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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Cisco Refreshes Switch and Router Lines

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 09:52 AM ET | Mar 17, 2010

Cisco has been busy lately, wedging itself into new markets, such as energy management and integrated network, server, and data storage devices. Yet, the company has not pushed its bread and butter, switches and routers, completely to the backburner. In fact, the vendor made a broad suite of enhancements to those devices under its Borderless Network initiative.

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Smartphones Shows Signs of Recovery

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 01:12 PM ET | Mar 15, 2010

After struggling most of the year, smartphones ended 2009 with robust growth, according to market research firm ABI Research. While sales of the devices had shown minimal growth through the first nine months, they jumped by 25 in the fourth quarter, so small and medium businesses need to get ready to effectively manage these devices.

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Meraki Enhances Wireless Cloud Service Security

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:02 PM ET | Mar 10, 2010

Cloud services have been very popular among small and medium businesses because it enables them to take advantage of leading edge technology without adding a lot of management headaches. As a result, Meraki, which has been delivering wireless cloud services, beefed up the security features found with its Cloud Controller.

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Polycom Adds Another Partner

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 09:49 AM ET | Mar 9, 2010

The effects from Cisco's recent acquisition of video conferencing supplier Tandberg continue to ripple throughout the IT marketplace. Polycom added one more partner, Avaya, to a rapidly expanding list, and the move underscored how the video conferencing sector is evolving into a two horse race.

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Looking for a Virtual Receptionist?

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 11:33 AM ET | Mar 2, 2010

Communications has become the lifeblood of small and medium businesses, however, these companies have struggled to deliver the latest features to their employees. In response, j2 Global Communications has taken a cloud computing approach to deliver its eVoice business communications service.

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Broadband Sales Pick Up

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 01:52 PM ET | Mar 1, 2010

A year they would like to forget, this is how network equipment providers would describe 2009. While sales of broadband access systems declined 12 percent for the year, they showed signs of life as the year closed: Dell’Oro Group determined that revenue increased by double digits in the fourth quarter of the year.

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Do SMBs Need More Fiber Connections?

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 11:33 AM ET | Feb 24, 2010

Good news/bad news. The good news is a growing number of companies now are able to connect to telecommunications service provider via fiber optic lines. However, the bad news is the carriers have focused on meeting the needs of large enterprises at the expense of small and medium businesses.

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Rich Get Richer in Ethernet Switch Marketplace

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 12:30 PM ET | Feb 22, 2010

Consolidation has been the watchword in the Ethernet switch market. With growth rates slowing and competition increasing, vendors have been trying to gain size in order to weather the changes. Such an outlook is being made for good reason. Market research firm Dell’oro Group found that revenue for giants Cisco, HP, and Juniper increased $600 million in the last quarter, leaving few leftovers for the remaining suppliers.

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Cloud Unified Communications Services Reach Overseas

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 09:49 AM ET | Feb 16, 2010

Cloud services have gained acceptance in many markets, yet one area where they have been slow to take hold is unified communications. In order to entice more customers to use these services, Alteva addressed one of their limitations, international dialing capabilities.

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Mobile Operators Ready to Take on Apple and Google?

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 12:53 PM ET | Feb 15, 2010

The uneasy partnership among Apple, Google, and cellular service providers may become more strained moving forward. Aggravated that they need to cater to mobile phone suppliers, a group of two dozen network operators have banded together and are building their own developer community.

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