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EDITOR’S NOTE: In response to reader demand for timely information, we are pleased to announce that we have combined two newsletters, NetFlash Daily News and The Best of Network World, to create a single daily newsletter called Network World Daily News that will deliver the most current and most important news of the day. Look for bonus afternoon issues that will highlight the most-read stories of the week, the hottest blogs and the most in-depth resources at Network World. Thank you for reading.
Force10 switches to open source FreeBSD for core switch OS
10G Ethernet vendor Force10 Networks is changing the operating system on its data center switches to FreeBSD, an open source platform, with the aim of improving switch performance for customers.
Q&A: PayPal CISO outlines anti-fraud strategy
PayPal has 133 million customers that use its Internet-based money-transfer service, which handled $37 billion in transactions last year. Michael Barrett, who is CISO at the eBay subsidiary, recently spoke with Network World senior editor Ellen Messmer.
How Lauth is growing IT with downsizing in mind
Jeff Ton has survived the booms and busts of the IT industry during his 28-year career as a programmer, consultant and manager. A year ago, Ton left ailing Thomson Consumer Electronics for a chance to lead the IT department at Lauth Property Group.
Verizon enhances business continuity service
Verizon Business this week enhanced its business continuity consulting offerings with notification services and planning and incident management software.
New database company raises funds, nabs ex-Oracle bigwigs
Vertica Systems, a stealthy start-up building a fast new database management system that runs on Linux-based hardware, has started to break its silence.
Feds pick Qwest for $10 million in voice, data services
Qwest this week said it has been awarded two contracts by the General Services Administration to provide local voice and data services to federal agencies located throughout nine Western states.
Microsoft: UAC not a security feature
For those who thought the User Account Control (UAC) feature introduced in Windows Vista was intended to set security boundaries, Microsoft has made a clarification: it isn’t.
Confess to your Webkinz addiction
Network World Senior Editor Denise Pappalardo writes: Webkinz combines fuzzy stuffed animals (my personal favorite: Cheeky Monkey) with an online world where kids can care for their new friends. They are becoming quite popular with the 5- to 8-year-old crowd. And secretly, Webkinz seems to have grown in popularity with the parents and grandparents of these little ones. But what about you? Take our survey and let us know if you’ve even heard of Webkinz or have they become your kid’s new obsession.
Buzzblog: Acunetix responds to expert’s challenge
Actually, the subject line of their e-mail reads – “Acunetix Accepts the Network World Challenge” – but, as you’ll see, that claim isn’t any more supportable than the company’s “apocalyptic” survey that sparked this little exchange of Valentines.
Today on Layer 8, where assertiveness lives:When it comes to being an assertive leader, seems you need to come down somewhere in the middle – not where you’d think a real go-getter would want to be. But in the results of a study coming out in the February issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, published by the American Psychological Association (APA), organizational leaders who come across as low or high in assertiveness tend to be seen as less effective.
