Monday, February 23, 2004OCP Ships Optical TransceiversWoodland Hills-based Optical Communications Products (www.ocp-inc.com) has shipped a line of 40km and 80km small form pluggable (SFP) OC-48/STM-16 optical transceivers, used in fibre optical networking for metropolitan, local area, and storage area networks. The new transceivers add to the company's line of optical components for the networking industry.
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5G Wireless Launches Wi-Fi Infrastructure ProductsMarina Del Rey-based 5G Wireless (www.5gwireless.com) announced that it is launching its Wireless Wi-Fi infrastructure solutions. The company's G-Force products are used to extend Wi-Fi infrastructure. The company's equipment can be used to support 1 mile roaming 802.11b or point to point connections up to eight miles. The company's systems are designed to more easily penetrate buildings and trees, and support up to 1000 users per radio environment.
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Senate Ramps Up Offshore Outsourcing DebateNew legislation introduced in the Senate last week seeks to ban offshore outsourcing in federal and state work. The new bill, introduced by Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn) seeks to limit federal money made available to state governments for work which will be sent offshore. The bill is adding more fuel to the debate over whether offshore outsourcing is good or bad for the US economy; as well as its impact on workers here in the IT industry.
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Interview: George Kurtz, FoundstoneGeorge Kurtz is chief executive officer and co-founder of Mission Viejo-based Foundstone (www.foundstone.com), a venture-backed firm in the security software and services space. I thought it would be great to get an update on what the company is doing. BK: What does Foundstone do, and how are you different from a typical IT security consulting firm? GK: The primary difference is, we are an enterprise security software company that also provides supporting consulting and education services. S (More info...)
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