Category: Network

Verizon Wireless said Wednesday that its wireless high-speed LTE (Long Term Evolution) network available in 38 cities on 5 December.

Initially, customers can use the network to connect to Internet from their laptops, with prices starting at U.S. $ 50 per month for 5 gigabytes of data. Customers can also choose a $ 80 monthly plan comes with 10 GB. Each additional gigabyte limits for $ 10. You can choose between two USB modems for $ 100 after rebate of $ 50 to connect to the network. Additional modems will come in a few weeks, Verizon said.

Some observers expected the mobile phones running on the network to be available in early 2011, but on Wednesday, Verizon said it would go on sale in mid-2011. In October, Verizon said it would announce six phones, and tablets at the Consumer Electronics Show in January.

The dual-mode USB modem to work on Verizon’s 3G network for customers traveling outside the 38 LTE markets.

The period of 38 markets nationwide, with the larger region of Southern California, said Tony Malone, senior Verizon vice president and technical director.

The coverage also extends to 60 commercial networks, most of which are in the 38 markets, said Malone.

Verizon still plans to cover its entire 3G LTE network by 2013.

Verizon announced it would launch LTE, it says will offer download speeds ranging from 5 million bps (bits per second) to 12M bps, in 2009. “At that point we were not sure if we would be the first to offer LTE, but what we are sure of is that we are the first to offer LTE on the scale that will truly make a difference,” said Malone.

Verizon was beaten in the regional carrier MetroPCS market, which launched its first LTE network in Las Vegas in September.

Websense Thursday announced it is making the data loss prevention (DLP) Suite free for 30 days under a “DLP for Download” program.

The discharge of about 600 MB available on the site Websense.com is the total of the company Websense Data Security Suite. The download can be installed in a VMware-based environment and aims to provide a quick way to evaluate the effectiveness of programs to stop unauthorized transmission of data.

The unusual move of offering free suite comes at a time when some in the industry say that the DLP tools are increasingly expensive shelfware.

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The evaluation of DLP can take weeks, but for DLP to download software, Websense is trying to speed through assessment tools such as automated installation tools and video tutorial. Websense believes that the facility could be as low as 30 minutes. Implementation requires the definition of policies, and Websense DLP includes about 1,100 policies and built-in templates.

A license key gives you 30 days to evaluate the software, and “then left to consider the contents of data leaks,” says Dave Meizlik, director of product marketing. If the assessment of those who wish to purchase for their organizations, please contact Websense, which provides an activation key. Pricing usually runs at about $ 17.50 per employee, Meizlik says.

The DLP also works with the Websense Security Gateway solution by supporting Triton architecture introduced earlier this year.

Websense is considered a market leader in DLP, along with companies like Symantec and McAfee.

Nortel Networks executives played musical chairs Monday became the company’s new chief marketing officer and chief strategy officer and then left to run an Internet security company.
Nortel appoints Anil Khatod, president of the global Internet division of Nortel, as the new chief marketing and strategy company. Khatod, who previously oversaw all Nortel product groups related to Internet, will now be in charge of the company’s global business and technology strategies.

The company also said that nine year Nortel veteran William Conner will leave to become executive director of the security company Entrust Technologies. Conner was previously president of the division of Nortel e-business and marketing company was the first officer. To replace Conner, Nortel has promoted Joseph Davis, who worked in the division of Nortel e-business.
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Two of the biggest names in the phone are reportedly participating in the land grab for patents owned telcom company bankrupt Nortel.

Reuters quoted anonymous sources in an article published last week detailing how the ongoing auction of intellectual property assets of Canada’s first giant is expected to attract the interest of Apple, Google and others, perhaps including Motorola and Research In Motion .
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Cisco has decided to suspend its email Cisco software as a service, saying that customers are interested in social partnership and the separate email.

Mail to Cisco, which was originally released as WebEx Mail, will be removed to allow customers to move to alternatives, Debra Chrapaty, manager of the company’s general collaboration software, said in a blog on Tuesday.

“The product has been well received, but have since learned that customers have come to see your email as a tool mature and commoditised compared with a long-term differential element of its strategy of collaboration,” said Chrapaty . “We’ve also heard that customers are willing to accept the new collaboration tools such as video and social programs.”

Mail Cisco and WebEx Mail launched in November 2009 as a quality company, compatible with Outlook, Microsoft hosted email product. Cisco WebEx Mail is based on Cisco’s acquisition of PostPath.