Michael Martin

For those of you still unfamiliar with Network World Canada

Most enterprises with HP 9000 servers will no longer need to shut down their machines to add extra capacity, thanks to an instant capacity on demand (iCOD) feature Hewlett-Packard Canada Ltd. is instituting in the new year.

 

With Christmas fast approaching, it

When the federal government deregulated the local exchange market in 1997, the idea was that business users would benefit through greater choice and lower pricing. Two years later though, local exchange competition remained more of a buzz word than a reality. Businesses could choose from between two or maybe three local providers, but the hoped-for flood of competitors into the market remained a pipe dream.

Nortel Networks

Nortel Networks took a swipe at Cisco Systems Inc. last month when the Brampton, Ont.-based firm outlined plans to create open, standards-based, IP routing software that would run on distributed devices rather than centralized routing platforms.

Cisco Systems Inc. is offering users with end-to-end Cisco gear the ability to better-prioritize applications running over their networks.