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A number of studies and observations -- and even a bit of news -- about small and medium-sized business (SMB) security were released during the past few weeks. This drives home an important old point... More >
The numbers that were thrown around by Sprint CTO Barry West when describing how quickly Sprint Nextel's XOHM WiMax network will break from the gate mean one of two things: By this time next year the... More >
All sorts of interesting overt and covert themes can be read into the release of VoIP customer research last week by Keynote Competitive Research . The first thing to note is that the researc... More >
The security of virtualized environments is getting a lot of attention because VMware, a leading vendor in the sector, had a nasty encounter with some bugs last week. The issue, described at Network... More >
Vonage may have had a nice summer, but its spring and fall clearly have left much to be desired. In March, a federal jury found that the company had violated VoIP patents held by Verizon. The... More >
Gun proponents like to say that guns don't kill people, people kill people. The point these folks are making is that the weapons are neutral -- humans determine whether the results are good, bad or m... More >
One of the most important areas in the entire telecommunications landscape is the intersection of physical and IP security. The ubiquity of the Internet -- especially when wireless access is factored... More >
The evolution of fixed mobile convergence (FMC), which is succinctly defined at Network Teks' Computer News Blog, continues. As with any major transitions in technology, FMC is rife with... More >
The writer of this CNET piece does a nice job of using the the release of an InsightExpress study on Bluetooth security to provide a primer on the topic. Ironically, there is relatively littl... More >
Small businesses need to watch how they research and buy -- as well as discard -- computers and computer-related devices. The reason is simple: In many cases, gadgets are sold, given away, donated or... More >
With WiMax World set for Chicago next week and the Intel Developer Forum this week in San Francisco, it is hardly surprising that a lot of WiMax news is in the air. Deployment of the techn... More >
This week, Arbor Networks reported that, at least for respondents to its third annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report, botnets have surpassed distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks as... More >
The world of convergence took a small step forward last week as Sprint Nextel rolled out Airwave , a femtocell-based service, in parts of Denver and Indianapolis. The femtocell concept has been arou... More >
The coverage a keynote delivered by new McAfee CEO David DeWalt to the InformationWeek 500 conference changes topics abruptly about half way through. The first half notes DeWalt's feeling that desp... More >
4G is beckoning a bit beyond the horizon. The question, which is nicely posed at GigaOm by John Roese, Nortel's CTO, is what precisely 4G will be. The post doesn't dive into any specific technolo... More >
All we can say is this: What took so long? This TechWorld story reports on findings from the Computer Security Institute that say insider threats have moved ahead of viruses in the number of report... More >
We've said many times that the barriers between how consumers and businesses use devices are eroding. This release, which advertises a report from ABI Research , suggests that new fault lines are fo... More >
This IT-Director.com story is a straight forward look at two approaches to e-mail encryption . Gateway-to-gateway encryption, as the name implies, only mixes messages as they enter or exit the ente... More >
Incumbent carriers have a lot to lose if rules set by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the 700 MHz auction stand. The auction -- set for next January -- stipulates the winners a... More >
This SonicWall survey says that while managers are growing more comfortable with remote workers, three areas of concern remain. Managers worry about how productive the workers will be while outside ... More >
There are a number of milestones in the introduction and acceptance of new technology. One sign of maturation in functionality is becoming available in more flexible ways than when it was introduced.... More >
This long Network Computing article takes a look at mashups and their viability in the enterprise. The piece goes into great detail, but the theme is that there is a place for these Web 2.0 mixes of... More >
There is a lot to be worried about in this story at PCWorld.com . The most superficial news from Panda Software -- that malware is available for a price -- is disturbing enough. A bit of analysis m... More >
Are there distinct lines that divide VoIP, Web 2.0, Web conferencing, unified communications and myriad other applications and classes of services? Yes, but they are all in the eye of the beholder. &... More >
There is little doubt that a lot of consumers -- and more than a few businesses -- will buy draft 802.11n equipment. The question is how well the "N" initiative in general and enterprise efforts in p... More >
It's nice to see some good news. InformationWeek reports on four men who pleaded guilty to e-mail-based pump-and-dump schemes. The story names the criminals, who face a maximum of five years in pri... More >
Many fortunes will be made and lost and many investments shown to be shrewd or a bust in the next decade as cable companies and telcos build out their networks and market their triple- and quadruple-... More >
IT managers who want a case of indigestion need go no further than peeking at the figures from ipoque on peer-to-peeer (P2P) traffic. The firm says the approach accounts for 50 percent to 90 percent ... More >
The battle between 3G and WiMax has been penciled in on everyone's calendar for next year or 2009. It's clear, however, that anything having to do with wireless and cellular happens from East to West... More >
The news that the iPhone outsold all the smartphones on the market in July (at least according to iSuppli) was perhaps inevitable considering the hype. It's also, more than likely, a sign of things... More >
Though it's only part of a larger business wrap up, this BusinessWeek report on panelists' take on entrepreneurial uses Web 2.0 is interesting. The panel, which included representatives of Wetpaint... More >
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