- OUTSOURCE IMPLEMENTATION,
MANAGEMENT
NEW INTEGRATED SERVICE offering from Intermedia Communications packages frame relay connectivity with managed router services (MRS) and customer premise equipment (CPE), including the frame relay circuit, all customer wide, area-network equipment, and proactive monitoring and maintenance services. Frame 1 allows the customer to have one source for billing and service, ......
- Outsourcing's sticking points
The tough part about managing outsourced production, says Jeff Range, isn't so much the actual manufacturing—it's being able to keep a loose network of contract manufacturers and their suppliers in sync with your priorities. Range, who is VP of Operations at Network Equipment Technologies , says being able to manage ......
- Flying without wires
As ubiquitous as cell phones have become, it should not be surprising that wireless technology is working its way into the production areas of manufacturing enterprises. Concerns about security and reliability—the industrial equivalent of dropped calls—have slowed the pace at which manufacturers are deploying wireless networks. Still, there is growing ......
- A universal approach to hot-swapping power in telecommunication systems
Today's most important systems can't tolerate downtime. We never want to shut down telephone exchanges, data-network equipment, cellular-communication facilities, or hospital information systems. However, even the most robust systems with redundant datapaths, power sources, and storage can experience random instances of failure. It can come in the form of component ......
- Electronic Medical Record Systems: Know the Total Cost of Ownership
Like other IT, EMR systems have basic expenses. But what other financial outlay should you expect with implementing this new technology?
- A message about the medium
Following the late 1990s global information technology boom, spending in the IT sector slowed dramatically. As a result of this slowing growth, and of other factors as well, the IT industry is restructuring. Some once-dominant players, such as Sun Microsystems, are now but a shadow of their former selves. Others, ......
- How to identify cable plant faults: built-in
diagnostic technology allows IT managers to eliminate downtime and
decrease support requirements.
The networking industry is currently undergoing the next major LAN upgrade cycle: enterprise networks upgrading from 100-Mbps Fast Ethernet networks to 1,000-Mbps Gigabit Ethernet networks. Top-tier computer equipment manufacturers are also building the new technology into their desktop PCs currently shipping with Gigabit Ethernet integrated directly on the motherboard. One ......