When you know the hurricane is coming, you head inland. When you know there’s a blizzard in the forecast, you stock up on candles, batteries, and non-perishable food. The Boy Scouts have it right when they say “Be Prepared.” More...

So often when anybody talks about moving to unified communications, what they leave out are the words “soon,” or “someday,” or “maybe next year.” There seems to be a sense that UC isn’t quite ready yet, that it isn’t something they can convince executives to buy into now either conceptually…or with real money. More...

Usually when I blog I try not to wave the Sprint flag too vigorously. But this time, I just have to brag a little about our MPLS VPN product line. What prompts this is a recent event marking the 12th anniversary of Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS), about which Network World did a fine article regarding the protocol’s seven reasons for success. More...

We talked last time about ILEC special access charges and the pain they impose on an enterprise that uses T1 and other dedicated services. Until the day when (we hope) the FCC remedies this situation, it is up to enterprises to find ways to relieve the financial burden caused by excessive ILEC rates. More...