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I-Next Expands VoIP Network in Latin America - 📅 - In another declaration of
voice-over-IP (VoIP) momentum around the world, Cisco
Systems, Inc., a worldwide leader in
networking for the Internet, has announced that i-Next,
the new data division of Operadora Protel
(protel.net.mx),
has expanded its packet voice IP
services to six cities in Mexico and is carrying about
five million minutes of voice traffic monthly. i-Next
plans to expand to three additional cities shortly and
grow its service base to 35 cities in the next six ...
aabacosmallbusiness.com logoYahoo to Offer Advanced Web Hosting Services - 📅 - In its
continuing quest to increase profitability and diversify
its business model which is largely based on ad revenues,
Yahoo! Inc. (yahoo.com)
will introduce today two Web hosting services offering
advanced site building and storage features, for a monthly fee.



The new services will be offered on GeoCities
(geocities.com),
the popular Web site-building service
that acquired by Yahoo 1999. Although GeoCities has
enjoyed popularity as a place to host amateur ...
Cypress Introduces High-Performance USB 2.0 Hub Controller - 📅 - Cypress Semiconductor (cypress.com) a
USB market leader, has introduced one of the
industry's highest-performance USB 2.0 hub
controllers. The only hub controller to integrate four
transaction translators, the Cypress TetraHub allows
all three USB speeds -- low-speed (1.5 Mbps),
full-speed (12 Mbps) and hi-speed (480 Mbps) -- to
coexist in any USB-enabled system.



"Transaction translators are crucial in ensuring the
forward- and backward-compatibility of USB 1.1 ...
Intrusion Detection Users Grapple With Performance, Management Issues - 📅 - Intrusion
detection systems are here
to stay as an integral part of the network security
infrastructure. But security solutions vendors must
work to overcome user skepticism and frustration about
intrusion detection stemming from poorly performing
early deployments, lack of scalability, and
difficulties in management and data gathering and
analysis.



Those were common themes and opinions voiced at the
Institute for Applied Network Security's recent
two-day Intrusion ...
ICC Named ECI Provider for US Dept of Defense - 📅 - Internet Commerce Corporation (icc.net),
a leader in the e-commerce business-to-business communication
services market, yesterday announced that the ICC network service has
been certified as a Value Added Network (VAN) for
connecting to the Electronic Commerce Infrastructure
of the United States Department of Defense
(defenselink.mil).



The ICC network service was rigorously tested and
evaluated by the DOD regarding standards and
implementation conventions, data ...
IP Infusion Announces Server Versions Of Zebos Advanced Routing Suite - 📅 - Industry leader IP Infusion
(ipfusion.com) has announced that it has released server versions of its popular ZebOS Advanced Routing
Suite. The ZebOS Server Routing Suite is delivered in
binary format and supports IPv6 and IPv4 routing
packages for BGP, OSPF, and RIP. With its full IPv6
routing support, the Server Routing Suite is targeted
at service providers, hosting vendors,
telecommunications providers, and enterprise sites for
test and early deployment of IPv6. The IPv4 ...
Genuity Exchange Offer for Integra Successful - 📅 - Genuity Inc. (genuity.com), a leading
global e-business network provider, and Integra S.A.
(integra- europe.com),
a premier European provider of managed hosting solutions, last week
announced that Genuity has succeeded in its amicable exchange offer
for Integra, receiving approximately three quarters of
Integra's 45 million shares outstanding. Earlier the
same day, the Conseil des Marches Financiers
(cmf-france.org) released the official results of the
offer announcing that Genuity ...
BCE and VarTec Agree on Excel Sale - 📅 - Bell Canada Enterprises (bce.ca) and
VarTec Telecom, Inc. (vartec.net)
have announced the signing of definitive agreements
for the sale of Excel Communications' North American
operations to VarTec. The announcement was made in
Dallas yesterday at Excelebration, Excel's annual
meeting of independent representatives.



Dallas-based Excel Communications (excel.com) was
acquired by BCE in 2000 as part of its purchase of
Teleglobe Inc. Excel, with year 2000 revenues ...
BTI Signs Multi-Year Agreement with Global Systems Telecom - 📅 - BTI
(btitele.com),
one of the Southeast's leading facilities-based integrated
communications providers, today announced that Global
Systems (theglobalzone.com),
a master telecommunications agent based in Coconut Creek,
Florida, has signed a multi-year agreement with the
company's alternate sales channel, the BTI Corporate
Partner Program.



"Global Systems is one of the country's premier master
agents," said Robert Buffa, BTI vice president of
corporate partner ...
VoIP Equipment Shows Strong Growth ? Synergy Report - 📅 - Despite
a general slowdown in other communication technology
sectors, Voice over IP (VoIP) equipment sales continued
their strong growth throughout the first half of 2001,
according to reports by Synergy Research Group
(synergyresearchgroup.com).



In Q2 and 1H reports released by Synergy, growth for
packet-based voice equipment outpaced other technology
sectors.

In the first half of 2001, VoIP equipment sales
represented $784 million, an increase of over ...