Alaskans seek $1.3 billion of broadband funds Alaskan organizations have applied for $1.3 billion in broadband deployment stimulus funding from the U.S. government, out of a total of $4 billion in funding available in the first round of grants and loans. WAN optimization buyers want integrated measurement In NetForecast's recent survey on the future of application delivery systems, 69% of respondents told us they want performance measurement integrated into their WAN optimization platform. 10G causes LAN architecture shift An important article related to network architecture may have gotten a little lost in the shuffle when it was published last week on Network World, so I wanted to make sure I drew your attention to it. Jim Duffy wrote about a fundamental shift caused by 10 Gigabit Ethernet, virtualization and blade servers. What makes a carrier green? Analyst Aditya Kaul discusses the metrics that ABI Research used to create its green carrier ratings, which carriers fared best in the study, and the benefits of green IT to consumers and businesses. Wi-Fi to fill mobile WAN gaps As AT&T prepares yet again to upgrade its HSPA 7.2 3G access and backhaul networks in the United States, the word is that some mobile network operators will eventually look to offload some of their spiraling mobile data traffic onto Wi-Fi networks. Adaptive private networking: Show me the money California high-tech company tries to cut down on $8 million expense. Seattle Children's Hospital seeks IT management cure with CA software Seattle Children's Hospital puts CA Spectrum Infrastructure Manager and CA eHealth Performance Manager to work monitoring application performance from the end-user perspective. 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. Open source management community launches GroundWork Open Source launches MonitoringForge.org to foster development, maintenance and widespread use of open-source management and monitoring applications among IT administrators. 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. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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