* Packeteer buys Tacit to meet WAFS needs * AT&T to fill in broadband gaps with WiMAX, satellite * Cisco beats forecasts for Q3 * U.K. judge approves U.S. request for hacker's extradition * India's IT industry to set up data security watchdog * Blow up your network * Today on Layer 8
Packeteer buys Tacit to meet WAFS needs
Packeteer is buying Tacit Networks to add important server consolidation technology to Packeteer’s WAN-optimization products. Click here for more.
AT&T to fill in broadband gaps with WiMAX, satellite
AT&T CEO Ed Whitacre on Monday talked up the carrier’s plans to reach more users with broadband services regardless of whether they’re in a metro or rural area. Click here for more.
Cisco beats forecasts for Q3
Cisco exceeded analyst expectations with its earnings for the third quarter of its fiscal year 2006. Click here for details.
U.K. judge approves U.S. request for hacker’s extradition
A British court Wednesday approved a request by the U.S. for the extradition of an unemployed systems administrator who allegedly caused $700,000 in damage by hacking into U.S. military and government computers. Click here for more.
India’s IT industry to set up data security watchdog
India’s National Association of Software and Services Companies is setting up a watchdog organization that will focus on the introduction and monitoring of best data security and privacy practices in the country’s IT services, call center and business process outsourcing industries. Click here for more.
Blow up your network
Mike Rothman this week looks at why new NAC and security requirements may cause you to revamp your entire network. Click here for more.
Today on Layer 8, now Hemi-powered:
The oddest PC yet; San Francisco offers youths sex info via cell phones; another hacker heads to the pokey; and is Firefox getting too corporate?; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
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