NetFlash: Alliance pushes Ethernet to new fronts

Does something as ubiquitous as Ethernet need an alliance to promote it? Some vendors think so, and they’ve created an industry group to push Ethernet into even more diverse areas and organize standardization efforts in the future.

Alliance pushes Ethernet to new fronts

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/010906-ethernet-alliance.html?net&story=010906-ethernet-alliance

Two new WMF bugs found

Just days after Microsoft patched a critical vulnerability in the way the Windows operating system renders certain types of graphics files, a hacker has published details of two new flaws that affect the same part of the operating system.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/010906-microsoft-wmf-bug.html?net&story=010906-microsoft-wmf-bug

Video: Howard Anderson’s crystal ball

“Spider-Man meets 802.16”? “Microsoft buys Google”? “Curmudgeon-ware”? Noted analyst and investor Howard Anderson talks about what 2006 and beyond might bring.

http://www.networkworld.com/video/010906hs-anderson.html?net&story=andersonvid

Bonus video: Oracle in trouble?

Industry observer Curt Monash thinks Oracle could be in for a rough year, and he expands on software trends to watch for in 2006.

http://www.networkworld.com/video/010906hs-monash.html?net&story=monashvid

McAfee president jumps ship to Websense

The president of security vendor McAfee has resigned to become CEO of Websense, where he’ll help it to expand its security offerings, the companies announced Tuesday.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/011006-mcafee-websense.html?net&story=011006-mcafee-websense

Mercury Interactive buys Systinet

Mercury Interactive, whose software helps organizations align IT projects with business goals, plans to acquire Systinet, a provider of service-oriented architecture software and services.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/010906-mercury-interactive-systinet.html?net&story=010906-mercury-interactive

EMC to acquire Microsoft service provider

EMC announced Monday that it has acquired Internosis, a provider of support and services for Microsoft applications.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/010906-emc-internosis.html?net&story=010906-emc-internosis

Compendium: Java – not dead yet

Diego Rivera grows tired of the incessant chatter about how Ruby or PHP or Ajax or something is going to replace Java: “Java is not going to be ‘replaced’ by Ruby or PHP anymore that Java “replaced” C++ or C in the mid-90’s. Read more:

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/4102