Julie Bort

Executive Editor, Signature Series

Julie is also author of Building an Extranet (Wiley, 1997).

jbort@nww.com (970) 468-2864 Fax: (970) 468-2348

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Recent articles by Bort

WLAN management: tools, tips, advice
Sep. 26, 2008
ireless LAN management is clearly a vital element of enterprise WLAN systems and also one of the best vehicles for minimizing total cost of ownership. But even with its long history, challenges remain. These include the ...

10 questions for Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 guy, Jason Hermitage | NetworkWorld.com ..
Oct. 10, 2008
It is Jason Hermitage's job to convince enterprise IT folks that Windows Server 2008 is an eye-popping operating system and that they should start planning their migrations now. But what are the features that ...

Experts make a solid business case for IPv6
Sep. 11, 2008
The co-authors of Global IPv6 Strategies were the guests for a live Network World chat where they discussed all things IPv6. Bechtel's Fred Wettling, ArchRock's Patrick Grossetete, and Cisco's Ciprian Popoviciu ...

11 patches to come on Patch Tuesday | NetworkWorld.com Community
Oct. 09, 2008
Patch Tuesday rolls around all too quickly and the next one will get Microsoft administrators busy. The software giant plans to ship 11 security updates - four of them rated critical, according to this IDG News ...

Microsoft to WaMu administrators: Pay up | NetworkWorld.com Community
Oct. 09, 2008
It's a dog-eat-dog world out there particularly as businesses and banks get jittery over the potential of seeing their hard earned dollars disappear. Microsoft wants to make sure it gets paid for products and services ...

Making friends with Twitter, forums and blogs
Aug. 20, 2008
Social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, blogs and forums are infiltrating your corporate network and distracting your employees. Analyst Curt Monash offers advice on turning the situation from nuisance to ...

The economic crises and the Microsoft certified professional: not gloom and doom | ...
Oct. 08, 2008
Microsoft Subnet is happy to announce a great addition to our staff of bloggers: Andrew Mikols. Mikols is an IT consultant and career coach but he is best known as the founder of MCP-Careers.com, a site is wholly ...

Next major version of SQL Server is not called Kilimanjaro and is not two years away (but ...
Oct. 08, 2008
UPDATED 10/10: Kilimanjaro does refer to a bundle of features that will be included in SQL Server, but which will be a smaller, more minor release (aka R2). The promise is that this upgrade should arrive in early 2010 ...

Microsoft versus Novell: the best reason to go open source | NetworkWorld.com Community
Oct. 07, 2008
If you needed another argument in favor of open source, here it is. The money you spent on license fees for proprietary software has funded years of who-cares lawsuits between software vendors. A case in point is a ...

Applications have a need for WAN speed
Jul. 31, 2008
Vendors are loading their gear with new features, but the core need for WAN speed should still guide WOC buying decisions. Application performance management and WAN acceleration are hard problems to solve and are part ...

Experts debate NAC: usefulness vs. cost
Jul. 23, 2008
Is NAC worthwhile? In Network World's first chat face-off, security experts Joel Snyder and Richard Stiennon debate the pros and cons.

Building home labs for Cisco certs: what you need to know
Jul. 09, 2008
Wendell Odom, Cisco press author, instructor and blogger was recently a repeat guest for Network World chat. Attendees asked him the best ways to build a home lab, which certs still have power in the market, and ...

How the used gear industry is winning the fight against counterfeiters
Jun. 19, 2008
Over 100 attendees gathered for Network World's live chat on counterfeit network gear -- how to detect it and protect yourself - with guest Mike Sheldon, chief executive officer of Network Hardware Resale. NHR employs ...

IT needs to think green to save greenbacks
Jun. 12, 2008
Two of the industry's notable visionaries John Hagel and Eric Openshaw from Deloitte, joined us for a recent Network World chat where they discussed green IT, outsourcing, protecting IP and making the most out of Web 2. ...

A great SQL Server resource on Microsoft Subnet | NetworkWorld.com Community
Oct. 06, 2008
Brian Egler, a blogger for Network World's Microsoft Subnet, has been going over the new features of SQL Server 2008 (and beyond) in his funny blog. Auditing features, performance benchmarks, resource governance -- ...

Windows in the cloud now from Amazon, ServePath | NetworkWorld.com Community
Oct. 06, 2008
Windows in the cloud isn't all vaporware, only Microsoft's version of it is. Last week, Amazon CTO Werner Vogels' announced that Amazon's cloud server, EC2, now supports Windows Server and with that, it runs many of ...

Microsoft will offer 24/7 support on open source jQuery | NetworkWorld.com Community
Oct. 06, 2008
Now here's a news item that will either delight or befuddle you. Later this year Microsoft will offer 24/7 product support on jQuery, the popular open-source Javascript library, reports Kas Thomas of Intelligent ...

Microsoft hiring freeze? From recession to depression .| NetworkWorld.com Community
Oct. 03, 2008
Confusion arises over Microsoft's hiring plans. The company issued a memo that hinted at a freeze, one employee said, but a spokesperson denies a freeze. The optimist would conclude that Microsoft is acting quickly to ...

Enter to win a Microsoft training course worth $2,995
Oct. 01, 2008
Microsoft Subnet welcomes New Horizons Computer Training as a contributor to Microsoft Subnet. In honor of this partnership, New Horizons is offering a free Microsoft training course worth up to $2,995 from to be given ...

Enter to win one of 15 copies of the book "Networking with Microsoft Windows Vista: Your ..
Oct. 01, 2008
Microsoft Subnet sponsors a monthly giveaway from publisher Pearson Education in conjunction with hosting a one-month guest blog from the author. In October 2008, we are giving away 15 free copies of the title ...

Enterprises grow more savvy over open source
May. 16, 2008
Open source icon Stormy Peters recently joined us for a live Network World chat. Peters is co-founder of the non-profit GNOME Foundation and director of community and partner programs for OpenLogic. Peters discussed why ...

Microsoft is winning the NAC war, expert says
May. 06, 2008
Security guru Joel Snyder from Opus One recently starred as the guest of a live Network World chat where he discussed the state of network access control. Snyder says that those who are anti-NAC simply don't understand ...

Crimeware defense strategies: how to protect your network (and yourself)
May. 29, 2008
Internationally acclaimed security scientists and authors Markus Jakobsson and Zulfikar Ramzan were recently guests for a live Network World chat. The two, co-authors of the book Crimeware: understanding new attacks and ...

Security certs, vampires and dumpster diving
Apr. 10, 2008
During a live Network World chat, expert Adam Gordon discussed the best security certifications, the tricky aspects of gaining real-world hacking experience and why our government should get with the program of ethical ...

The five hottest skills for your networking career
Mar. 26, 2008
In a recent live Network World chat, Cisco enterprise engineering expert Neil Anderson answers questions about the hottest skills, the impact of voice and video on the network and the Internet, how QoS technologies will ...