* If you had the power * The year ahead * Blind Americans demand Web access; Target fights back * Cisco warns of vulnerabilities in NAC product * Q&A: 100G Ethernet to the masses * The new Army recruiter who never goes to sleep * Buzzblog: 134 reasons why Google's visitor numbers are surpassing Yahoo's
If you had the power
Imagine this: With the wave of a magic wand, you’re suddenly all-powerful. You can change today’s network industry in any way you want. What would you do, and how? We posed such a challenge to four veteran enterprise network executives. Click here to read what they had to say, and add your own thoughts.
The year ahead
Risks and opportunities in 2007, Frank Dzubeck’s hot list, top security threats, challenges for Cisco and Microsoft, the future of wireless – all this and more in our look at the year ahead.
Blind Americans demand Web access; Target fights back
Retailer Target’s refusal to make its Web site more accessible to the blind has fueled a high-profile court battle that is causing many companies to quietly upgrade their Web sites in the hopes of avoiding negative publicity and legal liability. Click here for more.
Cisco warns of vulnerabilities in NAC product
Cisco issued an advisory to customers Wednesday about two serious vulnerabilities in its Cisco Clean Access software, a network access control product. Click here for more.
Q&A: 100G Ethernet to the masses
The IEEE’s latest project could significantly ramp up the speed of traffic delivery across the Internet. In November, the IEEE’s Higher Speed Study Group announced it was working to create a 100G Ethernet standard and subsequently has laid out a tentative timeline for benchmarks along the way, including the development of a formalized task force by the middle of this year and delivery of the final spec by 2010. Network World recently spoke with John D’Ambrosia, chairman of the study group and scientist of components technology at Force10 Networks, about the impact 100G Ethernet will have on the network industry. Click here for the full interview.
The new Army recruiter who never goes to sleep
The U.S. Army’s latest tool for bolstering its wartime ranks is a virtual officer named “SGT STAR,” an artificial intelligence tool that uses a conversational style to answer questions from potential soldiers logged on to goarmy.com. Click here for more.
Buzzblog: 134 reasons why Google’s visitor numbers are surpassing Yahoo’s
Actually, it’s 135 – the extra one is a whopper (YouTube) – and this is by no means meant to be a complete list. Click here for more.
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