What is it going to take to defeat spam? An e-mail tax? An international treaty? A federal antispam SWAT team? All of these measures and more are on the table at the U.S. Senate, as the legislative body hears arguments from all corners about the best way to fight unsolicited bulk e-mail.Spam hearing: E-mail tax, international treaty proposedhttps://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0521spamheari.html?netMicrosoft, Symantec give different recipes for frying spam https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0521mssyman.html?netFrom Compendium: Spam debate in the British House of Lords https://napps.nwfusion.com/compendium/archive/002808.html?netContent delivery nets branch outWhen you think of complete e-commerce outsourcing, content delivery networks are probably not the first thing that comes to mind. But CDN providers have evolved into creatures that can do everything you need for e-commerce.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0519spcdns.html?netFor more on CDNs every week, see the Web Acceleration Newsletter:https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/accel/index.html?net Microsoft looks beyond Windows with data center planMicrosoft hopes its initiative for simplifying the management of data centers will play with Unix and Linux as well as with Windows. The software maker plans to open up its nascent architecture for data centers, called system definition model (SDM), so that servers running operating systems other than Windows can be part of a data center that employs the Microsoft technology.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0522microlooks.html?netStorage start-up Acopia hauls in $30 million Acopia Networks, a start-up chaired by networking visionary Cheng Wu, hauled in an additional $30 million in funding this week for its Adaptive Resource switching technology. Little is known about the company or its products, except that it is working on an application-intelligent switch for enterprise data centers, a switch that joins servers, storage and networking gear together and balances traffic among them.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0521acopia.html?net Related content how-to Doing tricks on the Linux command line Linux tricks can make even the more complicated Linux commands easier, more fun and more rewarding. By Sandra Henry-Stocker Dec 08, 2023 5 mins Linux news TSMC bets on AI chips for revival of growth in semiconductor demand Executives at the chip manufacturer are still optimistic about the revenue potential of AI, as Nvidia and its partners say new GPUs have a lead time of up to 52 weeks. By Sam Reynolds Dec 08, 2023 3 mins CPUs and Processors Technology Industry news End of road for VMware’s end-user computing and security units: Broadcom Broadcom is refocusing VMWare on creating private and hybrid cloud environments for large enterprises and divesting its non-core assets. By Sam Reynolds Dec 08, 2023 3 mins Mergers and Acquisitions news analysis IBM cloud service aims to deliver secure, multicloud connectivity IBM Hybrid Cloud Mesh is a multicloud networking service that includes IT discovery, security, monitoring and traffic-engineering capabilities. By Michael Cooney Dec 07, 2023 3 mins Network Security Network Security Network Security Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe