* Nortel president resigns after falling out with CEO * Internet security... writ very small * Fireman's Fund lights up apps * VeriSign again wins bid to operate .net domain * Microsoft security updates to cover Windows, Exchange * Today on Layer 8 * This week’s top 5 stories
After just three months, Nortel President Gary Daichendt is leaving the company, and he’s taking the CTO with him. Their arrival seemed like such a coup three months ago, and the sudden departure will leave Nortel reeling. Find out what happened – and what the effect will be – in our story. Nortel president resigns after falling out with CEO http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061005-nortel-daichendt.html?net&story=061005-nortel-daichendt
After just three months, Nortel President Gary Daichendt is leaving the company, and he’s taking the CTO with him. Their arrival seemed like such a coup three months ago, and the sudden departure will leave Nortel reeling. Find out what happened – and what the effect will be – in our story.
Nortel president resigns after falling out with CEO
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061005-nortel-daichendt.html?net&story=061005-nortel-daichendt
Internet security… writ very small
In a miniature version of the Internet, hackers and Web site defenders square off. In this week’s Wider Net, we look at the Internet-Simulation Event and Attack Generation Environment, a “test bed for information warfare” funded by the Justice Department.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605widernet.html?net&story=060605widernet
Fireman’s Fund lights up apps
Insurance provider Fireman’s Fund Insurance hopes to set its industry ablaze with a project that will turn its mainframe applications into a set of network services that provide real-time transactions over the Web to its thousands of independent agents.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-firemans.html?net&story=060605-firemans
VeriSign again wins bid to operate .net domain
VeriSign has won its bid to manage the .net registry, home to more than 5 million Internet domains, for the next five years, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers announced Thursday.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060905-verisign.html?net&story=060905-verisign
Microsoft security updates to cover Windows, Exchange
Microsoft plans to release a total of 10 security fixes, including “critical” Windows updates, during its Monthly Security Bulletin release, scheduled for next Tuesday. The company also plans to release an updated version of its Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool, Microsoft said Thursday.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060905-microsoft-patches.html?net&story=060905-microsoft-patches
Today on Layer 8, where we’re getting nosebleeds watching Google stock:
Sun gets Vatican blessing; what users really think of tech support; nerds make better lovers; and putting work into your workout; 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. Citigroup loses data on 3.9 million customers
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-citibank.html?net&story=060605-citibank
2. Experts fear RFID strain on networks
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-reva.html?net&story=060605-reva
3. Qwest seen having eyes for XO
http://www.networkworld.com/edge/news/2005/060305-qwest-xo.html?net&story=060305-qwest-xo
4. AOL launches free Web mail service
http://www.networkworld.com/net.worker/news/2005/060705-aol.html?net&story=060705-aol
5. Fireman’s Fund lights up apps
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-firemans.html?net&story=060605-firemans
