Data Center

Standardization: second step to utility

* Standardizing across data center areas

Is storage archiving child’s play?

* What to do about e-mail clutter

IBM beefs up SMB storage offerings

Forrester: Household tech industry thriving

Controversy surrounds Cisco IOS router exploit talk at conference

* Also: Cisco to acquire Sheer Networks for $97 million; Senator crafts revamp of 1996 telecom law

Gearhead Links: “More syncing and a back-up solution”

Gearhead Links: “Days of Winrot and OS what-not”

Gearhead Links: “PingPlotter gets even better”

Backspin Links: “Michael Lynn and Cisco: Stepping in front of the freight train”

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