NetFlash: High-tech cribs

This week we spoke to a homeowner who spent $80,000 on network and automation gear for his home – to “simplify” his life, he says. His home and others are the focus of our story this week on the new residential frontier of networking, where a mess of Ethernet cables enable control of just about everything in the home, even over the Internet. High-tech cribs http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/080204widernetcribs.html?net

This week we spoke to a homeowner who spent $80,000 on network and automation gear for his home – to “simplify” his life, he says. His home and others are the focus of our story this week on the new residential frontier of networking, where a mess of Ethernet cables enable control of just about everything in the home, even over the Internet.

High-tech cribs

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/080204widernetcribs.html?net

Linux pushes open source into corporate data centers

With the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo wrapping up in San Francisco, we take a look at the overall message from the trade show: that useful open-source software goes way beyond Linux to many enterprise applications.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0806linuxwrap.html?net

MCI posts loss in Q2, meets revenue expectation

MCI on Thursday reported a net loss of $71 million, or 22 cents per share, for the second quarter of 2004, ended June 30, compared to net income of $8 million in the second quarter of 2003. MCI didn’t report a per-share figure for 2003’s second quarter.

https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0805mciposts.html?net

Nimbus ships iSCSI appliances

Storage start-up Nimbus this week unveiled iSCSI storage appliances for small and mid-sized IT organizations.

https://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2004/0805nimbus.html?net

You’ve got the power

Spread your influence by casting your votes in this first-of-its-kind survey gauging crucial questions of industry power, from executive hairstyles to comedic appeal. We’ll tally the votes and publish the winners in our annual year-end Power Issue, coming Dec. 27. We promise to keep your anonymity, so feel free to elaborate on your choices, too.

https://www.nwfusion.com/survey/power2004.html?net

Today on Layer 8, where we’re the top of the stack, baby:

Survey says: Users are dumb; new school turns out perfect IT pros; and test your phish-detecting abilities; 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. 802.11a WLANs winning converts

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/08020411a.html?net

2. High-tech cribs

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/080204widernetcribs.html?net

3. P2P drag on nets getting worse

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/080204p2ptraffic.html?net

4. Gates: We’ll make security our forte

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/080204msfinancial.html?net

5. Oracle, under fire, admits to database security holes

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0803oraclunder.html?net