companies in the US shared with peers their security fears, goals, frustrations and challenges. Find out more: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=87872 _______________________________________________________________ Edge News Alert AT&T adding tool to help thwart attacks, 11/08/04 AT&T last week announced its newest Internet Protect security service, which is designed to help business customers mitigate worm and virus attacks on their networks. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110804att.html?nl> Covad broadens VoIP service, 11/05/04 Covad this week announced the availability of business-class VoIP service in 14 additional markets. <http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1105covad.html?nl> Verizon Wireless, Nextel settle legal disputes, 11/04/04 Verizon Wireless and Nextel Communications this week said they have reached an agreement to resolve all their legal disputes. <http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1104verinext.html?nl> Patent suit takes aim at Cisco routers, switches, 11/04/04 A Miami Beach, Fla., company on Tuesday sued Cisco for alleged patent infringement, charging the networking giant with stealing its routing technology. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1104patensuit.html?nl> MCI reports $3.4 billion loss, says it's back on track, 11/04/04 MCI Thursday reported a $3.4 billion third-quarter loss, due mainly to a write-off of the value of its assets, as the company's efforts to recover from its bankruptcy were hampered by stiff competition in the long-distance telephone service market. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1104mcirepor.html?nl> Lucent to resell Kagoor VoIP gear, 11/03/04 Lucent and session border controller vendor Kagoor Networks this week signed a global reseller agreement that enables Lucent to market Kagoor's Voice Flow 3000 product to VoIP carrier customers. <http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1103lucent.html?nl> Technologists push Ethernet to new areas, 11/02/04 Ethernet may be a commoditized technology in enterprise LANs but technologists are working to push, pull and stretch the technology into new areas and applications. <http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1102ethernet.html?nl> Qualcomm to build $800 million wireless media network, 11/02/04 Mobile multimedia content will get its own nationwide network in the U.S. by 2006 if an $800 million project by Qualcomm goes according to plan. <http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1102qualctobu.html?nl> Report: AOL to cut 700 jobs, 11/02/04 America Online plans to lay off 700 employees, about 5% of its U.S. workforce, by the end of the year, several news organizations reported Tuesday. <http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1102aoljobs.html?nl> NEC advances to cut cost of fiber-optic equipment, 11/02/04 NEC has made advances in the technology of tunable lasers that will cut the cost of fiber-optic equipment and help communications carriers deliver more efficient communications services, and which will be commercially available by October 2005, the company said in a recent interview. <http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1102necadvan.html?nl> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Network World Staff Contact Edge Managing Editor Jim Duffy at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Cisco Systems Special Report: Bridging the Gap; Enterprise ROI IT professionals today don't indulge in the latest-greatest technology for their own sake; instead they concentrate efforts on projects that are most likely to help achieve business goals. 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