NetFlash: VoIP rollouts generate heat, power concerns
08/31/05
In this issue:
* VoIP rollouts generate heat, power concerns
* Microsoft acquires VoIP provider Teleo
* Cell phone service takes a big hit in hurricane states
* BMC acquires knowledge mgmt. company
* IT director lends a hand in Thailand
* Today on Layer 8
* Links related to NetFlash
* Featured reader resource
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FROM THE NETWORK CORE TO THE NETWORK EDGE
Traffic management becomes critical as your network
infrastructure expands to support different types of traffic and
users. Most traffic management solutions have serious
limitations: too expensive, difficult to use, and overly taxing
on bandwidth. However ProCurve Networking by HP addresses these
requirements, overcomes the limitations of other solutions, and
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TROUBLE IN PARADISE?
As technologies such as VoIP emerge to advance networks, many
believe the tools to manage them are falling behind. Traditional
management software models simply can't keep up with the rate of
real-time change that today's applications sustain. Is there a
solution pending or should network managers rely on their own
innovations? Click here:
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM
By Jeff Caruso
VoIP is spreading to many enthusiastic organizations - but those
organizations are starting to see the flipside of VoIP. With
VoIP, you need to run power to all those IP-enabled phones, and
that raises all sorts of other issues.
VoIP rollouts generate heat, power concerns
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6226>
Microsoft acquires VoIP provider Teleo
Microsoft is going after Skype, the popular Internet-based
calling service. Its secret weapon is a start-up that's fresh
out of beta.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6227>
Cell phone service takes a big hit in hurricane states
In the destructive aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, hundreds of
repair crews from Verizon Wireless and Cingular Wireless are on
standby to get into ravaged parts Louisiana, Mississippi and
Alabama to repair waterlogged cell phone systems and equipment.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6228>
BMC acquires knowledge mgmt. company
BMC Software Tuesday announced it had acquired a maker of
knowledge management software in a deal that would equip BMC
with service-desk capabilities that it plans to incorporate into
its Remedy and Magic product suites.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6229>
IT director lends a hand in Thailand
Hurricane Katrina's devastation this week has brought home the
power of Mother Nature to many in the U.S. Earlier this summer,
Senior IT Director K.C. Tomsheck got a first-hand look at Mother
Nature's force abroad.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6230>
Today on Layer 8, news for the nerdy set:
Digital photography changes the way we take pictures; the
world's worst network acronym; iTunes music phone set for
launch; and will Google turn evil?; all this today and more at
your home for not-just-networking news.
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8>
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. 2005 salary survey
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3929>
2. Google dives deeper into networking
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6132>
3. Cisco aims to simplify switch mgmt.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6135>
4. VoIP season about to heat up
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6134>
5. A proposal for governing the 'Net
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6231>
Today's most-forwarded story:
VoIP rollouts generate heat, power concerns
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6232>
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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. Contact him
at <mailto:jcaruso@nww.com>
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This newsletter is sponsored by HP
FROM THE NETWORK CORE TO THE NETWORK EDGE
Traffic management becomes critical as your network
infrastructure expands to support different types of traffic and
users. Most traffic management solutions have serious
limitations: too expensive, difficult to use, and overly taxing
on bandwidth. However ProCurve Networking by HP addresses these
requirements, overcomes the limitations of other solutions, and
gives you valuable insight into LAN performance.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=111675
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ARCHIVE LINKS
NetFlash breaking news:
http://www.networkworld.com/news/netflash.html
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Managed Network Services and Lowering Total Cost of Ownership
No IT organization can provide all services to all its users
without using external resources. A key task is to identify
which functions can be performed internally and which functions
should be outsourced. Learn more now.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=111532
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FEATURED READER RESOURCE
VoIP
For the latest in VoIP, check out NW's Research Center on this
very topic. Here you will find a collection of the latest news,
reviews, product testing results and more all related to keeping
VoIP networks performing at their best. Click here for more:
<http://www.networkworld.com/topics/voip.html>
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