According to Brad Reed at Network World, Gartner has published a list of the “10 most important strategic technologies of 2009.” The list includes green IT, mashups, Web-oriented architecture, and unified communications – repeats from last year. It also includes cloud computing, “beyond-blades servers,” business intelligence systems and heterogeneous systems, which are, according to Network [...]
Archive | January, 2009
Don’t sit too close to the Internet, you’ll rot your eyes.
The CES – Consumer Electronics Showcase is currently going on in Las Vegas right now – where consumer tech manufacturers get to display the new year’s models and send us mere mortals salivating – or spending our tax refunds in advance, either/or. There are two particularly interesting things at this year’s CES that might be [...]
TCP Slow Start – Whiteboard Series
Technically, it’s a powerpoint presentation, not a whiteboard sketch, but here, Robert Webb, Principal Network Consultant at NetQoS, brings a short sample of the type of training he does for the NetAnalyst program – in this case discussing TCP Slow Start. The embedded version is low quality – you can head to the appropriate YouTube [...]
The Five Different Types of Network Delay – Whiteboard Series
Technically, it’s a powerpoint presentation, not a whiteboard sketch, but here, Robert Webb, Principal Network Consultant at NetQoS, brings a short sample of the type of training he does for the NetAnalyst program – in this case discussing the five different types of network delay. The video has been split into two parts of six [...]
Will Windows 7 be the tipping point for Compound TCP?
Microsoft’s CES keynote, the first given by Steve Ballmer instead of Bill Gates, announced an open beta version of the Windows 7 operating system, ready for download tomorrow. I’m not a Microsoft fanboy, but I’m psyched about this. First, because they’re giving us 24 hours heads-up. Might be a good idea to get that Windows [...]
VoIP isn’t dead. It’s just pining for the fjords…
Cisco Subnet, a blog on the NetworkWorld.com site, is talking about how VoIP is no longer a hot technology, blaming cable companies that bundled TV, Internet, and telephone service but then didn’t differentiate the VoIP based telephone offerings from the more traditional competitors, equipment makers licencing structurers were too onerous for the quality they delivered, [...]
What’s in a Naming Convention?
By David Mellon For a suite of tools to be as effective as possible, how routers and interfaces are named is critical. A company I previously worked at implemented a naming convention worldwide as part of their NetQoS implementation. We made sure that the names were structured in this format: “Region-Sector-Country-Location-Other-Instance.” For the region, we [...]
Prediction: 2009 will be the year of predictions.
Happy New Year, everyone. Only six more years till hoverboards! At the beginning of the new year, there’s almost always a slew of tech news articles and editorial talking about how 2009 will be the year of X. To wit, it has been the year of “the Linux Desktop” every year since 1999. (Personally, I [...]
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Toronto.Craigslist.Org: For Sale – Ethernet unit, carrier networks unit, and enterprise division.
Nortel filed for bankruptcy protection today, according to the Globe and Mail. At the peak of the tech boom, Nortel was Canada’s largest company, accounting for nearly a third of the total value of the Toronto Stock Exchange. Now, it’s a fire sale, as the company will have to sell of key networking assets. In [...]