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MICROSOFT
OUTLINES ITS PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY FOR ASPs
Three
weeks after announcing its .NET initiative, Microsoft outlined its
strategy for working with Application Service Providers (ASPs) to
launch and operate software-as-a-service
businesses. As part
of the plan, Microsoft will offer
Windows 2000, SQL Server 2000, Exchange 2000 Server and Office
2000 to ASPs to be delivered as hosted services through
subscription licensing. In
addition to the standard office applications, Microsoft forecasts
that independent software vendors will adopt its Windows DNA
platform to create customized solutions for vertical industries,
such as integrated, online medical office applications and
databases. Microsoft
released a "Guide
to Developing and Hosting Web Applications" and will also
conduct an ASP
Certification Program to help end-users identify ASPs that meet a
high level of service readiness, competency and capacity. http://www.microsoft.com/ISN/IndOutlook_Trends/apphosting_overview.asp?A=0
Microsoft,
July 14, 2000
BROADWING
ADDS IP MULTICASTING CAPABILITIES TO NATIONAL BACKBONE
Broadwing
activated multicasting capabilities nationwide over its IP
backbone, including for its DSL network service in Cincinnatti,
Ohio. The service is
designed for delivering rich streaming media for one-to-many or
many-to-many sources. Broadwing
said it is working with Yahoo! Broadcast to increase the capacity,
scalability and cost-effectiveness of delivering live and
on-demand streaming media content.
In particular, its Zoomtown DSL subscribers will be able to
receive multicasted media events.
Broadwing plan to make the service available to its
collocation customers later this year.
http://www.broadwing.com
Broadwing, July 15, 2000
AFC
SIGNS MULTIYEAR CABLE TELEPHONY AGREEMENT WITH TELLABS
Advanced
Fibre Communications (AFC) announced a multiyear agreement to
continue supplying components for Tellabs' CABLESPAN 2300 cable
telephony system. AFC's
technology is used in the Tellabs system's headend for supporting
dynamic time slot allocation, element management and GR-303 switch
interface. Tellabs
recently signed a significant contract with AT&T Broadband and
was named an approved vendor for AT&T's integrated broadband
services network. http://www.afc.com/
AFC, July 16, 2000
NORTEL
NETWORKS TUNES SPECTRAL EFFICIENCY OF ITS REUNION BROADBAND
WIRELESS
Nortel
Networks plans to improve the radio spectrum efficiency of its
Reunion broadband wireless platform, a point-to-multipoint radio
operating at frequencies from 24 to 42 GHz.
The enhancements, which are expected by the end the year,
will also add flexibility in base station sector provisioning.
Nortel Networks' currently available broadband wireless system
uses ATM-based TDMA or FDMA (frequency division multiple access)
technology.
http://www.nortelnetworks.com
Nortel Networks, July 14, 2000
NTT
DOCOMO ANNOUNCES IP TRIALS WITH MOTOROLA, CISCO AND XYBRIDGE
NTT
DoCoMo will begin testing equipment from Motorola, Cisco Systems
and Xybridge Technologies for its IP core network.
http://www.nttdocomo.com/
NTT DoCoMo, July 17, 2000
Last
month, Motorola invested $15 million in Xybridge Technologies and
agreed to integrate softswitch technology from the Richardson,
Texas-based start-up into its Aspira
IP architecture.
"BOPS"
RAISES $40 MILLION FOR COMMUNICATIONS DSP CORES
Billions
of Operations Per Second Inc. ("BOPS"), a start-up based
in Mountain View, California, raised $40 million in new venture
financing to support its development of programmable DSP cores for
Internet, multimedia and wireless communications applications.
Investors include Pequot Capital Management, Vantage Point
Venture Partners, the Band of Angels Fund, Vulcan Ventures,
Robertson Stephens' Bayview Fund, Broadview Capital Partners,
J.&W. Seligman, Scudder Kemper Investments and Aman Ventures.
http://bopsnet.com/
BOPS, July 14, 2000
- Last
month, BOPS announced availability of its 24 billions of
operations per second (bops) Manta Digital Signal Processor
(DSP) chip. The
company is led by Carl Schlachte, who formerly VP of Sales
for North America for ARM Ltd.
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NGN
2000, Where the Net is Going Next
The
14th annual Next Generation Networks Conference (NGN), the
premier annual event in broadband networking, is scheduled
for October 30th to November 3rd in Washington,
D.C. Major
themes of this year's conference include Broadband
infrastructure and the shift to Optical architectures, New
Internet technologies that are creating strategic decision
points for carriers and enterprise users, and Next
Generation Services and Service Providers. Chaired by Dr.
John McQuillan, this year's NGN will feature dozens of key
executives from all sectors of the networking industry.
Keynote speakers will include John Sidgmore, Vice
Chairman, MCI Worldcom and Chairman, UUNet; George Bell,
Chairman & CEO of Excite@Home; and Scott Kriens,
CEO of Juniper Networks.
Full registration information is online. http://www.ngn2000.com
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