Should Apple secure its iPods?
Few corporations are likely to ban iPods in the workplace, but whether Apple and other manufacturers of MP3 players shoulder some responsibility to add security to their devices – and how effective that security would be – is a growing debate.
Vonage admits it has no workaround
Vonage has acknowledged it has no workaround for technology that was found to infringe Verizon patents and does not know if one is feasible.
Woven Systems looks to trump high-scale 10G Ethernet switches, 04/17/07
Start-up Woven Systems this week is expected to launch its 10G Ethernet data center switch — a box the company says one-ups the switching power of Cisco, Force10 Networks and Foundy Network 10G gear and matches the low-latency performance of Fibre Channel and Infiniband with lower-cost Ethernet technology.
IBM, Yahoo upgrade free enterprise search tool
An upgraded version of the free enterprise search application IBM developed with Yahoo is being released Monday, and includes support for foreign languages, the ability to search metadata, and tools allowing customers to more easily customize the user interface.
Is Microsoft’s Silverlight likely to shine?
In touting deals it has signed with Internet video broadcasters such as Netflix, Brightcove and Major League Baseball, Microsoft is declaring that its nascent Silverlight rich media software is not only a would-be Flash killer but also a high-definition video delivery system that takes on, among others, Apple’s QuickTime.
Watchfire online community shares vulnerability testing knowledge
Watchfire is opening up its Web application-vulnerability software so customers can create their own security tests of corporate applications.
Rivals complain about Google-DoubleClick deal
The planned merger of two online advertising giants, Google and DoubleClick, has some rivals calling for regulatory intervention — but for customers, trust may be of greater concern than antitrust.
Case study
ConSentry gear controls net access for Baltimore hospital
As it sets up a network access control infrastructure to run herd on the wide range of transient workers who have legitimate needs to access its network, Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore has bumped into business challenges that are proving more …
Blogs
From Cisco Subnet: Cisco to invest in wireless audio speaker company
Smarthouse Magazine is reporting that Cisco is this week poised to announce an investment in Australia wireless audio provider Avega Systems.
Buzzblog: Overnight services can still whip the ‘Net
At least when it comes to transporting enormous amounts of data.
Editor’s Note
Is your IT organizational structure holding your company back?
We’re assembling a package of stories to be published in Network World looking at the IT organizational structure of the future and we need your help:News Editor Bob Brown
* If your company has recently reorganized in light of new business and technology challenges and opportunities, can you send along “before” and “after” org charts? (Feel free to strip out the names, we’re really just looking for titles. But give us a sense of the size of your IT organization/business.) Can you tell us how the reorganization has worked out?
* If your company is in need of an IT org makeover, what areas are currently most dysfunctional?
* Any advice on what your peers can do to improve their IT organizations right now?
We’re looking to tap into our readership through a technique some call “crowdsourcing.” Knowing we don’t have all the answers, but that our audience probably has a lot of them, we’re hoping to help you help each other.
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