* Dawn of the digital dead * Wiki start-up JotSpot draws crowd for product beta * The New Data Center: Automation * Case study: IM helps connect healthcare company * Today on Layer 8 * This week’s top 5 stories
On Halloween, zombies may rise from the dead to eat your brains. But computer zombies eat your bandwidth 24/7 with spam, phishing scams and other scary stuff. In this week’s A Wider Net, we honor Halloween by pitting the two kinds of zombies head to head. Dawn of the digital dead http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/102504widernetzombies.html?net
On Halloween, zombies may rise from the dead to eat your brains. But computer zombies eat your bandwidth 24/7 with spam, phishing scams and other scary stuff. In this week’s A Wider Net, we honor Halloween by pitting the two kinds of zombies head to head.
Dawn of the digital dead
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/102504widernetzombies.html?net
Wiki start-up JotSpot draws crowd for product beta
What is a wiki, and why should you care? A wiki is a Web site that users can change easily, and you should care because it could open up a whole new world on the Web. JotSpot has tapped into this potential and has gotten a tremendous response.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1028wikistart.html?net
The New Data Center: Automation
Automation leaves no IT discipline untouched, from application management to security and server configurations. In this, the sixth in a six-part series on new data center trends and technologies, we provide a status report.
https://www.nwfusion.com/supp/2004/ndc6/?net
Case study: IM helps connect healthcare company
Because of its geographically dispersed staff and high percentage of telecommuting employees, Intellicare, which operates health-related call centers, has benefitted from implementing an instant-messaging platform.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1025imuser.html?net
Today on Layer 8, where we ask that you save the candy corn for us:
San Francisco expands free Wi-Fi plan; this year’s scariest costumes; candidate lets Web users determine his schedule; and Secret Service nabs ID thieves; 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. Bush vs. Kerry
https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/1025president.html?net
2. VoIP security a moving target
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/102504von.html?net
3. Microsoft users catch price break
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/102504msdualcore.html?net
4. Bush campaign Web site blocks overseas visits
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1026bushcampa.html?net
5. Cingular, AT&T Wireless close $41 billion merger
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1026cingatt.html?net
