Caron Carlson

With the proliferation of networking devices at the office, corporate cubicle denizens are looking for ever more connectivity, costing enterprises hefty sums in wiring and occasionally hefty networking headaches when the users try to establish new creative connections on their own. This week, 3Com Corp., of San Jose, Calif., is launching what it calls a […]

Todays security consciousness plus the current economic climate often equals networks with an increasing number of safety devices but no additional personnel to administer them. To close the gap, NetScreen Technologies Inc. will roll out at months end two management applications to simplify the configuration of its firewall and VPN devices. NetScreens Global Pro 3.0 […]

One week before the post-Thanksgiving holiday shopping frenzy begins, the Senate passed a two-year extension of the 1998 moratorium on discriminatory and access taxes on the Internet. The House of Representatives approved the measure last month before the moratorium expired Oct. 21, and it now goes to President Bush for signature. The move is heralded […]

Fearing that Congress may soon consider an Internet services bill initiated by the Bell Operating Companies, competing telecommunications carriers and lawmakers opposed to the measure today urged congressional leadership not to bring it up for a vote. Known as the Tauzin/Dingell bill, after its sponsors Reps. Billy Tauzin, R-La., and John Dingell, D-Mich., the legislation […]

With the proliferation of networking devices at the office, corporate cubicle denizen are looking for ever more connectivity, costing enterprises hefty sums in wiring and occasionally hefty networking headaches when the denizen try to establish new creative connections on their own. This week 3Com Corp. is launching what it calls a new product category – […]

Video distribution technology that allows traders on the New York Stock Exchange floor to watch televised news programming was first developed for the U.S. Navy. Now, as the Department of Defense accelerates efforts to improve IT for 21st century warfare, the DOD is looking at ways traders use IT to improve battlefield applications. The pattern […]

Todays security consciousness plus the current economic climate often equals networks with an increasing number of safety devices but no additional personnel to administer them. To close the gap, NetScreen Technologies Inc. at the end of the month will roll out two management applications to simplify the configuration of its firewall and virtual private network […]

Microsoft Corp. may have settled its lengthy antitrust case with the Department of Justice, but the refusal of nine states and the District of Columbia to agree to the terms will keep the case open for the foreseeable future. Further complicating matters is that the judge who presided over the DOJ-Microsoft settlement—and will continue to […]

Cisco Systems Inc. last week launched 12 IP telephony products, touting their capacity to improve an enterprises return on investment. The software and hardware upgrades use a converged voice, video and data network to lower the cost of network ownership and maintenance. In general, Cisco champions IP telephony as a way to reduce equipment costs […]

If traditional revenue sources arent yielding hoped-for results in the slowing economy, some enterprises may be surprised to find profit opportunities in existing patents. Managing intellectual property effectively can increase related revenue by 50 percent over three years, according to a recent study by Gartner Inc. One way to eke revenues out of intellectual capital […]