NetFlash: Foundry launches LAN edge switch with 10 Gigabit, PoE

The first-ever Interop New York is officially under way, and the announcements are rolling out. Among the top network equipment introductions is Foundry’s 10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN switch. Foundry launches LAN edge switch with 10 Gigabit, PoE http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/121305-foundry-lan.html?net&story=121305-foundry-lan

The first-ever Interop New York is officially under way, and the announcements are rolling out. Among the top network equipment introductions is Foundry’s 10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN switch.

Foundry launches LAN edge switch with 10 Gigabit, PoE

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/121305-foundry-lan.html?net&story=121305-foundry-lan

Security chiefs share pains of being caught in the middle

The director of information security management for American Express and others shared their insights on a panel at this week’s Interop New York.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/121205-security-interop.html?net&story=121205-security-interop

Microsoft fixes critical IE problems

Microsoft has now fixed a widely reported flaw in its Internet Explorer (IE) browser that had been used by attackers over the past few weeks to take over the PCs of unsuspecting users. The flaw was one of four IE bugs fixed Tuesday in Microsoft’s regularly scheduled software update.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/121305-microsoft-patch.html?net&story=121305-microsoft-patch

Holiday Prep: Sierra Trading Post targets impulse buyers

This holiday season, Sierra Trading Post is using software from Offermatica to put product suggestions in front of Web shoppers. Offermatica provides hosted testing and optimization services aimed at helping retailers improve their online marketing and merchandising efforts and sell more goods.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/121305-sierra-trading-post.html?net&story=121305-sierra-trading-post

Skype: Ready for the enterprise?

James Gaskin says yes; Rodney Thayer says no. What do you say?

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/3825

Video: The Hot Seat with John Gallant

Acopia Chairman Cheng Wu claims his company’s storage virtualization technology is more flexible than rival EMC’s in this 5-minute conversation with John Gallant.

http://www.networkworld.com/video/index.html?tab=hot_seat

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MTV, Microsoft team to take on iTunes; a Mac DVR on the way?; SMS for the spy set; and Firefox must-haves; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

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