* Microsoft-Novell pact: who wins, who loses * Newbury pinpoints wireless LAN devices in enterprise * Q&A: Of VPNs and peer-to-peer SIP: IETF chair speaks out * IT savings at issue with upgrades to Vista * Simula airs open source bundle * Video interview: Making distance learning useful * FCC delays decision on AT&T-Bellsouth merger again * Buzzblog: FTC dusting off old tech crystal ball * Today on Layer 8
Microsoft-Novell pact: who wins, who loses
The business and technology partnership unveiled by Microsoft and Novell is a multi-dimensional union that reaches deep into the open source community, slaps at rivals of both vendors and could potentially aid Microsoft in its European Union lawsuit.Click here for more.
Newbury pinpoints wireless LAN devices in enterprise
Capitalizing on its wireless location software, Newbury Networks this week will unveil a network appliance that collects data from wireless LAN access points and clients, computes their location and then passes that information to various applications. Click here for more.
Q&A: Of VPNs and peer-to-peer SIP: IETF chair speaks out
Some of the Internet’s greatest technical minds will gather this week in San Diego to debate how best to plug security holes and design new services for the Internet. More than 1,200 network engineers are expected to attend the Internet Engineering Task Force’s 67th meeting. Network World Senior Editor Carolyn Duffy Marsan interviewed IETF Chairman Brian Carpenter, a distinguished engineer with IBM, about the standards body’s latest efforts. See the full interview.
IT savings at issue with upgrades to Vista
As Microsoft prepares to release Windows Vista to manufacturing next week and make it available to corporate users at the end of the month, the debate is ratcheting up over how much money – if any – companies could save by upgrading to the new operating system. Click here for more.
Simula airs open source bundle
Part incubator, part commercial services provider, Simula Labs this week is set to debut a bundle of software and services that industry watchers say could help enterprise IT shops shore up their open source deployments. Click here for more.
Video interview: Making distance learning useful
What is “rapid e-learning” and how can it benefit the distribution of knowledge in your company? Ted Cocheu, CEO of Altus Learning Systems, explains on this week’s Network World Hot Seat. Watch now.
FCC delays decision on AT&T-Bellsouth merger again
The FCC has once again delayed its decision on AT&T’s proposed acquisition of BellSouth. Click here for more.
Buzzblog: FTC dusting off old tech crystal ball
The Federal Trade Commission will host three days of hearings starting today that are billed “Protecting Consumers in the Next Tech-ade” — a reprise of a similar FTC event held a decade ago that attendees still credit with having provided prescient guidance to regulators. You can judge of that for yourself. Click here for more.
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Google throws newspapers a bone; stupid pervert gets nabbed on MySpace; Starbucks’ Venti security screw-up; and the winner of the latest Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
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