packets in comment and analysis
Staff value training over pay
Comment Bigger pay packets don't fire them up - training opportunities and clear career paths do. IT staff are obviously a well-heeled, motivated bunch. At least that's according to an IDC skills survey released this week of 440 staff at resellers in five... [26 Jul 2001]
AGM rage - don't count on it
Comment It's also the day they get their pay packets approved. Once every five years the government has to leave the cosy confines of Whitehall and Westminster and actually meet the public. Elections are sometimes dull affairs, but at least most people... [18 Jul 2001]
The Battle of Broadband Britain drags on
Comment Now, with half the board gone and shares being given away in cereal packets, the company will refocus on other areas of its business. You could be forgiven for thinking we've witnessed a lull in the fighting in the UK's broadband access war. [27 Jun 2001]
The Gadget Showdown: The Confrontation in the Next Generation
Comment Packet switching chops data up into little chunks (packets) which can be mixed in with everyone else's packets and sent over a shared network. They're the nearest thing to 3G you can get if you walk into a shop today - two rival technologies to... [27 Jun 2001]
Ipv6: An acronym to shake the networked world
Comment For example, if packets are dealt with in various sub networks with different priorities and so the prioritising must be carried along routes that have already been covered. Therefore routers can process packets faster. [19 Mar 2001]
ISPs take heed: the customer is always right
Comment Using the example of ISPs, dropped packets may only have a slight affect on a business, but there will be times when shortcomings are critical. The emergence of products and services that measure the performance of networks and websites is one of... [15 Nov 2000]
Networking in Focus: Gigabit Ethernet comes of age
Comment Bernard Daines, founder and CEO of Ethernet specialist World Wide Packets, believes that the uptake of Gigabit Ethernet is now more than 50 per cent higher than that of ATM. So why has it taken so long to achieve mass market penetration - and is... [30 Jun 1999]
Is the game up for ISDN?
Comment However, ADSL cannot maintain bandwidth capacity over long distances, unlike ISDN, which uses line drivers to push packets along the wires in both directions. Finally, for corporates who need to send large packets of data upstream there is HDSL. [10 Nov 1998]
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