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Verizon technology chief talks fiber
Insight Mark Wegleitner explains why Verizon is spending billions to take fiber to the doorstep.
Tags: Bandwidth, Network administration/implementation, Network standards/protocols
Creating a secure and reliable VoIP solution
Insight Deb Shinder points out what you need to be aware of to create a secure infrastructure.
Tags: VoIP, VoIP/IP telephony, Security
Why Google hired Vint Cerf
Insight Internet pioneer has big ideas for Google Earth and mobile phones. He's also got his eyes on outer space.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Search
Web-science pioneer is made a dame
News The New Year's honors list included a damehood for Professor Wendy Hall, a seminal figure in the research and development of web libraries, hypermedia, multimedia and the semantic Web.
Tags: Web sites, Government, Benefits, Semantic Web, Hypermedia, Information And Communication Technology, Tim Berners-Lee, Association for Computing Machinery, Computer, Wendy Hall
Put an Internet disaster plan in place
Techguide Find out why Jonathan Yarden advises companies to prepare for Internet disasters in the same manner they do for natural disasters and physical ones.
Connect branch offices using a VPN
Insight Growing businesses may have offices in several locations, and networking those sites can be a challenge. But there's a cost effective way to do it.
UK financial traders move to the sewers
News Optical fiber network provider, Geo, has opened a new high-capacity network for financial trading organizations to carry out automated trades more efficiently.
Tags: Network infrastructure, optical fiber, trader, Silicon.com, financial, network, financial service, network provider, spokesman, data network
Put an Internet disaster plan in place
Techguide Jonathan Yarden advises companies to prepare for Internet disasters in the same manner they do for physical ones.
Tags: Data backup, disaster recovery, Data security, Security, Disaster recovery
How to deploy scalable Web caching solutions
Techguide Whatever the size of your business, Web caching can help optimize performance and save bandwidth. And if you choose the right caching solution, it can grow as your network does without the need for expensive and time-consuming re-structuring.
An introduction to enterprise data storage
Techguide Storage often doesn't get the attention it deserves, which can turn out to be a costly oversight. George Ou provides this overview to get you up to speed on the various storage subsystems.
Tags: Storage, Storage area networks (SAN), Network-attached storage (NAS), RAID, Storage management, Data backup, disaster recovery, Data centers, Storage software
Service restored in Silicon Valley after fiber cut
News AT&T said that service is back up in the San Jose, Calif., area after four of the company's four fiber-optic cables there were cut last week.
Tags: Cable, Twitter, Sprint Communications, Fiber, landline phone, Wireless, phone, AT&T Corp., network, Silicon Valley
Still no universal broadband access in Thailand
News More fiber networks will be rolled out to the well-to-do this year, but lack of government subsidy and strategy will prevent cheap connectivity to the masses, says Ovum.
Tags: Cable, DSL, 3G (Third Generation), Network infrastructure, Alcatel, Ovum, India, Fiber, Telecommunications, Thailand
Jordan's Internet minister on piracy, open source, outsourcing
Insight newsmaker Bassem Al Rousan talks about his plan to transform a resource-poor Middle Eastern country into a home for software, hardware, and Internet companies.
Tags: Open source, Piracy, Government, Web sites, Web 2.0, Law, Tax, telecommunications, Lebanon, Outsourcing
Pico cell technology improves cellular investment
Insight Mobile cellular coverage can be a problem inside office buildings, particularly on lower floors and in elevators, etc. It's not uncommon to have black spots, very low signal strength, or call drops on cellular devices while inside an office building or a basement. With mobile phones fast becoming an essential business tool, the quality of mobile service within the corporate campus is becoming ever more important. Pico cell technology is one way to improve service.
More opting for newer cabling technology, survey reveals
Insight Global study shows IT managers prefer Cat 6 or Cat 6a copper cabling in new installations.
Tags: Cable
