Network World articles from February 2006

Network World archives from February 2006

Deep technical knowledge is out, broad skills are in; * Could you be a versatilist?
February 1, 2006... Byline: Linda Leung Last week, we discussed a report Gartner published last September titled "The IT Professional Outlook: Where will we go from here?" Gartner suggests that by 2010, the IT profession will be split into 4 domains of...

The safer bet to offshoring; * How to get all the benefits of offshoring with vendors that are more responsive.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Dan Twing Last week, I told a story of a quality-assurance automation outsourcing project gone bad. Two major issues led to the demise of the outsourcing deal: lack of domain knowledge and little or no local presence at the...

Clean out those data closets; * Dealing with incoming data in an organized manner.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Sandra Gittlen Ask any organization pro for their top recommendation and more often than not they'll say never touch an item or document twice. The same is true in the digital world. From e-mail to file folders to image...

What's WiMAX all about? * Where to go to find out more about WiMAX.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Steve Taylor, Larry Hettick Last week, when we discussed how WiMAX could be used to offer wireless broadband, we got several comments and questions back about the technology. Today, we'd like to answer some of our readers'...

Introducing XMLStarlet, an XML star; * XMLStarlet to manipulate XML content.(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... Byline: Mark Gibbs As we get progressively more used to XML in our Web applications we're finding that what we need is a whole range of tools to manipulate XML content. Today, I have a really interesting tool to do just that:...

Municipalities integrate nets with roaming software; * Munis add redundancy, scale to legacy nets.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Joanie Wexler Cities and towns are attempting to improve public safety by using special software that creates one big virtual wireless network out of incompatible wireless net infrastructures. Addison, Texas, as well as...

Microsoft ships R2 server.(Windows Server 2003 R2)
February 1, 2006... Byline: John Fontana Microsoft on Wednesday made generally available Windows Server 2003 R2 to users and partners and will begin shipping it to volume licensing customers with Software Assurance maintenance contracts this week. In...

Putting the ID mgmt. show on the road; * Looking forward to ID mgmt. news at upcoming trade shows.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Dave Kearns In the United States, tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 2 for most of you) is a semi-holiday called "Groundhog Day." I say "semi-holiday" but commemoration might also be a good description. No one gets the day off work, but...

Readers sound off on Linux in the living room; * Do you care whether it's Linux in your home theater?(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... Byline: Phil Hochmuth Last week's newsletter on Linux moving to a cable/digital set top box near you drew more reader response than I expected. The newsletter reported on recent developments at Motorola and Cisco, the two leaders in...

Are you using strategic metrics in managing IT risk? * Determining your IT risk management strategy.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Scott Crawford If you have responsibility for any aspect of IT security or regulatory compliance in your organization, are you making use of metrics to help you determine your IT risk management strategy? If so, are you using...

Microsoft sweetens Software Assurance for customers; * Microsoft beefs up features of Software Assurance.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Dave Kearns There was speculation last fall that Microsoft was "rushing" to get Windows Vista out the door by the end of 2006 in order to quiet the millions of Windows Software Assurance customers. That is, the people who pay...

Verizon expands Ethernet.(Verizon Communications Inc.)
February 1, 2006... Byline: Jim Duffy Verizon this week said it expanded the availability of its Ethernet access services in the U.S., Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, and is offering it as an access option for its Private IP MPLS VPN service. The...

RSA Security announces Key Manager.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Ellen Messmer RSA Security this week announced Key Manager, server-based software for managing encryption keys used in business applications. The Java-based Key Manager software includes APIs so that developers can make program...

Verizon Business launches with new services for enterprises; * Verizon Business introduces the Enterprise Mobility Suite.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Carolyn Duffy Marsan Verizon Business hit the ground running last week with the introduction of two new services for enterprises that marry MCI's IP network with Verizon's nationwide wireless coverage. Verizon Business...

VoIP's role evolving; * From the Internet Telephony Conference and Expo.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Tim Greene VoIP and other IP communications features will be embedded rapidly in business software to expand the usefulness of future applications, according to experts at last week's Internet Telephony Conference and Expo. ...

AT&T preps wireless service push for businesses.(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... Byline: Denise Pappalardo AT&T on Tuesday announced plans to offer its business customers bundled services that include Cingular Wireless offerings. The carrier said it plans to launch the Built for Business wireless services bundles...

MLB.com serves up Web pages faster with Coradiant; * Major League Baseball serves up faster Web sites.(Major League Baseball Advanced Media contracts with NetScaler)
February 2, 2006... Byline: Denise Dubie Major League Baseball Advanced Media, or MLB.com for short, discovered that supporting 30 teams' Web sites during regular season - never mind the playoffs or World Series games - would challenge any Web...

GM announces multibillion-dollar integration contract winners.
February 2, 2006... General Motors Thursday announced a five-year, multibillion-dollar systems integration plan that divvies up the work among a host of vendors, including Capgemini, Compuware Covisint, EDS, HP, IBM and Wipro. The contract picks up where...

Mailbag: When you're falsely accused of spamming; * ISPs and other e-mailing businesses respond to spamming article.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Michael Osterman My recent article relating the account of a small newsletter publishing company that was accused of spamming by its ISP generated a fair amount of response. Here's a sampling of what I received: * "From a...

Old-school VoIP; * Also; Kriens evaluates Juniper; Redback posts first profit in 5 years; and the Federal Government delays massive project to overhaul its communication network.(Redback Networks Inc. recorded its first profit in fives years)(Juniper Networks's Scott Kriens evaluates the company' business plans)(Voice over IP to integrate the telephony infrastructure into the new paradigm)(Interview)(Brief article)
February 2, 2006... Byline: Jim Duffy One of the mysteries surrounding VoIP is how to integrate the legacy telephony infrastructure into the new paradigm. But what if that legacy equipment is 70 years old? Find out how some enterprising collectors of...

3Com gets edge in Huawei joint venture; * 3Com becomes majority owner of joint venture with Huawei.(Huawei Technologies Company Ltd)
February 2, 2006... Byline: Jeff Caruso Last time, we looked at the newest switch from 3Com, one that came both from 3Com's acquisition of TippingPoint and 3Com's joint venture with Huawei Technologies. Today, 3Com is announcing that it is now the...

OES SP2 is here; * Lots of goodies in Support Pack 2 for Open Enterprise Server.(Novell Open Enterprise Server Support Pack 2)
February 2, 2006... Byline: Dave Kearns Novell last week posted Support Pack 2 for Open Enterprise Server and it's surprisingly full of goodies as well as fixes. Head over to Novell's Web site to find out what patches and fixes are included, but in the...

Feb. 6, 2006 Cartoon of the Week.
February 2, 2006... All cartoons Related story

EMC pads out its software line-up; * Information Lifecycle Management is still key to EMC's future plans.(EMC Corp. (Hopkinton, Massachusetts))
February 2, 2006... Byline: Mike Karp EMC's big announcement of last week re-emphasized the fundamental role that Information Lifecycle Management will play as a part of the company's growth strategy. The high-end DMX-3 represents the top tier of EMC's...

Feb. 6, 2006 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.(International Business Machines Corp. announced free version of DB2)(Salesforce.com Inc.'s market share for customer relationship management software)(Federal Communications Commission fined AT&T Inc.)(Brief article)
February 2, 2006... Past weeks GOOD: DB2 giveaway IBM announced a free version of its DB2 database aimed at attracting application developers who might have opted for open-source alternatives. DB2 Express-C is available now to customers and...

Automating application acceleration; * Orbital Data provides automatic discovery, configuration.(introduced OrbitalEdge)
February 2, 2006... Byline: Steve Taylor, Jim Metzler Last time, we discussed the factors driving the need for automation. Today, we will look at some specific examples of innovative solutions to important technical and business issues. Over the last...

Uptime Devices sniffs out environmental conditions; * Uptime Devices monitors server room environmental conditions.(SH-2 SensorHub)(Brief article)
February 2, 2006... Byline: Deni Connor I recently came across Uptime Devices of Austin, Texas that could be worth a look. Founded in 1997, Uptime makes Web-enabled devices called SensorHubs to monitor environmental conditions such as smoke, airflow and...

Egoless work; * Take your ego out of the equation.
February 2, 2006... Byline: M. E. Kabay Candidates for the information assurance master's program I direct (the Norwich MSIA) must submit an essay responding to detailed questions for the admissions committee. My colleague Prof. Peter Stephenson, the...

Security appliances do more; * QRadar manages security and monitors network traffic.(introduced by Q1 Labs Inc.)
February 2, 2006... Byline: James E. Gaskin Security appliances continue to evolve, adding more features with every iteration. The newest product from Q1 Labs, the QRadar Network Security Management, continues that tradition. More than just a security...

Virtela offers new SSL VPN service for small businesses; * The Virtela SMB SSL VPN service.(Virtela Communications Inc., secure socket layer virtual private network)
February 2, 2006... Byline: Tim Greene Virtela is coming out with a new SSL VPN service for small businesses that eliminates the need for these customers to buy SSL gateways of their own. Called Virtela SMB SSL VPN, the service gives customers access...

File-trashing worm set to hit tomorrow; * Patches from Trustix, FreeBSD, Mandriva, others* Beware e-mail infected with the Breplibot worm using forged F-Secure e-mail addresses* Security snafu at Boston Globe exposes subscriber data.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Jason Meserve If the predictions are right, tomorrow (Feb. 3) could be a nasty day for some users as a new worm is scheduled to start deleting files on infected machines. Microsoft warns of file-trashing worm, 01/31/06 ...

Database security software to be updated.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Ann Bednarz Application Security Inc. is expected to announce a new version of its database-focused intrusion detection and security auditing software at the RSA Conference, which gets under way Feb. 13 in San Francisco. ...

SAP unveils hosted CRM plans.(Customer relationship management software)
February 2, 2006... Byline: Ann Bednarz SAP stepped into the ring of hosted customer relationship management software providers Thursday with products aimed at midsize and large vendors. The German software maker isn't going after small deployments, which...

Zenprise targets Exchange management software at SMBs.(Microsoft Exchange Server)
February 2, 2006... Byline: John Fontana E-mail management vendor Zenprise this week released for small and midsize businesses a version of its software that roots out the cause of trouble in Microsoft Exchange infrastructures and suggests remedies. ...

Update: Nyxem worm: Quiet so far.
February 3, 2006... Byline: Ellen Messmer The Nyxem worm, also known by the names Kama Sutra, MyWife and Blackdoom, was set to activate a dangerous payload Feb. 3 that would wipe out files held in infected desktop computers. However, as the day moves...

Finding AJAX toolkits.(Brief article)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Steve Blass We want to revise some forms to use the Asynchronous JavaScript + XML (AJAX) approach with background data submissions and page updates. Are there options for an AJAX development kit to simplify the process? ...

Verizon expands Ethernet service.(Verizon Business)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Jim Duffy Verizon last week said it has expanded the availability of its Ethernet access services in the United States, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, and is offering it as an access option for its Private IP MPLS VPN...

High stakes for the 'Net in Nevada.(Google Inc. sued for copyright infringement)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Scott Bradner The OK news is that Google has been found not guilty of falling for an entrapment effort. The better news is that the reasons the judge gave for his verdict, if it's upheld, are very good for the Internet. At...

CipherTrust service protects against nefarious net traffic.(Real-time Anti-fraud Data and Resource)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Cara Garretson E-mail security company CipherTrust this week is set to launch a service to protect customers' brands from being pilfered in a phishing attack, and to keep companies from unwittingly having their PCs used as spam...

Asigra touts remote backup.(Televaulting 6.0)(Brief article)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Deni Connor Asigra this week is set to announce an enhanced version of its distributed online backup and recovery software for protecting remote offices within the enterprise. Televaulting 6.0, an agentless disk-based...

Software promises open source management; Qlusters' OpenQRM project offers single point of control for Linux-based data centers.
February 6, 2006... Byline: Jennifer Mears IT professionals struggling to better manage a growing number of x86 systems running important business applications have a new open source option. Qlusters, which launched in 2001, kicked off its OpenQRM...

In brief: Sun introduces new Ultra workstations.(Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ultra 20 and Sun Ultra 45)(BlueArc launches new network-attached storage arrays product 'BlueArc Titan 2100' and 'BlueArc Titan 2200' )(Idealstor launches removable-disk back-up appliance 'Ibac 3.0')
February 6, 2006... Sun last week introduced a new family of three Ultra workstations. Two come with Sun's grid software, and all ship with some of the company's developer tools and Solaris 10 preloaded. They also support Windows XP and Linux distributions...

In brief: Microsoft merges Exchange, Real-Time Collaboration groups.(into new unit called the Unified Communications Group and appoints Anoop Gupta)(Cendura Corp. launches data-center configuration and automation software 'Cohesion 4.0' )(Brief article)
February 6, 2006... Microsoft is merging its Exchange and Real-Time Collaboration groups into a new unit called the Unified Communications Group, the company announced last week. The goal of the change is to align the development work done on Microsoft's...

Mobility is foremost a mind-set.
February 6, 2006... Byline: Johna Till Johnson Mobility is definitely one of the key themes of 2006. Most IT executives I work with say their companies have put "mobility strategies" in place this year. That's a dramatic shift from just a year ago, when...

Juniper/NetScreen deal bears fruit; SSG 520 has security, routing features that could give Cisco gear a good run.(Juniper Networks Secure Services Gateway 520)(Cisco Systems Inc.)(Product/service evaluation)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Joel Snyder Network World has exclusively tested Juniper's SSG 520, a security and routing platform available this week that is the first new fruit from the company's purchase of NetScreen 21 months ago. Our test results...

Politics sometimes trumps technology.(Brief article)
February 6, 2006... As appliance functionality migrates to the switch, political issues can outweigh the technological ones. Whether organizations move to deploy switches with embedded security and other functions, their availability may depend more on...

In brief: Mirage updates network gear.(Mirage Networks updated its network access-control appliance Mirage NAC3.0)(Symantec launches network configuration management software 'Policy Manager')(Fortinet and Trend Micro have settled a patent dispute)(Brief article)
February 6, 2006... Mirage Networks last week updated its network access-control appliance, adding the ability to scan LAN- and wireless LAN-attached devices running unauthorized network applications or protocols. The Mirage NAC device attaches to a LAN switch...

Nortel re-enters broadband access world.(Nortel Networks Corp. has joint venture with Huawei Technologies)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Jim Duffy Nearly five years after exiting the broadband access market, Nortel is attempting to re-engage in this hot area through a joint venture with Chinese company Huawei Technologies. Huawei is the No. 2 vendor in DSL...

In brief: Virtela to release new SSL VPN.(Virtela Communications Inc., secure socket layer virtual private line)(Brief article)
February 6, 2006... Virtela is set to release a new SSL VPN service for small businesses. The service doesn't offer all the features of a dedicated SSL VPN but does eliminate the cost of buying an SSL gateway. Called Virtela SMB SSL VPN, the service gives...

Cool Tools.(MooBella using ice cream-processing system)(Blurb launches new publishing industry software 'Blurb BookSmart ')(StrikeForce Technologies launches encryption software 'WebSecure 1.0')
February 6, 2006... Byline: Keith Shaw You might think ice cream and technology don't mix, but the MooBella machine uses lots of technology (including a Linux operating system, interactive GUI, several databases and a wireless communications system) that...

VMware offers a free ride.(server-partitioning software)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Jennifer Mears VMware is continuing its effort to make it as easy and risk-free as possible for customers to adopt virtualization technology by introducing a free version of its server-partitioning software called VMware...

DSL, Part IV (tying up loose ends).(digital subscriber line)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Mark Gibbs Over the last few weeks we have been discussing our DSL struggles, which started with a technician doing some simple troubleshooting and quickly escalated into our service being disconnected (also see the "DSL Woes"...

Rivermine spruces up telecom software.
February 6, 2006... Byline: Denise Pappalardo Rivermine Software last week released updated telecom expense management software that features improved reporting and auditing capabilities. The company teamed with MicroStrategy to develop Clarity, one...

Virtualization comes to Novell's Linux.(partnered with Virtual Iron, Red Hat Inc. and VMware for plans to develop Linux operating system)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Jennifer Mears Novell this week is expected to announce support for a start-up's virtualization and management technology, a first step in making it easier for customers to combine Linux servers into a pool of resources that...

Ethernet's secret source.(Column)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Kevin Tolly As Network World turns 20 next month, the editors have asked columnists to opine about some technology flops of the era. A variety of possibilities came up, but token ring was offered up as a prime candidate. ...

SAP unveils hosted CRM plans.(Customer relationship management )
February 6, 2006... Byline: Ann Bednarz SAP stepped into the ring of hosted CRM software providers last week, with new products aimed at midsize and large vendors. The software maker isn't going after small deployments, which traditionally make up the...

IBM pumps up DB2 lineup.(International Business Machines Corp., IBM DB2 for z/OS database server)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Ann Bednarz IBM is working to expand the adoption of its DB2 database server, giving users three new options: a specialty processor designed to handle data-intensive workloads on the mainframe, an upgrade of DB2 for z/OS and a...

Pod slurping revisited.
February 6, 2006... Abe Usher of Sharp Ideas joins the program again to talk about his updated tool - Slurp Audit - that illustrates how quickly an iPod or similar device can be used to pick clean a hard drive of business documents and data. Note: If you...

Juniper SSG provides fast branch-office security; New platform challenges Cisco ISR.(Juniper Networks Inc., secure services gateway, integrated services routers)(Cisco Systems Inc.)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Tim Greene Juniper is announcing a new product family based on its acquisition of NetScreen, a fast security platform with high-speed WAN ports designed for branch offices that have direct Internet connections. While...

MessageLabs launches e-mail service.(Brief article)
February 6, 2006... MessageLabs has launched an e-mail archiving product that the company says will allow for fast access to the messages that must be stored for regulatory and legal reasons. MessageLabs Archiving Service encrypts the e-mail it stores,...

New AT&T talks about business focus; While integration is a top priority, the carrier also hopes to lead in the wireless and business markets.
February 6, 2006... Byline: Denise Pappalardo NEW YORK - The new AT&T detailed plans last week for how it is bringing together its many telecom assets and what that will mean for customers. The carrier covered a lot of ground at its first analyst...

Q&A: Palmer discusses Cisco's latest security initiatives.(Richard Palmer, Cisco Systems Inc.)(Interview)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Phil Hochmuth Cisco is among the market leaders in most major security product categories, but the company is still primarily known as a router and switch vendor. One person trying to change that is Richard Palmer, vice...

Riverbed thinks small with WAN optimizer hardware.(Riverbed Technologies launches WAN optimization boxes called as Steelhead 100 and Steelhead 200)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Tim Greene Riverbed plans this week to release two new WAN optimization boxes for offices with fewer than 20 people. Called Steelhead 100 and 200, one of the devices talks to another at the other end of a WAN link to boost...

The new network switch; Next-generation devices to provide built-in security, application optimization and policy enforcement.
February 6, 2006... The traditional LAN switch is poised for an extreme makeover, and the focus is decidedly on brains, not beauty. Next-generation switches will not only feature embedded intelligent security functions, such as firewall, intrusion-detection...

E-mail offers a look inside Enron.
February 6, 2006... Byline: Paul McNamara It's become perhaps the most famous and picked-over pile of e-mail in history: a half-million messages to and from 176 Enron employees made public as a result of legal proceedings spawned by the company's...

How to prepare a network for BPO; Lay a foundation to maximize the value from business-process outsourcing.
February 6, 2006... Wouldn't it be nice if you could toss every scrap of paper related to your IRS tax return onto your accountant's desk and let him figure out the mess? Alas, it doesn't work that way. It's incumbent on taxpayers to sort and categorize W-2s,...

OTN offers transparent service delivery.(Optical Transport Network)
February 6, 2006... The global migration to IP/Ethernet applications is forcing enterprises to address two major WAN issues - converging TDM and packet networks to reduce expenses, and improving network and service management to support bandwidth-intensive,...

How we did it.(Juniper Networks Secure Services Gateway SSG 520 tested)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Joel Snyder We tested the Juniper Secure Services Gateway 520 by putting it into production in our Tucson, Ariz., lab on an Internet DS3 connection supplied through MCI. We brought up the SSG 520 on the DS3 and then started up...

Demo 2006; Phoenix event showcasing 70 management technologies.
February 6, 2006... Byline: Sandra Gittlen Imagine being able to set up and manage a wireless LAN without extensive RF engineering. Or enabling help desk staff to diagnose and solve remote-workstation problems without leaving their own desks. Or...

DOE lab says NetFlow is a key security tool.(US Department of Energy, Idaho National Laboratory)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Phil Hochmuth To secure the network at Argonne National Laboratory, Scott Pinkerton, network services manager for the lab, uses a mix of NetFlow traffic analysis and customized device scripting to tie together different...

Cisco looks to grab broader security role.(Cisco Systems Inc.)(Company overview)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Phil Hochmuth At next week's RSA Conference, Cisco plans to debut major security products to help bolster its already strong security portfolio. Security is categorized as one of the vendor's six Advanced Technologies and...

Systinet software lays down the SOA laws.(service oriented architecture)
February 6, 2006... Byline: John Fontana After nearly two years of development, Systinet is releasing software designed to help companies better synchronize their service-oriented architectures with their business policies. Systinet, which was...

ISPs turning guns on newer breed of spam.(Internet service providers)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Cara Garretson The amount of spam traversing the Internet appears to be on the decline, although the nature of that junk e-mail continues to shift from annoying to malicious - even dangerous. Therefore, enterprises are...

The analog hole and secret technology.(Digital Transition Content Security Act of 2005)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Mark Gibbs On Dec. 16, 2005, a bill titled "Digital Transition Content Security Act of 2005 (H.R.4569)," otherwise known as the Sensenbrenner/Conyers Analog Hole Bill, was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. ...

The big C vs. the big J.(Cisco Systems Inc., Juniper Networks Inc.)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Joel Snyder Although Juniper has always challenged Cisco in the high-end router space, it has not had a product that hits close to Cisco's core branch-office router business. There is an obvious parallel between the new Juniper...

Cisco, Microsoft to air net access plans.(Cisco Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp.)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Ellen Messmer Microsoft's Bill Gates and Cisco's John Chambers next week are expected to kick off the annual RSA Conference in San Jose by sharing new details about their companies' network-access control strategies. In...

Is Apple creating the FCC's worst fear?(Federal Communications Commission)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Thomas Nolle It's election time in Washington, and you can almost smell the campaign contributions - and the political causes that generate them. In this light, both the Senate and the House want to take up telecom regulation...

Security needs cross-organizational buy-in.(Brief article)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Daniel Blum As the new year begins, one thing is clear: The information security discussion needs more constructive involvement from upper management and business unit leaders. From a long-term perspective, the security...

Start-up looks to lock down code.(Mu Security )
February 6, 2006... Byline: Robert McMillan and IDG News Service A start-up backed by $4 million in venture funding and a team of former Juniper Networks executives says it has developed a way to make network products and applications more secure. Mu...

Big guns declare battle on spyware.
February 6, 2006... Byline: John Dix A handful of large security vendors last week proposed standards for testing anti-spyware tools, the next step toward the group's goal of making the fight against spyware more like the battle against viruses. ...

In brief: Bush touts H-1B visa increase.(George W. Bush )
February 6, 2006... Many high-tech companies welcomed the news last week that President George W. Bush is calling on Congress to increase the number of H-1B visas available for highly skilled foreign workers. H-1B visas always have been a political football,...

Power to the people; Across the country, organizations use network technology to empower the less fortunate.(Department of Human Services)(Editorial)
February 6, 2006... Byline: Sandra Gittlen For Vakil Kuner, the work involved in setting up and tearing down a secure wireless network to support more than two dozen government agencies and private organizations for a single day is well worth it. ...

Locking the worms out of your network.
February 6, 2006... Byline: Ron Nutter With the Kama Sutra (among its other names) worm that is due to come out on February 3rd, I am concerned that we have taken all the necessary steps to avoid problems. What can you suggest that we look at?-- Via the...

Letters to the editor: "IBM expert warns of short life span for burned CDs".
February 6, 2006... Burned CDs live on Regarding "IBM expert warns of short life span for burned CDs": I'd like to know how the author came to his conclusions and what he used for data. I am a retired CS project manager. My Bachelor's degree is in...