NORTEL REPLACES ENTERPRISE CHIEFNew Nortel Enterprise boss talks about game plan
In a surprise move, Nortel this week replaced its Enterprise Solutions chief, even though the unit is growing at about three times the market. Plus:
APPLE’S OPTIONS FOR STOPPING OPEN SOURCE IPHONE USE
What will happen in the wake of Steve Jobs’ recent declaration of war on iPhone hackers?
SECURITY RESEARCHER FINDS FLAW IN WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER
Hackers can wield malicious Windows Media Player files to exploit any unpatched Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability on a PC — even if …
NETSCOUT BUYING NETWORK GENERAL FOR $205 MILLION
Network- and application-performance management vendor NetScout Thursday announced plans to acquire Sniffer maker Network General for roughly …
OPEN SOURCE IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID, GARTNER SAYS
You can try to avoid open source, but it’s probably easier to get out of the IT business altogether. By 2011, at least 80% of commercial …
YAHOO MESSENGER HIT WITH NINTH ZERO-DAY EXPLOIT
Security Yahoo Messenger hit with ninth zero-day exploit By Gregg Keizer , Computerworld, 09/20/07 Start a discussion Print article Comments …
THE END OF BOOTH-BABE CULTURE?
The Wall Street Journal last week ran a page-one, above-the-fold, front-and-center article on a topic you don’t normally read much about: the role of …
STEVE JOBS SUBPOENAED IN BACKDATING CASE
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to give a deposition in the stock option backdating lawsuit against former Apple General Counsel, Nancy Heinen.
PODCAST
DEATH, BOMBS AND BACKUPS
Jason and Keith discuss why PC backups are so important, whether Microsoft has chinks in its Office armor, and why they should have stuck with their computer science majors (starting salaries are up again).
VIDEO
SPEAKING WITH WHITFIELD DIFFIE
Network World Senior Editor Tim Greene talks with Whitfield Diffie, Sun Fellow, Chief Security Officer and noted cryptographer, about open source in the enterprise, security and more.
BLOGS
TODAY AT CISCO SUBNETCisco’s challenges in the healthcare sector. Cisco trainer Wendell Odom discusses variance and maximum-paths router subcommands. Cisco wants to help its channel partners recruit talent. Channelguy asks: Is this a double-edge sword? Cisco offers fast-track membership to IET for Cisco certified pros. Michael Morris finds out if this is worthwhile.
Cisco has a doctor in the house and he’s a director for Cisco’s healthcare business. Danny Sands describes
TODAY AT MICROSOFT SUBNETfeatures are killed off.; “It’s mine, but you can’t have it.” Sue Hanely blogs about the cultural challenge of getting people to share their ideas, even in life-threatening situations.; Envy in Linuxland, Blogger John Obeto colorfully analyzes the Fedora Project’s Maxie Spevack reaction to the success of other Linux distros.
Office 2003 SP3 released, but
BUZZBLOG: STEVE JOBS, SERIAL FINGER-FLIPPER?
The poster showing Jobs giving the famous finger-salute to iPhone early adopters is obviously a fake. … But then again, Jobs does have a history of such antics.
TODAY ON LAYER 8, WHERE WE’VE MANAGED TO KEEP OUR FINGERPRINTS OFF OF ANYTHING TRULY INCRIMINATING:
The FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division today awarded Lockheed Martin a $16 million contract to upgrade its HP Superdome Unix servers.
