Tuesday, July 02, 2002

LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS WANTS THIS BUSINESS They are committed to attracting the 300 largest bandwidth customers to their end-to-end IP network. Yep, not a circuit switch in the entire 16,000 miles! The legacy phone companies must do an honest appraisal of the make-versus-buy economics and timing. Verizon begins shift to packet-based voice calls. Switching architecture change is first in 30 years [InfoWorld: Top News] 9:12:58 PM     Comments[]

IF THE TRANSITION IS SMOOTH This could be a big win for all involved! Fidelity Investments won a huge contract to take over human-resources and benefits administration for IBM's 141,000 U.S. employees. The deal comes as Fidelity tries to reduce its dependence on stock-market related revenue. [Wall Street Journal] 8:50:46 PM     Comments[]

SHOWING MY IGNORANCE What's the difference between a VPN and an Intranet? Paolo is covering Intranets. What are the big picture differences between intranets and VPN's? I'm writing something about how Intranets are developing, and I made a few drawings to better illustrate the concept. Maybe somebody is interested... [Paolo Valdemarin: Paolo's Weblog] 10:08:39 AM     Comments[]

JOE HAS DONE IT The question is which notebook PC did he pick? This changes everything. At home I just got the new laptop up and running with the new wireless access point. Was able to sit on the couch and surf the internet. It definitely has that 'this changes everything' feel to it. [Bitworking] 8:36:01 AM     Comments[]

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