Nortel Networks mulls bankruptcy
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Economic crisis threatens networking growth
The networking industry is facing, along with the rest of the economy, a major financial crisis, writes Thomas Nolle. Our generation has taken network growth for granted and has seen the Internet reshape culture. This comfortable view that 'more bits' will pave the way to the future is the greatest threat we face, he says, because networking is going to change, one way or another.

Convergence, not economy, driving managed LAN services
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Network Access Control: Deploy now or wait?
It's far from a perfect technology. Not only is NAC still maturing, but there are also several competing factions and little in the way of industry standards, leading some to wonder if it might make sense to wait.

Opinion: Unified communications with ROI in mind
Discovering value in UC comes from understanding its potential to fundamentally change the way we communicate, collaborate and get work done.

Goodwill Mission
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OPINION: Avaya's small business phone ploy
Unified Communications strategy doesn't include products never seen before, but they are newly bundled, newly organized and now cost less.

SaaS Fills Its Holes
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A big step for 802.11n
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