Asking if someone wants more bandwidth is a lot like asking them if they want more money, or more free time, or more sunny, 75-degree days. The answer is obvious.More...

Judging from the audience's positive reaction, Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse hit the nail on the head Monday when he presented on wireless technology in the health care industry. He couldn't have chosen a riper industry. Even beyond all the political noise, this is an industry in transformation. Pressure? You got it--cost cutting and a huge push to increase the quality of care for starters. More...

Well, I proved that I’m not particularly expert at picking the NCAA winners and losers in my March Madness post of last week. But hey, I did just about as well as President Obama (tournament that is…economic plan still TBD). More...

So how productive do you think the college basketball fans in your company were last week, thanks to that live streaming of the first round of the NCAA Tournament online? Not only that, but how did your network do with all of that bandwidth chewed by folks sitting at their desk and using the web to watch their favorite team? Although the presumption is that personal productivity declined last week, how about your network? Email seem a little slower? How about web services? And those of you working remotely or on business travel, did you have trouble accessing your company’s LAN? When employees were being productive, how did the network survive with all of that video going across your network? More...