» Getting entrepreneurial in 2008
When I wrote my first InfoWorld article back in December 2001, I had absolutely no clue what I was talking about. Reading back over that masterpiece, "Dawn of the real-time enterprise," is scary. I didn't understand the technology, the acronyms, or how to filter out the inevitable vendor hype. I called friends to ask, what's J2EE? What's JMS? What's OLAP? And when they explained it, I pretended to understand, but still didn't.

» Jaxtr's New Twist on VoIP
Given the recent failure of SunRocket, you might find it odd to see VCs pouring money into yet another VoIP company. On the contrary, investors recently handed over $10 million a VoIP startup that differentiates itself from the pack by letting users make and receive calls using a mobile phone.

» Millenials hold market gold
Why is the Millennial Generation in the driver's seat? There are 75 million reasons why. That's how many were born between 1982 and 2003 in the United States alone--the largest generation--and the largest market--in U.S. history.

» ADC boosts OmniReach FTTX portfolio
October 16, 2008 -- ADC has expanded its OmniReach FTTX product suite with additional products for accelerating business and residential broadband network deployments. The additions are designed to improve FTTX deployment efficiencies to help carriers better meet and manage mounting bandwidth demands, says the company.

» New Regulations Driving Green Product Design
Andrew Sweatman addresses the myriad of regulations facing the hi-tech sector that are producing a range of challenges and opportunities.

» ADC intros broadcast, entertainment connectivity products
April 11, 2008 -- At NAB 2008, ADC will introduce four new connectivity products aimed at the broadcast and entertainment industries.

» Branch office security, traffic management get a lift
Cymtec is announcing reporting and threat-protection upgrades to its network monitoring, analysis and enforcement appliance to give better visibility of network traffic and boost network performance.

» OFS demos EZ-Bend optical technology
March 3, 2008 -- At last week's OFC/NFOEC 2008 in San Diego, OFS demonstrated its EZ-Bend optical cable technology for supporting multiple dwelling unit (MDU) and in-home wiring applications.