* Of love and pagers: The life of married network pros * Feature: Hack your network * Storage blade coming to IBM's BladeCenter * Q&A: Novell CTO Nugent on his move to CA * Opinion: The worst anti-spam approach ever * Today on Layer 8 * This week’s top 5 stories
“I don’t think our daughter would be too happy if we announced that this year’s family vacation was going to be at Comdex,” says one network engineer. But when both parents are in the networking industry, sometimes such sacrifices seem necessary. Being in IT has a way of demanding quite a bit. This week’s A Wider Net looks at networkers who are married to each other – and to the industry. Of love and pagers: The life of married network pros http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/032105widernetlove.html?net
“I don’t think our daughter would be too happy if we announced that this year’s family vacation was going to be at Comdex,” says one network engineer. But when both parents are in the networking industry, sometimes such sacrifices seem necessary. Being in IT has a way of demanding quite a bit. This week’s A Wider Net looks at networkers who are married to each other – and to the industry.
Of love and pagers: The life of married network pros
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/032105widernetlove.html?net
Feature: Hack your network
When is hacking your network a good thing? When it’s an ethical hack. Our story looks at what hacking can do for you when the right people are doing it, for the right reasons.
https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2005/032105-ethical-hack.html?net
Storage blade coming to IBM’s BladeCenter
IBM has developed a new storage array designed to slide into the chassis of the company’s BladeCenter line of ultra-thin blade servers, a company executive has confirmed.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0325storablade.html?net
Q&A: Novell CTO Nugent on his move to CA
Having just left his post as CTO of Novell, Alan Nugent will become senior vice president and general manager of the Unicenter business unit at Computer Associates on April 8. An industry veteran, Nugent will oversee the direction of CA’s largest unit, which is devoted to a wide range of Unicenter management products for servers, applications, desktops and data centers.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0324novelcton.html?net
Opinion: The worst anti-spam approach ever
Backspinner Mark Gibbs this week relays his trials and tribulations as he tried to get an e-mail system working. Turns out the culprit was the carrier, which has embarked on an incredibly misguided attempt at blocking spam.
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2005/032105backspin.html?net
Today on Layer 8, where it’s time to hide the eggs:
DVR technology kills water cooler chats; P2P use dropping; a look at Sony’s new PlayStation Portable; and will Jurassic Park become a reality?; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net
This week’s top 5 stories so far:
1. Nortel’s 10G switch deals Cisco a blow
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/032105-nortel.html?net
2. Test: Should IE stay or should IE go?
https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2005/032105ie.html?net
3. Extreme and Foundry keep on ticking
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/032105specialfocus.html?net
4. Feature: Hack your network
https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2005/032105-ethical-hack.html?net
5. Offsite security complicates compliance
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0318offsite.html?net
