Anderson: A cynic rips open source, 05/10/07
I chaired an interesting meeting the other day. It was me against senior executives of Cisco, Agilent Technologies and Novell.
‘Net Buzz: Sprint Nextel vs. 41 nonprofits, 05/10/07
Here’s an interesting story about a David vs. Goliath dispute over wireless spectrum – interesting in part because it isn’t at all clear that we should be rooting for David.
Gearhead: Welcome back, Winrot, 05/10/07
About 20 months ago we wrote about our struggle against Winrot, which we described as “the creeping, pernicious degradation of the integrity of Windows systems to the point where they run slowly, behave erratically, stop working altogether or all of …
Editorial: A security tool with a message, 05/10/07
Security experts will tell you that it isn’t always about technology. While the latest tools help, more often than not security comes down to policy and staff education. If you can get employees to commit policy to memory and understand how threats …
Dr. Internet: Looking for stripped-down Linux distribution, 05/10/07
I’m looking for a stripped-down Linux distribution to use on a specialized network server. What do you recommend?
Cool Tools: Bluetooth headsets: quality or features, 05/10/07
When it comes to Bluetooth mobile phone headsets, do you choose voice call quality over features and functions? This week I have two products that take different approaches.
Antonopoulos: CIO and CSO: fox watching the henhouse? 05/10/07
The chief security officer is a fairly new position. We first saw it emerge in larger corporations in the late 1990s; these days, it’s standard in most organizations. The CSO’s role varies, but typically it combines risk management, policy development …
Backspin: To be proactive or not to bee? 05/10/07
Being “green” has become very fashionable. Along with that there’s a lot more talk about behaving in ways that support our environment rather than our business-as-usual habits. But the problem with being green in practice is how much of our business …
Bradner: Patents: How do you spell “obvious”? 05/09/07
Patents, at least the way they have affected modern telecommunications and business, have been very controversial.
Johnson: Aligning business with IT: practical steps, 05/09/07
Last week we talked about the need for business to align with IT. That is, it’s business’ job to start by asking the question, “How can we use technology to deliver products better, faster, more cheaply and more in line with our customers’ needs?”
Kaplan: Automated network-management tools to the rescue, 05/08/07
One of the fundamental challenges facing network professionals is balancing ongoing responsibilities with reacting to daily events. Many spend the bulk of their time putting out fires or responding to unanticipated business requirements — often at the …
Tolly: Application acceleration: Divide and conquer, 05/08/07
More than perhaps any other area except virtualization, the term “application acceleration” can be defined and characterized in almost as many ways as there are products on the market. Still, if you take the right approach, it is relatively easy to …
Nutter’s Help Desk: Improving wireless security, 05/07/07
After reading about all of the security problems that come along with the benefits of having wireless as a part of the network, I am concerned about having enough protection in place will still having the wireless network being convenient to use. What …
Insider Threat: Data leakage prevention: The dangers of port dependence, 05/07/07
My organization has a mandate to deploy Data Leakage Prevention next quarter. How do I gauge the completeness of a solution with respect to coverage of all network traffic?
Wireless Security: Securing a RADIUS server, 05/07/07
What measures are there to help secure a RADIUS server?
