TECHWEB TODAY: NETWORKING Friday, December 3, 2004 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Friday Networking Feature: Ethernet Gets Juiced 2. Networking News Of The Week
Today's Top News 3. Analysts: PC Business Sale Could Cost IBM 4. Microsoft Extends Custom Support For NT Server To '06 5. Firefox Users Don't Click 6. Report: Another Up Quarter For Disk Storage Other News This Week 7. PC Market Faces Big Changes 8. ESPN Set To Become Wireless Operator 9. Lycos Europe Confronts Strong Resistance In Spam War 10. Tech Pay Increases For IT Workers With Key Skills ------- Advertisement ------------------- This Issue Sponsored by SBC Communications We can design, deliver and manage a data integration system that converges the multiple business networks you may have - dealers, brokers, suppliers, even customers. Across platforms, across America. Consider the dots connected. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekyg0GpvDH0G4V0CdFG0Au ----------------------------------------- -- Keep Getting This Newsletter -- Don't let future editions of TechWeb Today Networking go missing. Take a moment to add the newsletter's address to your anti-spam whitelist: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you're not sure how to do that, ask your administrator or ISP. Or check your anti-spam utility's documentation. Thanks. 1. FRIDAY NETWORKING FEATURE: Ethernet Gets Juiced Supplying power to a growing array of network devices is increasingly challenging. Power over Ethernet, (PoE)--packing electricity and network access in a single cable--is a mighty solution. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekyg0GpvDH0G4V0C14Z0A5 2. NETWORKING NEWS OF THE WEEK Cingular To Roll Out High-Speed 3G Services Cingular Wireless will begin deploying a speedier wireless Internet service next year, a move made possible by the network capacity gained with the recent acquisition of AT&T Wireless. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekyg0GpvDH0G4V0C14a0AD Broadband Kentucky Derby: A Race To Connect The State Kentucky's effort to bring broadband access to all its citizens by 2007 just got a boost, with the announcement that broadband power line provider Broadband Horizons has joined the state's ConnectKentucky campaign. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekyg0GpvDH0G4V0C14b0AE Juniper Targets Cisco With Multi-Chassis Core Router The company's TX Matrix box allows service providers to "cluster" up to four high-end T640 routers for greater throughput, simpler management. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekyg0GpvDH0G4V0C14c0AF Enterprise Router Shipments Increase 10%, But Revenue Drops Report says that revenue for shipments won't return to 2003 levels until 2007. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekyg0GpvDH0G4V0C14d0AG Cingular Tips Hand On Wireless Broadband, 3G Plans Wireless operator indicates it intends to both roll out UMTS 3G service and faster service that will compete with wireless broadband technologies like WiMAX. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekyg0GpvDH0G4V0C14e0AH Iomega Targets SMBs With Line Of NAS Servers Iomega NAS 400r servers use high-speed Serial ATA storage subsystems, and are based on Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekyg0GpvDH0G4V0C14f0AI ------- Advertisement ------------------- This Issue Sponsored by SBC Communications We can design, deliver and manage a data integration system that converges the multiple business networks you may have - dealers, brokers, suppliers, even customers. Across platforms, across America. Consider the dots connected. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekyg0GpvDH0G4V0CdFG0Au ------------------------------------------- TODAY'S NEWS 3. Analysts: PC Business Sale Could Cost IBM IBM's plans to divest its PC business could be a mistake, some Wall Street analysts said. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekyg0GpvDH0G4V0C14g0AJ 4. Microsoft Extends Custom Support For NT Server To '06 With Windows NT 4.0 Server support due to end on December 31, Microsoft is prodding customers to migrate, but also extending its custom support plan for another year. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekyg0GpvDH0G4V0C14h0AK 5. Firefox Users Don't Click Report says Firefox users click through to Web site ads four to five times less often than do users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekyg0GpvDH0G4V0C14i0AL 6. Report: Another Up Quarter For Disk Storage While worldwide disk-storage systems grew more than 50 percent in storage capacity, factory revenues grew 3.5 percent year-over-year, according to IDC. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekyg0GpvDH0G4V0C14j0AM OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK 7. PC Market Faces Big Changes As PCs morph into consumer-entertainment devices and business commodities, longtime personal computer stalwarts will leave the business. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekyg0GpvDH0G4V0C1hb0A5 8. ESPN Set To Become Wireless Operator ESPN said it will launch its own branded mobile network next year, claiming it will be the first such network aimed specifically at sports fans. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekyg0GpvDH0G4V0C14k0AN 9. Lycos Europe Confronts Strong Resistance In Spam War In an offensive against spammers, it started distributing a screensaver that conducts a denial-of-service attack against sites that market products via spam. 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