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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Nortel users need to watch Avaya; Cubicles gone wild: 13 wacky workspaces; Cisco outlines LTE strategy

Cubicles Gone Wild: 13 Wacky Workspaces; Cisco outlines LTE strategy
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Nortel users need to keep tabs on Avaya integration plans

The biggest issue facing Nortel enterprise customers on the heels of Avaya's $900 million purchase of that business is product overlap, consolidation and subsequent support, analysts say. Read full story

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Cubicles Gone Wild: 13 Wacky Workspaces
The office cubes you are about to see are definitely not what Herman Miller (the furniture company responsible for the modern day cubicle) had in mind. Every office has its colorful cube-dwellers, but these may make your office mates seem tame.

Cisco outlines LTE strategy
Despite its immersion in WiMAX as a strategic 4G offering via the Navini Networks acquisition and deep involvement with Clearwire, Cisco also plans to play in the LTE space -- no doubt due to the selection of LTE by deep-pocketed customers Verizon and AT&T for their 4G buildouts.

Avaya promises near-term support for Nortel gear
Nortel enterprise customers will be able to buy the company's current line of products for 12 to 18 months after Avaya officially takes ownership of Nortel's enterprise division that it won at auction for $900 million.

Skype is on its way to becoming one of the most important companies in the world
Doesn't Marc Andreessen have a duty to eBay shareholders to maximize Skype's value for them and not himself?

Will government gig put Google ahead of Microsoft in cloud race?
With Google set to bring Google Apps to U.S. government agencies next year, analysts say it's a move that could put the search giant a step ahead of rival Microsoft -- and give the cloud a boost at the same time.

HP equips desktop PCs with SSDs for faster Windows 7 boots
HP plans to introduce a new business desktop PC that comes with a solid-state disk drive (SSD) to speed up Windows 7 and other applications.

Failing to buy Emulex, Broadcom sues
Broadcom filed a patent infringement suit against networking company Emulex on Monday, just months after abandoning a nearly year-long effort to buy the company.

The other iPhone lie: VPN policy support
The iPhone OS 3.1 fixed false reporting about Exchange policy adherence. It turns out that a similar flaw existed for VPN policies, too.

Budget-beating out-of-band management
Opengear's all-in-one appliance combines service processor aggregation, serial console, and environmental monitoring at a nice price.

Asustek shows off new thin, light UL laptop family
Asustek showed off 4 new UL-series laptops priced between US$980 and $1,105.

Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and 15 copies of Windows Server 2008 How-To. Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers (watch for giveaway information soon.) Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages.

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September 16, 2009

TOP STORIES | MOST DUGG STORIES

  1. Microsoft greasing Win 7 skids with early release of desktop tools
  2. Domain-name abuse proliferates
  3. Windows 7 touch: Dead on arrival
  4. Sprint CEO calls the iPhone the "Michael Jordan" of smartphones
  5. IEEE stamps "approved" on 802.11n Wi-Fi standard
  6. Developer denies software to beat Chinese censors is malicious
  7. Avaya wins Nortel enterprise business for $900 million
  8. A tale of two college Wi-Fi networks and 802.11n
  9. 10 cool Web apps developed in two days
  10. Ethernet switch vendors propose data center collapse

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