NetFlash: Real deal: Deploying open source in the enterprise

Open source software is now a viable option for enterprise companies. In fact, it can sometimes be the best option. Really. We talked to enterprise network managers who are using it today in all sorts of ways. Here are their stories. Real deal: Deploying open source in the enterprise http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2005/opensource/070405-open-source-enterprise.html?net&story=070405-open-source-ent

Open source software is now a viable option for enterprise companies. In fact, it can sometimes be the best option. Really. We talked to enterprise network managers who are using it today in all sorts of ways. Here are their stories.

Real deal: Deploying open source in the enterprise

http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2005/opensource/070405-open-source-enterprise.html?net&story=070405-open-source-ent

Open source licensing: BSD vs. GPL

Which open source licensing model is better – BSD or GPL? Our experts debate in this week’s Face-off. Covalent Technologies CEO Mark Brewer argues for BSD, while Matt Asay, director of Novell’s Linux Business Office, makes the case for GPL.

Brewer: BSD is a better model

http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2005/opensource/070405-face-off-yes.html?net&story=faceoff-bsd

Asay: GPL is better

http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2005/opensource/070405-face-off-no.html?net&story=faceoff-gpl

German teenager admits in court to creating Sasser worm

German teenager Sven Jaschan confessed at his trial Tuesday to creating last year’s Sasser computer worm that crashed hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide after spreading at lightning speed over the Internet.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/070505-sasser.html?net&story=070505-sasser

Micromuse snaps up security information mgmt. vendor

Network management vendor Micromuse last week announced plans to acquire GuardedNet, a small security information management company, for about $16.2 million in cash.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/070505-micromuse.html?net&story=070505-micromuse

Weblog: All about management

Take ITIL all the way to the desktop. Manage SMB networks. Try to figure out what “integrity management” means. And read Denise Dubie’s management blog today.

http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/management/?net&story=mgtblog

Today on Layer 8, not the site of the 2012 Olympics:

Penn. teen killed over iPod; Microsoft accused of crushing start-up; mobile computing means more work for the help desk; and the start of our latest Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net