NetFlash: MCI and Verizon redux

Opinion
Mar 30, 20052 mins

* MCI and Verizon redux * Best ways to secure the home net * HP taps NCR's Mark Hurd as new CEO * Industry group sets out to make VoIP secure * CA adds to ID mgmt. line * Today on Layer 8

Could this be it? Verizon added about $900 million to its original offer, making MCI swoon once again. But the offer is still less than Qwest’s, and Qwest hasn’t given up quite yet. MCI and Verizon redux http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2005/0329mciveri.html?net

Could this be it? Verizon added about $900 million to its original offer, making MCI swoon once again. But the offer is still less than Qwest’s, and Qwest hasn’t given up quite yet.

MCI and Verizon redux

https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2005/0329mciveri.html?net

Best ways to secure the home net

Home networking site Network Life is back – this time featuring tips for making sure your home network is secure. This article goes beyond your ordinary home network security story, however, because it looks at the problem the way an enterprise network manager would.

https://www.networklifemag.com/net.worker/news/2005/032805-home-network-security.html?net

HP taps NCR’s Mark Hurd as new CEO

After reviving NCR, Mark Hurd now has another reclamation project on his hands. HP’s board of directors has selected him as the company’s new leader following the abrupt dismissal of Carly Fiorina earlier this year.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0329hptaps.html?net

Industry group sets out to make VoIP secure

A group formed to head off VoIP security problems Monday laid out its first set of priorities: setting up a taxonomy to classify threats and establishing the requirements for making VoIP secure.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0329indusgroup.html?net

CA adds to ID mgmt. line

In a deal with InfoSec, Computer Associates Tuesday announced it had acquired technology that will enhance CA’s eTrust portfolio with the ability to automatically identify and remove obsolete, unused and rogue user IDs and access rights.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0329caid.html?net

Today on Layer 8, where we just keep rollin’ along:

The primetime tech reference of the day; Amazon – the ultimate big brother?; politician wants to track ex-cons with microchips; and gamer killed over cyber theft; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

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