Opinion

Opsware works toward its automation empire

* Opsware is successfully implementing an acquire and build-in-house approach for expansion

‘One of our laptops is missing’

* Missing laptop do's and don'ts

IBM, Cisco expand unified communications partnership

The world needs more data storage space

Crime and punishment and technology

Dell to Linux users: We’ll think about it

* Dell considers requests from users to pre-load its laptops and desktop computers with Linux

Why Vonage vs. Verizon suit could bring further bad news to Vonage customers

* Verizon wants to prevent Vonage customers from connecting to the PSTN

Should you trust your network to open source?

Locking down the servers

No Patch Tuesday this month

* Patches from Apple, Trustix, Ubuntu, others * Q1 Labs matches user IDs with security events, and other interesting reading

We review Apple Xserve and softphones

* Welcome to the afternoon edition of Network World Daily News.

Upgrading a home office to a hardware router; Locking down the servers

Sharpcast syncs photos, shows albums

* Sharpcast appears to be thriving

The copyright industry’s royalty board

What radio station rules mean for the Internet at large

GoDaddy sites gone dark. DST related?

Can outing an anonymous blogger be justified?

Ask a Cisco book author

What Cisco is doing in the healthcare industry

Robot makes it easy for teleworkers to be caught in the act

Godless money enters the world

Abandoning net neutrality discourages improvements in service, study finds

Chip giants, others, at odds over Vista

Outlook Primed for DST – Dumb Code to the Fore

IDC: Linux server shipments shrink as enterprises virtualize

Why standards matter

Network management and security making for happy bedfellows

Pricy ‘Net names and Gates a no-go

Cisco claims it’s owed $20 million by Delta

Cisco cries foul over being missed out in a Web honors list

Mayo study: Portable CD players put hospital patients at risk, not cell phones; store alarms no bargain either