September 15, 2006
Cover Story
Optical broadband - driver of rapid growth in Wide-area Ethernet and Internet VPN - sweeps enterprise networks
A joint survey conducted by MIC and this magazine that received responses from 1311 companies has revealed that "optical broadband" such as FTTH and Wide-area Ethernet/Ethernet leased lines has taken root in companies in Japan. While IP-VPN is being less and less used, the popularity of Internet VPN is rocketing.
WAN: Wide-area Ethernet approaching rapidly to IP-VPN in utilization
Data center: Backup usage is rapidly increasing
Telephony: The direct type of fixed telephony services closes in on declining VoIP
Security section: A gap stands out between high recognition and actual countermeasures
Reference section: Usage status of IP telephony, WAN, mobile, and others
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Cover Story Special Report
Wireless broadband faces two knotty problems: Interference problems stand up against 2.5-GHz band wireless communications
Discussions over wireless broadband technologies that utilize the 2.5-GHz band have come to a temporary standstill in the final stage. What got in the way are two interference problems involved in the wireless transmission method. The process of solving these problems may cause delay in the start of the services.
Strategic network study
NTT DATA CORPORATION
The company builds a new IP extension network accommodating 15,000 IP telephones while integrating voice and data in wireless LAN environments
Gaitame.Com Co., Ltd.
The company speeds up its Tokyo-Okinawa WAN to substantially reduce backup processing time
Fujita Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
The company improves the productivity with better IP communications, including the full use of presence functionality
Report
NTT DoCoMo and KDDI throw off sparks in higher speed cell phone services
MIC starts discussions on the legal system for communication-broadcasting convergence
J:COM buys Cable West Inc., the third-largest CATV company
MIC budgets for new technologies to prevent information leakage
"Japan is two years behind in the application of IP telephony" - Mr. Donald R. Proctor, Senior Vice President, Cisco Systems, Inc.
To follow MIC, METI also starts discussing the future of the cell telephony industry
Eye-catcher/new service
VPN device that duplicates packets provides "equivalent to leased line quality" with 2 lines
Editor-in-Chief's Interview
"NGN per se would not mean any advantages to companies."
Mr. Shingo Oda, President & CEO, Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd.
Latest technology that excites enterprises
VoWLAN (Wireless LAN IP Telephony)
In this technology, the standardization of terminal connection control and quality assurance is advancing to cover unstable qualities of wireless communications
The present and future of hit product
Groupware
Replacement battles get fiercer with a focus on supporting Ajax and SOX methods
