* Should your company replace its legacy systems? * Wireless security needs to be rethought * Behind the Skype phenomenon * Not dead yet
Should your company replace its legacy systems?
The word “legacy” gets a bad rap. In this week’s Face-off, NetSuite’s Zach Nelson argues that there are many benefits to upgrading to modern systems. But Software AG’s Joe Gentry says there’s a lot you can do with the systems you have.
Yes: Nelson
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2005/042505faceoffyes.html?vo
No: Gentry
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2005/042505faceoffno.html?vo
Wireless security needs to be rethought
There are all sorts of rules and so-called “best practices” being bandied about when it comes to wireless security. Throw them out the window, says Joel Snyder. For that matter, there are a lot of best practices out there that might not be the best anymore.
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2005/042505snyder.html?vo
Behind the Skype phenomenon
Last week Skype had 2.6 million callers online at the same time, and all its numbers are growing. Network World Editor-in-Chief John Dix looks at what the free Internet calling of the Skype revolution is going to do to our industry.
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2005/042505edit.html?vo
Not dead yet
Mark Gibbs’ mother-in-law is not dead yet. But the Social Security Administration made an error, and its computer systems make errors of that sort difficult to correct. Here’s the whole sordid story.
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2005/042505backspin.html?vo
