NetFlash: CA hires former Novell CTO to lead Unicenter

Opinion
Mar 24, 20052 mins

* CA hires former Novell CTO to lead Unicenter * Review: PlayStation Portable * Test: MIMO products boost 802.11g nets * Symantec launches hosted e-mail security service * Opinion: Empire State strikes again * Today on Layer 8

Just before Novell’s BrainShare user conference, CTO Alan Nugent last week said he was leaving Novell to head up software at another company. Now it turns out that company is Computer Associates, which is in the middle of a revamp following accounting scandals, and the software is Unicenter, CA’s flagship management product. CA hires former Novell CTO to lead Unicenter http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0324cahires.html?net

Just before Novell’s BrainShare user conference, CTO Alan Nugent last week said he was leaving Novell to head up software at another company. Now it turns out that company is Computer Associates, which is in the middle of a revamp following accounting scandals, and the software is Unicenter, CA’s flagship management product.

CA hires former Novell CTO to lead Unicenter

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0324cahires.html?net

Review: PlayStation Portable

There’s a networking angle to Sony’s PlayStation Portable. Honest. It’s actually a pretty intriguing angle, too – and Network World’s Keith Shaw today explores the possibilities.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0324-sony-psp-review.html?net

Test: MIMO products boost 802.11g nets

Our interoperability tests put to rest any concerns about the ability of Belkin pre-N products to work with standard 802.11g offerings. The performance improvements with MIMO-based products on only one end of the connection were impressive.

https://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2005/032805netlead.html?net

Symantec launches hosted e-mail security service

Symantec Wednesday announced the third component of its e-mail security strategy, a hosting service that filters spam and viruses and controls compliance for companies.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0323symserv.html?net

Opinion: Empire State strikes again

New York State’s aggressive policy of taxing nonresident telecommuters is growing. Attorney Nicole Belson Goluboff examines how New York is not only going after telecommuters living in the border states, but also far-flung remote workers, too.

https://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/columnists/2005/0321counsel.html?net

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