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- Network Management
- Monitoring an active communications network in order to diagnose problems and gather statistics for administration and fine tuning. Examples of network management products are IBM's NetView, HP's OpenView, Sun's...
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- Comcast challenges FCC authority
- I don't have time to review this right now, but I wanted to get it up ASAP. Comcast is appealing the FCC decision on network management, even though it plans to comply. Here's the message I received: In connection with its filing today in the...
- Tags: FCC, Commission, Network, Comcast Corp., Network Management, Sales Force Management, Federal Government, Internet, Networking, Sales, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Comcast undecided on network management scheme
- Comcast undecided on network management schemeSo rather than upgrade their outdated networkthey are spending time and money on figuring out how to piss off the customers most likely to jump to FIOS once it comes to their neighborhood. Shrewd.RE: Comcast undecided on network management schemeI have Comcast. I'm one...
- Tags: Network administration, NETWORKING, Comcast Corp., bandwidth, network management, network
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- Comcast undecided on network management scheme
- Despite the fact that it's testing a system to cut back bandwidth for heavy (P2P) users during peak traffic time, Comcast says it hasn't decided on any network management techniques as yet, IDG reports. The FCC issued an order this week requiring Comcast to stop network management that discriminates against...
- Tags: Network, Comcast Corp., Network Management, FreePress, Networking, Network Administration, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- FCC issues 'radical' order re: Comcast
- The FCC has released its formal decision PDF against Comcast, ordering it to stop throttling BitTorrent traffic. As Wired's David Kravets views it, it's an open invitation for ISPs to censor content – so long as they're protocol-agnostic about it. Calling the decision "vitriolic," Kravets says:...
- Tags: FCC, Commission, Network, Comcast Corp., Internet Service Provider, Network Management, Federal Government, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Sales Force Management, Networking, Government, Internet, Sales, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Zoho's millions
- It's not often I get excited by adoption numbers but the fact Zoho has passed the million user landmark represents an outstanding achievement and a cause for celebration. Zoli Erdos, chief hand waver and Irregular chum has all the details. I was more interested in the...
- Tags: Network Management, Zoho, Sales Strategy, Public Relations, Network Administration, Networking, Sales, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- FCC slams Comcast but too little too late?
- The FCC formally voted to censure Comcast over torrent-blocking today. And the decision has stirred up plenty of controversry. The LA Times' Jim Puzzanghera called the decision a "warning shot to all Internet service providers that it would not tolerate discriminatory behavior." There will be no fine...
- Tags: FCC, Network, Comcast Corp., Network Management, LA Times, Internet, Federal Government, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Network Administration, Networking, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- 3wgate Internet Cafe Billing Client Software (zip)
- 3wgate is an Internet cafe and billing software. Also good as a network management solution for businesses that want to control staff access to the Internet. Notable features of this software are browsing billing, site blocking, throway ticket/solo time, blocking/unblocking of sites, application, file download, usb devices, and control panel....
- Tags: Billing, Internet Cafe, USB, Network Management, SIRL Technologies, 3wgate, Internet, Networking
- Software downloads 2008-07-21
- Comcast: We won't bump Vonage over network management
- Comcast: We won't bump Vonage over network managementJust Vonage or all VOIP?I believe the concern was that when Comcast switches from a per protocol limiting measure to a per customer limiting measure, they will not be looking at the kind of traffic. If a customer over uses their allotment, whatever...
- Tags: Telephony, Network administration, VOIP, NETWORKING, network, Vonage Holdings Corp., Comcast Corp., network management
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- Comcast: We won't bump Vonage over network management
- Vonage and Comcast said Wednesday that they will collaborate to "address the reasonable network management of Internet services." That's a fancy way to say that Comcast won't bump Vonage from its network even though they compete. Under the pact, which is a bit sketchy,...
- Tags: Network, Comcast Corp., Vonage Holdings Corp., Network Management, Networking, Telecommunications, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- TW, Cable test bandwidth limits for P2P
- Cable companies to Internet users: game on! You want unlimited P2P usage? Well, you can pay more for it. Alternatively, you're getting pushed into the slow zone. How do you like them neutrality apples? From Reuters: Time Warner Cable said it...
- Tags: Bandwidth, Network, Comcast Corp., P2P, Network Management, Peer To Peer (P2P), Networking, Network Administration, Cable, Network Technology, Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- Solutions Consultant Heightens Productivity and Improves Server Performance by 20%
- Alpine ultimately needed a server solution that would integrate with its existing technology, increase its business flexibility, and reduce network management costs. This solution would form a solid foundation for its business workloads without adding to the workload of running the business. Alpine saw that Windows Server 2008 would answer...
- Tags: Network Management, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-03-06
- No Government rules on packet throttling, blocking, colleague says on Capitol Hill
- Colleague George Ou, who is not a proponent of most net neutrality regulations, stated his opinions before a Congressional staffer-panel on Network Management sponsored by iGrowthGlobal. That outfit, whose board is full of board members who have served in a similar capacity on...
- Tags: Network, Wireless Network, Network Management, Networking, Government, Network Administration, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- A geek's trip to Capitol Hill on Network Management
- A geek's trip to Capitol Hill on Network ManagementGood Job on your part.Very nice yet some what biased description. Not that I don't doubt that your observation was legitimate. You have successfully painted Burstein as an unorganized loud mouth that wants people to accept his word until proven otherwise....
- Tags: Network administration, NETWORKING, network management, network
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- A geek's trip to Capitol Hill on Network Management
- I appeared before congressional and government staffers on Capitol Hill for a panel on Network Management sponsored by iGrowthGlobal. This was my first time in Washington DC and while it was a little cold for my Californian bones, it was a beautiful city and seeing the capitol of the nation...
- Tags: BitTorrent, Japan, Network, Comcast Corp., P2P, Mr., Video, DOCSIS, Geek, Wireless Network, Presentation, Network Management, Richard Bennett, Cable, Peer To Peer (P2P), Networking, Internet, Corporate Communications, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Marketing, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- Live Webcast: Simplify network management with virtualized storage
- Despite its growing popularity, many IT professionals remain skeptical of virtualized storage as an enabling technology for simplified storage management. So what's the real story behind virtualized storage solutions? Sponsored by Dell and hosted by Josh Gingold, this live ZDNet Webcast will: Explain...
- Tags: Webcast, Network, Network Management, Storage, Hardware
- Webcasts 2008-02-25
- Comcast: BitTorrent blocking is a good thing
- Russell Shaw has some excerpts from Comcast's comments to the FCC over bandwidth "shaping." As you peruse them you can see there's little there but a full-throated defense of the practice. The carefully limited measures that Comcast takes to manage traffic on its broadband network —...
- Tags: BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., Network Management, Russell Shaw, Internet, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
- Comcast traffic management issue before FCC
- Today is the deadline for the FCC call for comments on the Comcast traffic management case brought about by a formal complaint from the Free Press and Public Knowledge. As a former network engineer who designed networks and servers and as someone who has written extensively on these matters, I...
- Tags: FCC, Bandwidth, Packet, Electronic Frontier Foundation, BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., P2P, Problem, Verizon Communications Inc., Broadband, DOCSIS, Network Management, BitTorrent Seeder, Networking, Cable, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
- Comcast fesses to FCC: yeah we have right to, and we do, mess with some P2P packets
- In a filing with the FCC yesterday, Comcast admits it messes with certain "P2P protocols." Plain English: When Comcast subscribers are exchanging large files- Comcast sees these as poential factors in slowing down its network, and reserves the right to employ digital chicanery to interrrupt these sessions....
- Tags: FCC, Network, Comcast Corp., P2P, Network Management, Networking, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
- IEKiller (msi)
- IEKiller was created to combat the security vulnerabilities that are inside of Internet Explorer. We have found that sometimes when a IE install becomes hijacked, corrupted, or spy ware ridden even the best tools on the market can't save it. So what do you do? Sometimes you have to do...
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Network Management, Web Browsers, Network Administration, Networking, Internet
- Software downloads 2008-02-12
- Podcast discussion on network management policies
- Podcast discussion on network management policiesIE 7 lockout/freeze/stallHave experienced same issue with IE7. I had Skype loaded on the laptop system previously. It specifically lockedout/froze/stalled www.msn.com site and navigation. No other commercial sites were lockedout/froze/stalled or had site navigation diabled!Uninstalling Skype eliminated the lockout/freeze/stall and enabled site...
- Tags: Podcasts, Federal government, Network administration, NETWORKING, Podcast discussion, network management policy, network management, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, podcast, FCC, network
- Discussion threads 2008-02-08
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