Stories by Phil Hochmuth

VoIP hubbub heard over ComNet din

The voice-over-IP development machine was running full bore last week at ComNet 2001, with a slew of companies cranking out services and products for enterprise and carrier networks.

Cisco Provides Roaming Broadband Access

On Monday, Cisco Systems Inc. announced its Internet Mobile Office initiative, intended to give mobile workers secure broadband access to an enterprise network in such places as hotels, conventions centers, airports and even coffee houses.

3Com may incite acquisition fever

3Com may be rounding the corner in terms of its restructuring program, but its low stock price and market value will continue to pose a problem for the company, some observers claim.

Benhamou steps down at 3Com

3Com CEO Eric Benhamou last week announced he will step down from his post in a move seen as the end of a tumultuous, year-long restructuring campaign.

3Com's Financial Quandary

3Com Corp. may be rounding the corner in terms of its restructuring program, but its low stock price and market value will continue to pose a problem for the company, some observers say.

Avaya Chief Outlines VoIP Strategy

Convergence is an important issue to many network professionals as the technology begins to take hold in enterprise call centers and even traditional phone networks. Avaya Inc. - the former enterprise network group of Lucent Technologies Inc. that was spun off as a separate company on Oct. 2 - hopes to capitalize on the convergence push. It brings several new voice-over-IP offerings to the table, and a whole catalog of established telephony, call center products from Lucent. The firm also has some not-so-established LAN and WAN products inherited from Lucent.

10-Gigabit Ethernet Technology Picks Up Steam

Low-cost, high-speed 10-Gigabit Ethernet technology capable of sustaining networked applications, such as VPNs, IP telephony, LAN services and e-commerce, is the wave of the future, according to a number of users, analysts and standards body representatives.

Quintum Ties Remote Offices to IP Telephony

Quintum Technologies Inc. will release two gateway devices aimed at bringing IP telephony to remote and branch offices that have access to only analog phone connections.

Lucent Spinoff Debuts IP Telephony Products

Avaya is building six new IP telephony hardware and software products intended to help voice-over-IP technology make the jump from smaller businesses to large-scale enterprises.

Riverstone Intros New Optical Edge Switch

Riverstone Networks Inc. Monday announced a service provider switch that is aimed at bringing manageable, Internet core-level bandwidth to customers of metro area service providers.

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