Opinion

Better security: Microsoft or Oracle?

Productivity killer: Line Rider

No. 1 song on your birth date? Mine was Elvis singing rock’s first gay-pride anthem

A simple fact everyone ought to know

The only gift guide you need

Beware flying Wii remotes

Wal-Mart makes customers race for PS3

The perfect holiday gift for the office

Different perspectives on policy management

* What you need to consider in the context of messaging policy management

Novell-Microsoft deal: Does it favor network and IT managers?

* The Novell-Microsoft deal continues to be a major topic of conversation

Virtualization gets hotter with support

* Several vendors announce new products to support virtualization

Harvard Business School manages bandwidth, security in one fell swoop

* Packeteer's PacketShaper addresses bandwidth management and peer-to-peer traffic issues

IT field spurs employee loyalty

* The Dice Tech Appeal Index

AppGate adds SSL supoort

* AppGate's Secure Access Platform now has SSL support

Branch office support: A distant reality

* Getting support to the branch is one of the biggest challenges organizations face

CIRT management: Avoiding burnout

* Tips for avoiding burnout of CIRT members

Combining approaches for power savings

* An idea for combining different technologies to save electricity

Review: Aruba conquers challenge of Wi-Fi scalability

* Two WLAN vendors brave our massive test plan

All Things Gibbs

Get your Java apps up to speed with newer systems

Analysts predict hot, cramped time for data centers

IBM partners with antivirus and antispyware company

Survey: ITIL’s ROI hard to measure

NetFlash: VoIP, wireless and ‘network bottlenecks’ grabbing investors’ attention

* Top 10 IT Turkeys * VoIP, wireless and 'network bottlenecks' grabbing investors' attention * Novell backs away from Ballmer comments on Linux * IBM partners with antivirus and antispyware company * Report: Ethernet switch sales jump in third quarte

Wireless, wired Ethernet markets thriving

* Dell'Oro reports market health across the board

Insight from the road

* Highlights from recent network and application optimization tour

This Week in Gearhead: Disk Drives, We’re Driven to Drink

This Week in Backspin: The Fourth Annual Golden Turkey Awards

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Zune: Will it save your life?

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