Tim Higgins
The IEEE 802.3 working group created the "PoE Plus" study group in November 2004 to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of providing increased power to devices over Ethernet, and approved the creation of the IEEE P802.3at task force in July 2005. The task force has been working with key vendors and customers to deliver a solution for providing up to 24W of power using Category 5 cables.
The PoE/PoE Plus subcommittee plans to hold a plugfest and webinar on PoE Plus in 2008.
Belkin today announced its entry into the network monitoring market with a product targeting SMB networks.
Belkin's Pulse is a network monitoring system built on Jumpnode Systems’ appliance-enabled software (AeS) service platform that combines a plug-and-play appliance with a hosted software solution.
The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) on Monday announced that Texas Instruments (TI) as its newest member. TI's membership brings the total number of MoCA members to 43, including 11 chip vendors.
Cisco has named Executive Vice President Gary Moore as Chief Operating Officer.
