| Cisco’ s first storage switch raises the bar The network giant charges into the market with honey of a product, a director-class switch that in our tests delivered some of the best performance metrics we’ve ever recorded. Next Slammer could be worseA week after the MS-SQL Slammer worm wreaked havok across the net, pundits started to debate how future versions could be worse. Testing 10G Ethernet switchesThe new standards-based 10G switches are out and we get first crack at putting them through their paces. SCO Group slaps IBM with a $1 billion intellectual property lawsuitPrivacy concerns dog initial RFID plansRFID explodes on the scene, big players roll out ambitious plans, and just as quickly things start to fall apart. Wireles s LAN switch feastA bevy of startups — including Aruba, AirFlow, Trapeze and Airespace — charge out of the gates promoting the idea of wireless LAN switching, and we take the CEOs out to dinner to get the low down. 3Com taps Huawei for comeback tryThree years after unceremoniously jilting the enterprise market, 3Com cuts a deal with a company in China to try to claw its way back in. Big players push IPv6, but masses still resistCisco and the Pentagon are now onboard, but it is still early going, and a lot of the industry is buying it. NetWare at a crossroadsNovell’s Linux push amplifies doubts about the future of the classic NOS. Security debate ragesIDS? IPS? Gartner says IDS is dead, and the debate starts in earnest. | 
