* Firefox missing what IT needs * The quandary of managing the wired with the wireless network * InfoWeapons unveils IPv6-ready DNS appliances * Wake up call: An open letter to Check Point's CEO * Cisco buys Orative * Buzzblog: Quebec puts kibosh on e-voting; Virginia should, too * Today on Layer 8
Firefox missing what IT needs
Firefox 2.0 has finally slipped into release, and while preliminary reviews are running hot and cold, it appears the browser won’t have a big impact on corporate users. The thought of a rekindling of the browser wars may be far-fetched even though Microsoft just two weeks ago released its major browser upgrade – Internet Explorer 7.0. Mozilla posted Firefox 2.0 on Tuesday afternoon. Click here for more.
The quandary of managing the wired with the wireless network
Faculty at the University of Moncton have a new way of keeping in touch with colleagues and students when they’re roaming around campus: Wi-Fi phones that use the school’s wireless network. Click here for more.
InfoWeapons unveils IPv6-ready DNS appliances
Start-up InfoWeapons is selling what it claims are the first domain name system appliances to support both IPv4 and IPv6 running in dual-stack mode. Click here for more.
Wake up call: An open letter to Check Point’s CEO
Richard Stiennon writes an open letter to Check Point Software CEO Gil Shwed, saying he has been “perplexed by Check Point’s actions, or rather lack of actions, for the last seven years… Do you not understand that your current customers are less well protected from outside threats than they were when they first became your customers? Do you not see the warning signs when you lose your major accounts to competitors? Do you not watch the network security start up activity in Silicon Valley? Have you not noticed that Cisco is pulling off a marketing coup with its misbegotten Network Admission Control scheme?” Click here for the full letter.
Cisco buys Orative to integrate cell phone users into corporate VoIP nets
Cisco this week announced it is buying Orative Corporation, a maker of cell phone software that ties mobile phone users to corporate IP PBXs and messaging systems. Click here for more.
Buzzblog: Quebec puts kibosh on e-voting; Virginia should, too
Just the latest evidence that electronic voting machines are a greater threat to democracy in this country than terrorists ever will be. Click here for more.
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