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Nikkei Communications

November 1, 2007

Cover Story 1

NGN's potential: This is where NGN differs from the Internet

 

The NGN (Next-Generation Network) field trials by the NTT group are coming into the homestretch.  On the other hand, company network managers are heard to say their real opinion, "I have yet to understand NGN well."  How much value will the deployment of NGN bring to enterprise networks?  This article clarifies part of its potential from voice of those concerned such as vendors who have actually checked NGN.

 

Quality assurance: Stable use of 10 Mega-class broadband

 

Security: VPN connection more handy due to line authentication

 

Opening network functions: Network operated from users' applications

 

Cover Story 2

Network manager must see these 20 convenient sites especially useful in the most critical situation

 

Network managers normally use a dedicated tool appropriate to these cases: server monitoring, log analysis, safety evaluation, and security diagnosis.  But, it may take a lot of trouble to install some tools, and what installed tools can do may depend on cases.  That is when some convenient sites come handy and are encouraged to be used.  This article introduces 20 select convenient sites.

 

Latest technology that has stimulated enterprises

FTTR

The technology capable of providing a maximum of 100 megabit/sec rate without installation work at users' homes will be commercialized with VDSL devices newly developed

 

FTTR is a broadband technology that combines optical fiber and metallic lines.  The SOFTBANK Group has finally got to within an inch of commercialization of the technology after two years of development and verification work.  This article explains the features of the technology and issues that they had to overcome.

 

Highly technical term you need to know

USB 3.0

 

Report

Diagnose real performance of the latest data communication card products from NTT DoCoMo and KDDI

 

A tool dedicated to block wrong email transmission appears to prevent information leakage

 

"Nico Nico Video" for enterprises comes onstage, promoting sharing of information using video images

 

KDDI R&D Laboratories succeeds in 40 gigabit/sec transmission per wave by applying OFDM and MIMO to optical transmission system

 

U.S.-based Microsoft Corporation provides a rival service against Google Apps, allowing Office documents to be shared across the Internet

 

NTT West plans to train "Advanced IP technicians" with an aim to reserve 2400 technicians by fiscal year 2010

 

Telecom watch

Four groups, whose commercial service charges range from 3000 to 5000 yen monthly, apply for a license for the 2.5 GHz band

 

Editor-in-Chief's Interview

"It is our mission to give reliability to the Internet.  We aim to accomplish the mission with a gigantic group of servers."

Mr. Shuichi Komata, President, Akamai Japan

 

Case study

Suntory Limited

The company's employees enter and view attendance information from their cell phones and establish a working style where they go directly to a customer site and come back home directly from the site

 

UNIVERSAL MUSIC K.K.

The company automatically delivers email and schedules to mobile terminals to shorten informational "time lag," resulting in increased efficiency of business 

 

 

Nikkei Communications

November 1, 2007

Cover Story 1

NGN's potential: This is where NGN differs from the Internet

 

The NGN (Next-Generation Network) field trials by the NTT group are coming into the homestretch.  On the other hand, company network managers are heard to say their real opinion, "I have yet to understand NGN well."  How much value will the deployment of NGN bring to enterprise networks?  This article clarifies part of its potential from voice of those concerned such as vendors who have actually checked NGN.

 

Quality assurance: Stable use of 10 Mega-class broadband

 

Security: VPN connection more handy due to line authentication

 

Opening network functions: Network operated from users' applications

 

Cover Story 2

Network manager must see these 20 convenient sites especially useful in the most critical situation

 

Network managers normally use a dedicated tool appropriate to these cases: server monitoring, log analysis, safety evaluation, and security diagnosis.  But, it may take a lot of trouble to install some tools, and what installed tools can do may depend on cases.  That is when some convenient sites come handy and are encouraged to be used.  This article introduces 20 select convenient sites.

 

Latest technology that has stimulated enterprises

FTTR

The technology capable of providing a maximum of 100 megabit/sec rate without installation work at users' homes will be commercialized with VDSL devices newly developed

 

FTTR is a broadband technology that combines optical fiber and metallic lines.  The SOFTBANK Group has finally got to within an inch of commercialization of the technology after two years of development and verification work.  This article explains the features of the technology and issues that they had to overcome.

 

Highly technical term you need to know

USB 3.0

 

Report

Diagnose real performance of the latest data communication card products from NTT DoCoMo and KDDI

 

A tool dedicated to block wrong email transmission appears to prevent information leakage

 

"Nico Nico Video" for enterprises comes onstage, promoting sharing of information using video images

 

KDDI R&D Laboratories succeeds in 40 gigabit/sec transmission per wave by applying OFDM and MIMO to optical transmission system

 

U.S.-based Microsoft Corporation provides a rival service against Google Apps, allowing Office documents to be shared across the Internet

 

NTT West plans to train "Advanced IP technicians" with an aim to reserve 2400 technicians by fiscal year 2010

 

Telecom watch

Four groups, whose commercial service charges range from 3000 to 5000 yen monthly, apply for a license for the 2.5 GHz band

 

Editor-in-Chief's Interview

"It is our mission to give reliability to the Internet.  We aim to accomplish the mission with a gigantic group of servers."

Mr. Shuichi Komata, President, Akamai Japan

 

Case study

Suntory Limited

The company's employees enter and view attendance information from their cell phones and establish a working style where they go directly to a customer site and come back home directly from the site

 

UNIVERSAL MUSIC K.K.

The company automatically delivers email and schedules to mobile terminals to shorten informational "time lag," resulting in increased efficiency of business