* Extreme taps ex-Sun storage chief as new CEO * GAO report critical of the Fed banks’ security * Internet2 to support the DoE’s next research net * Microsoft adds AMD support to beta of Virtual Server 2005 SP1 * Wi-Fi group to IEEE: Shove off * Today on Layer 8
News podcast: Network World 360
This week we examine IBM’s deal to acquire ISS, hear from Don Marti at LinuxWorld, look at HP’s new ProCurve switches, probe the question of detection and eradication of rootkits, and ask, Are IT people being used as scapegoats? (7:53) Listen now.
Extreme taps ex-Sun storage chief as new CEO
Extreme Networks named former Sun storage executive Mark Canepa as its new CEO this week, replacing the outgoing Gordon Stitt, who was the company’s first chief executive. Click here for more.
GAO report critical of the Fed banks’ security
The Government Accountability Office in Washington, D.C., Thursday issued an information security report critical of the Federal Reserve banks’ computer systems and networks that are used in selling Treasury notes at auctions. Click here for more.
Internet2 to support the DoE’s next research net
Internet2 and the Department of Energy’s Energy Sciences Network announced they are partnering to build a next generation network to support the Department of Energy’s scientific research efforts. Click here for more.
Microsoft adds AMD support to beta of Virtual Server 2005 SP1
Microsoft Thursday released the second beta of Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack1, adding promised support for Advanced Micro Devices’ virtualization technology. Click here for more.
Twisted Pair Podcast: Wi-Fi group to IEEE: Shove off
Jason and Keith discuss big news on the wireless front, where the Wi-Fi Alliance is moving ahead with certification plans for 802.11n gear despite there being no ratified standard; more data theft, this time AT&T customers are on the lookout; AOL 9.0 ends up on the naughty list; getting laid off by e-mail; SMiShing; and of course, news from the small companies known as Apple, Google and Microsoft. (41:02) Listen now.
Today on Layer 8, where we ask, “Why are you working today?”:
Cell phone of the year; adult sues teen over iPod Nano; federal whistleblower uses YouTube to get message out; and the best keyboard race you’ve ever seen; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
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