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IBM is trying to rekindle its romance with Token Ring users before the relationship hits divorce court. Next month, the company is expected to announce a suite of IOOM and 128M bit/ sec Token Ring PC adapters, modules, switches and other products designed to woo users back into the Big Blue fold and let them [...]

Cisco Systems, Inc. later this year will introduce secondgeneration token-ring switches that will attempt to overcome the performance and feature limitations of older token-ring products. Cisco’s new 16-port Switched Access Unit (SAU) will switch 28byte frames at wire speed and feature hardware-based source route bridging (SRB), stackability and a…[Read more]

IBM’S PLAN TO bump up Token Ring networks to I28M bit/sec. is eliciting sighs of relief from many large shops that hope to protect heavy investments in the tried-and-true LAN technology. Speeding up Token Ring would let users sit tight and avoid spending big on new equipment and training for a competing, higher-speed technology such [...]

Users expect industry analysts to be objective and openminded. But analysts also can choose to be myopic when it serves their purpose. Take, for example, the different perspectives on Madge Network’s July 24 announcement of layoffs and reorganization. The week following the announcement, Tiffany Metropolis Cuff links Tolly offered a…[Read more]

Executives from across the industry gathered in Boston and, with prodding from Kevin Tolly and Network World, hammered out a plan to bring token ring into the future. IBM, Xylan, Cabletron, Cisco, 3Com, Bay, Madge, Proteon, Olicom and others agreed to back a standard for native, high-speed token ring that will allow users to upgrade [...]

Indeed, prices for Gigabit Ethernet will keep falling. A Gigabit Ethernet switch still sells for about 50% more than its Fast Ethernet counterpart, but by mid- to late 2004, the gap will be around 25%, and that makes Gigabit Ethernet worth a hard look when businesses finish the depreciation cycle for older switching equipment and [...]

As Network World turns 20 next month, the editors have asked columnists to opine about some technology flops of the era. A variety of possibilities came up, but token ring was offered up as a prime candidate. Yes, it’s gone, but it was never a flop. In retrospect, today s Tiffany 1837™ ring resembles more closely [...]

RSA has improved on the previous version of the offering, which required a lot of heavy-duty editing of config files and the like to get it up and running. The current system boasts a Web-based management app and a surprisingly straightforward installation routine, yet it still offers the granular control admins need for token management [...]

THERE’S A fine line between commitment and focus on one hand, and obstinance and myopia on the other. Or perhaps there’s no line at all. Maybe they only differ when the context differs. That’s the lesson I took from the 16th World Congress on Information Technology in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where I moderated a couple [...]

LAS VEGAS – IBM, creator of the Token Ring LAN, is in the midst of ripping out that infrastructure and replacing it with Ethernet, not just for speed and manageability, but also because it can support IP telephony. That’s key, because IBM has made the decision to go with IP Tiffany 1837 Circle bracelet embarking on [...]

The U.S. Justice Department’s Drug Enforcement Administration’s Phoenix Field Office issued the following news release: Eleven persons involved in methamphetamine and marijuana conspiracies were taken into custody yesterday following the execution of federal search warrants at multiple locations in Tucson. Complaints were filed in Tucson federal…[Read more]

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JAKARTA, Aug 13 AAP – Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have finally admitted their roles in the Bali Nine drug ring as part of a final appeal that seeks to have their death sentences reduced to 20 years’ prison. Lawyers for the Sydney pair lodged the long-awaited appeal, known as a Paloma Picasso® Loving Heart [...]

On August 1, 2010, detectives with the Santa Rosa Police Department’s Property Crime Investigations Team began an investigation into a suspected counterfeit ring. Working with security personnel from Target, located at the Santa Rosa Marketplace, it was learned that a Target employee was receiving a disproportionate amount of counterfeit $100 and…[Read more]

The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release: David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that two men were sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Warren W. Eginton in Bridgeport to federal prison terms for their participation in a New Haven-based heroin…[Read more]

New Delhi, Aug. 18 — USA based Edwards Lifesciences Corporation filed patent application for active holder for annuloplasty ring delivery. The inventors are Yaron Keidar, Vaso Adzich, Dan Rottenberg, Boaz Manash and Alon Nahshon. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation filed the Paloma Picasso® Double Loving Heart ring application on March 16, 2010.…[Read more]

The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office issued the following news release: A tri-county cocaine trafficking ring responsible for bringing multiple kilos of drugs into Western Pennsylvania over the past year was broken-up today by state narcotics agents, who filed criminal charges against 12 Pennsylvania, New Horse charm bracelet and Ohio…[Read more]

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Federal Bureau of Investigation Cleveland Field Office issued the following news release: Vitaly Fedorchuk today was sentenced to 46 months in prison for his Heart Link lariat as leader of a ring that sought to bring foreign nationals to Cleveland, Ohio and help them fraudulently obtain real Ohio driver’s licenses…[Read more]