Opinion

Know your network before you implement VoIP; Microsoft vs. Cisco on VoIP

SchoolNet: Building a better district bureaucracy

* A school performance management system

Cisco playing network defense; Cisco plans to blend two NAC schemes

IBM gives presence a boost

* Analyzing IBM’s unified communications announcements

Expert finds ‘stupid’ vulnerabilities in Oracle 11g

* Patches from Ubuntu, Debian * Bogus MSN Messenger video invites, and other interesting reading

The long road to identity services

* A timeline of identity services

The life of a CIO: not pretty; iPhone would be even better if more open

Know your network before you implement VoIP

* Network managers struggle with how to manage the performance of VoIP

Is Motorola-Aruba lawsuit the tip of the iceberg?

* Wi-Fi patent infringement allegations could have ripple effect

Pricey application performance problems

* Senior IT decision makers say poor application performance can cost about $4 million or more annually

My laptop can’t see my network anymore

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This week in Backspin: Waxing philosophical about failure modes

No. 1: He flunked Hacking 101

Hiding the Goods From The Man

Vista Redux When?

Cisco, Trend Micro cozy up, where does that leave IronPort?

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FBI targets online auction sites’ criminal constituency

Tafiti Search Engine

Show us your home lab and win a prize

NFL to fans: We aren’t that bad. Really

Cisco and UNEDA Should Talk

Star Trek device comes to the emergency room

Visualizing virtualization

Open Office XML wins some, loses some

Linux will be on a third of smartphones in 2012

Cisco’s efforts to eradicate unauthorized sales stops shy of working with UNEDA

MPLS proposal spawns IETF, ITU turf war; Why does a NAC appliance cost $25,000, anyway?

Waxing philosophical about failure modes