Carolyn Duffy Marsan

Around the Washington D.C. Beltway, all eyes in the network industry are on a big prize: a 10 year, US$20 billion telecommunications services deal that the U.S. federal government is expected to award as early as next week.

The FDA is building a campus in Montgomery County, Md. and has opted for a converged IP network, with VoIP in all offices and conference rooms.

Microsoft's latest release of Internet Explorer will drive demand for internationalized domain names, according to industry experts who are predicting a sharp increase in sales of foreign language domain names. That's because IE 7 has built-in support for IDNs, as does Firefox 2.0, also released in October.

Anthony Sequeira knows a little about stress. The 35-year-old network instructor from Tampa, Fla., once purposely stalled a single-engine plane and sent it into a tailspin five times in a row as part of his efforts to earn his pilot

An unexpected delay in the award of a 10-year, US$20 billion federal network deal will cost U.S. carriers millions of dollars in lost revenue and lack of productivity from key staff, industry analysts say.

They love Debian Linux but not Red Hat. They tolerate Windows but only for gaming. And one of the few things they all agree on is that they hate programming in Java.

Consider the difference between an all-you-can-eat buffet and a restaurant with an

A year into its migration to voice over IP, the U.S. Department of Education is enjoying better-than-expected performance and positive feedback from users.