ANTenna Blog -- Paul Korzeniowski

Paul Korzeniowski covers networking issues for bMighty.com. As a freelance writer, Korzeniowski has been writing about IT issues for more than two decades. He has been on the staff of leading publications, such as ComputerWorld, NetworkWorld and InternetWeek. During this time, he has covered the emergence of many important technologies, including the convergence of voice and data, high-speed networks and Web-based applications.

During his career, he has written more than 10,000 published articles about IT issues. He has written for many trade publications, including Dark Reading, Byte and Switch, InformationWeek, Network World and Information Security Magazine. His work has also appeared in business publications, such as Business 2.0, Entrepreneur, Investor's Business Daily and Newsweek.

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Laptop? Smartphone? Netbook? How about a Tablet?

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 03:31 PM ET | Dec 15, 2009

Small is the new Large! Given users newfound proclivity to bound from place rather than sit at their desks, suppliers have been developing a bevy of mobile devices. Broadcom is the latest supplier to jump into this space with silicon that can be used for a portable computing tablet, a market that soon could receive a big boost from industry game changer, Apple Inc.

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What Next For Google In The Mobile Market?

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 04:04 PM ET | Dec 14, 2009

Google has been known as a game changing company, a firm whose entry in a market often means immediate upheaval. Two years ago, the vendor unveiled its Android mobile operating system and convinced a bevy of suppliers to support the system. Now, Google plans to make its own handset, which may cause those companies to question their support.

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Your Business Calls Now Can Travel Abroad

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 12:21 PM ET | Dec 9, 2009

The Internet makes it possible for companies to open up their Web sites to visitors located across the ocean. However, communicating with potential customers has not been as easy because of complex dialing sequences and the hefty rates often found with international calls. Phone.com, a Voice over IP (VoIP) service provider, has tried to address those issues with an enhancement to its service portfolio.

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Data Center Consolidation Drives Need for High Speed Connections

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 02:11 PM ET | Dec 7, 2009

Centralization has once again become the watchword in the data center. To simplify management, businesses are collapsing autonomous devices into central products. As this occurs, companies find themselves with more information stored in select locations and need fast network links to move that data. While many IT market segments have been struggling lately, high-speed data center connections have shown dramatic growth, according to market research firm Dell’Oro Group.

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GroundWork Open Source Announces a New Linux Appliance

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 09:27 AM ET | Dec 3, 2009

The open source movement has been able to provide small and medium businesses with functional products at reasonable prices. GroundWork Open Source, whose business is based on delivering open source systems and network management tools, has decided to make its product available as a Linux based appliance, a change that could make it easier for small and medium businesses to deploy its management system.

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Business & E-Business

Clearwire Network Reaches 30 Million Users

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 12:44 PM ET | Dec 1, 2009

Clearwire has been the lone wireless carrier driving the WiMAX deployment. After a few snafus, the carrier seems to be gaining some traction and is expanding its services reach in Hawaii, Illinois, North Carolina, Texas, and Washington.

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Unified Communications Looks to the Sky

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 02:32 PM ET | Nov 23, 2009

To date, cloud computing has had little impact on the Unified Communications (UC) market. The underlying technology has been slow to fall into place, the cost of these services has been high, the benefits have been hard to pinpoint, and the distribution channel has been weak. Infrastructure providers, such Broadsoft, Cisco, and Microsoft, have been pushing to overcome those barriers and may be close to providing small and medium businesses with more UC cloud options.

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Entuity Shifts Network Management Focus

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 09:36 AM ET | Nov 17, 2009

Management tools can tell small and midsize businesses a lot about their IT equipment: how much bandwidth is available, who is sending the largest files, and where data flows are slowing down. What many companies are more interested in, though, is which services are available, so Entuity revamped its management suite to deliver such features.

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Energy Management Features Added to Spiceworks

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 01:34 PM ET | Nov 16, 2009

Cost containment has become the company mantra recently. In response, many small and medium businesses are trying to reign in their runaway IT energy costs. Spiceworks became the latest vendor to try to attack that area, with a new energy management tool, one designed with Intel’s help.

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HP's 3Com Buy Adds To Its SMB Networking Arsenal

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 06:38 PM ET | Nov 11, 2009

Consolidation is the watchword in the data center marketplace. Companies are collapsing their network, storage, and server equipment into single-function devices. The consolidation theme also applies to vendors, as one noteworthy networking supplier leaped into HP’s arms today.

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