NetFlash: What’s the best way to protect against spyware?

There’s no question that spyware has grown into a substantial threat to corporate networks – whether it steals information or just saps network bandwidth. This week Network World identifies the best approach to combat spyware, analyzing both overall strategies and specific products. What’s the best way to protect against spyware? http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091205-spyware.html?net&story=091205-spyware

There’s no question that spyware has grown into a substantial threat to corporate networks – whether it steals information or just saps network bandwidth. This week Network World identifies the best approach to combat spyware, analyzing both overall strategies and specific products.

What’s the best way to protect against spyware?

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091205-spyware.html?net&story=091205-spyware

Siebel sells out to Oracle

Oracle is once again throwing its billions around to soak up more of the CRM applications market. This time the acquisition target is Siebel, and the takeover ought to go much more smoothly than the PeopleSoft merger.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091205-siebel-oracle.html?net&story=091205-siebel-oracle

High-tech air travel soars

Almost half of the world’s airlines plan to offer some form of in-flight communication for passengers by the end of 2007, with most favoring Internet access, e-mail and short messaging service, according to the Airline IT Trends Survey released last week.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091205-wireless-air-travel.html?net&story=091205-wireless-air-travel

Cisco’s Chambers lectures on China, buyouts

CEO John Chambers described the need for his firm to develop the network market in China and the company’s strategy on acquisitions at a lecture last week at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091205-chambers.html?net&story=091205-chambers

Microsoft scraps September security update

Microsoft has decided not to go ahead with its monthly security update after encountering an unspecified quality issue with the software patch it had planned to release next Tuesday.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/090905-microsoft-security.html?net&story=090905-microsoft-security

Today on Layer 8, where we consistently beat the spread on the road:

How to slay the AOL Millionaire robot; China looks to block VoIP; Web changes way of charity giving; and the winner of our latest Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

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