Comcast trials service to help bandwidth hogs impose self control Comcast is trialing a service that tips off heavy users when they are about to run afoul of the company's acceptable use policy and thereby run the risk of having their bandwidth pinched during periods when the network gets congested. Nortel in '09: Dismantling of a tech stalwart This year saw the slow, painful dismantling of Nortel. Its gradual exit from the tech scene played out the entire year, as each month brought news of more layoffs, markdowns or sell-offs. The IT-Lite branch office We've been talking about the migration away from branch offices that are IT-heavy to ones that are IT-lite. This newsletter will look ahead and discuss the IT-lite design towards which most IT organizations are migrating. Groups urge changes to broadband stimulus programs Two U.S. government agencies distributing $7.2 billion in broadband deployment grants and loans over the next year should make big changes before a second round of funding starts, several groups have told the agencies. Why industrial Ethernet is gaining momentum I recently looked at one company's industrial Ethernet evolution, and this week analyst firm Frost & Sullivan explained the reasons behind the growth of the technology in this new sphere. SAP readying potential Google Wave rival SAP is planning to release a "virtual war room" decision-making tool dubbed Constellation, which could be a potential rival to Google's heralded Wave collaboration platform. A real-life carbon-neutral ISP Australian ISP Internode has been carbon-neutral for more than a year, happily paying 20% more to power its data centers and offices. Gates Foundation funds library broadband projects The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed nearly $3.4 million in grants to improve Internet connections for libraries in five states, the foundation announced Tuesday. Today from the Subnet communities On Cisco Subnet: The CCIE has gotten a lot harder, data shows and Can Santa Deliver a Hummin' Dynamips Platform for Christmas?; On Microsoft Subnet: Prevx apologizes, backtracks on claims that Microsoft patch causes black screen; On Google Subnet: Google changes rules for Google News to placate publishers Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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