Opinion

Are you ready to abandon copper?

* If you convert to fiber optic there may be no way to go back to copper

Ethical decision-making: Identifying the ethical issue

* Questions that help frame ethical issues

Adding to the lineup

* Expand Networks unveils new products for the branch office and data center

New chips from Intel support Cisco’s flavor of NAC

* Intel improves desktop security with NAC

IBM expands into the SMB storage space; IBM reveals data masking service

Microsoft blames human error for WGA glitch; Microsoft acquires Parlano

Secrets behind managing techies; SIM market set to flourish

Is the bloom off municipal Wi-Fi?; BlackBerry won’t answer Microsoft’s calls

Monster outlines antifraud measures; IM threats double in August

Dis-Advantage

This week in the JavaWorld developer forums

Just how wireless can we get?

* 802.11n raises question of how much wireless we can take

Web content filtering comes in all shapes and sizes

* Enterasys unveils a security system for enterprise VoIP networks

WEBCAST NEWSLETTER

Cisco patches CallManager/Unified Communications Manager

* Patches from Cisco, Ubuntu, Debian, others * Old worm Slammer threatens again * 10 pieces of lousy security advice, and other interesting reading

The week’s 25 most-read stories

* All the most-read stories of the week

Harvard researchers look to get rid of peer-to-peer’s bad rap — in name of e-commerce

Bad to Worse

WAN optimization on steroids when NetQoS joins Cisco

Hot virtualization companies

Microsoft announces Windows Vista SP1 beta

Real Spiderman coming to a ceiling near you

Server Shipments Are Up

Long Tail of Television

Open source movement shoots self in foot…..

Lieberman lets administrators retrieve their own forgotten passwords

* Password reminders for administrators

Forrester: SIM market set to flourish

* Security information management

Efforts afoot to ease building complex Wi-Fi environments

* Latest Wi-Fi apps require inter-vendor cooperation

Microsoft has a ways to go with VoIP but competitors should beware

* Microsoft VoIP range incomplete, despite QOEM addition

Cisco prepares written exams for pilot certifications

* More about Cisco’s planned CCDE and Architecture certifications