Michael Martin

Articles by Michael Martin

Cisco software prioritizes apps

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

Look for SLAs, not third party certification, from service providers

It seems every networking vendor is keen to sell into the service provider space these days. And why not? Aside from a handful of large, multi-national corporations, no organization uses as much networking gear.

Cisco extends SNA support

Cisco Systems Canada Co.

Vancouver CLEC plans national roll out

Just when it seemed like the landscape for national telecommunications providers was becoming slightly more stable, along comes another competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) with Canada-wide ambitions.

Nortel edges into small business market

Nortel Networks Enterprise Edge voice/data platform allows small- to medium-sized businesses to use their data networks for voice calls.

Practising safe access

Battening down a corporate network against external attacks isn

Managers need to do homework to pick the ideal next-generation switch

It seems all network infrastructure vendors these days have boxes that do everything. Not only do most routers (or switches or whatever other aliases they might be marketed under) now provide wirespeed routing, switching and port densities to die for, but almost all can perform some level of traffic prioritization.

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