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NetFlash: Female IT professionals cope in a male-dominated industry

Opinion
Oct 01, 20032 mins
Networking

You might expect a glass ceiling in a “glass house.” But the glass house has long since evolved into a new kind of data center, and likewise you would expect that opportunities for women in IT have evolved as well. Still, women find that good ol’ boy networks are alive and well in IT – and this week Network World talks to many who have found ways to succeed despite all that. Female IT professionals cope in a male-dominated industry http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0929women.html?net

You might expect a glass ceiling in a “glass house.” But the glass house has long since evolved into a new kind of data center, and likewise you would expect that opportunities for women in IT have evolved as well. Still, women find that good ol’ boy networks are alive and well in IT – and this week Network World talks to many who have found ways to succeed despite all that.

Female IT professionals cope in a male-dominated industry

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0929women.html?net

3Com jumps back into router arena

3Com keeps coming back to enterprise networking. The vendor abandoned the market segment several years ago, but it is rebuilding its product line – now with a series of WAN routers like what it offered in the PathBuilder line way back when.

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IBM upgrades integration tools

IBM Monday announced upgraded versions of two tools in its WebSphere Business Integration software portfolio, which is aimed at helping users tie together business processes to improve corporate performance.

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Virus experts debate bug names

What’s in a name? That was the question computer virus experts were asking each other at a panel discussion of virus naming conventions at Virus Bulletin 2003 (VB2003), an annual gathering of the world’s leading authorities on computer viruses, worms and malicious code that was held in Toronto last week.