Phil Hochmuth

Users of some older Cisco Systems Inc. gear will pay more for maintenance contracts as Cisco restructures its maintenance contract pricing this week.

Users of some older Cisco Systems Inc. gear should act quickly to extend their service contracts or face paying higher bills after the vendor restructures its maintenance pricing on July 1, Gartner Inc. says.

Cisco Systems Inc. this week announced additions to its CiscoWorks product line aimed at bringing the company

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.'s 802.3 Ethernet standards group approved the final draft of the 10 Gigabit Ethernet standard on Wednesday, clearing the way for vendors to begin shipping non-proprietary 10G bit/sec products.

It was a neck-saving move, admits Encorp IT director Stan Seago, when the company switched over to voice-over-IP applications after their previous system was becoming overloaded.

The IP telephony offensive continued in earnest last week as a handful of vendors announced products aimed at helping organizations of all sizes make voice over IP a reality.

Extreme Networks at SuperComm 2002 in Atlanta announced software for simplifying the configuration and management of large numbers of its Gigabit Ethernet switches.

While virtual LANs might not be the sexiest network technology, the old standby method for logically segmenting network nodes is being used as electronic duct tape of sorts for many enterprise users.