Network Musings – Feb 02, 2010
Broadcom announces Bluetooth 3.0 + HS chips - 24mbps over WiFi.
Personal computers, netbooks, smartphones and other consumer electronics (CE) devices are adding Bluetooth v3.0 + HS wireless functionality to extend the user experience and facilitate high-speed file transfer and synchronization among devices.
Oracle is determining what from Sun to keep and what to let fall by the wayside. Winners seem to be StarOffice, Java, Storage (Disk and Tape).
Sun’s hardware line will eventually be streamlined. Ellison pointed out that in addition to the inefficient supply chain, there are numerous point versions of products. The same server could have Sparc, AMD and Intel chips, with multiple versions at multiple clock speeds. The number of Sun servers can be expected to diminish, if only for the sake of eliminating redundancy.
Juniper Q4 numbers were up year-over-year. Seems Comcast and AT&T need more routers to meet demand.
AT&T was also specifically mentioned by Denholm as a key customer, representing more than 10 percent of Juniper total revenues for the year and for the fourth quarter.
Could Cisco be replacing the CRS-1?
Want cheap CNAM from your Asterisk box? BulkCNAM to the rescue!
Oracle 11g user privilege escalation hack discovered.
Startup Coraid looks to do ATA over Ethernet.
Counterpath’s new Bria softphone adds in some really cool features, including HD video and Jabber-like chat.
Comcast seems increasingly to be getting into the Business VoIP line of business. Guessing they’ve located a lucrative market to finally set up a real triple-play with businesses. Typically their Business offering has been their Consumer offering, just with more cable modems. If they look to integrate with a SIP PBX like Asterisk, companies like Packet8 may have problems.
Mark Cuban calls Google a Vampire. Danny Sullivan calls Mark Cuban’s Mahalo a Vampire. Sullivan FTW (graphs and charts over mere words everyime).
