Opinion

SMC joins draft-11n fray

* SMC Networks introduces line of gear that uses draft of 802.11n spec

Test: IBM’s eServer 326m

EMC layoffs loom

Nutter’s Helpdesk: Reducing the costs of a test network with virtualization

You’ve Got Sexual Predators!

This Week in Backspin: Feedback on Your Feedback

This Week in Gearhead: Operating Systems for the Web

The Death of TV Has Not Been Exaggerated

Latest contest winner

More naughty words from Google

All that junk on your cell = $

Do you TiNo?

Network management changing the course for ‘framework’ vendors

* What's a competitive posture in network management if you're a systems platform?

A no-win lawsuit over Web accessibility

* Target to fight the National Federation of the Blind over site accessibility

Letters to the editor: “Network security tops federal IT execs’ concerns, survey says”

Carriers: Make stopping spam a priority

Weaving a software safety net

Security Matters

Crystal Xcelsius shows off data

* Latest version of Xcelsius from Infommersion has been groomed and polished

The ‘gotcha’ in automating rogue containment

* Wi-Fi intrusion prevention: Balancing security, scalability, and spectrum rules

Is there a good open source GIS package?

What the ‘Net is, and what some thought it would be

There’s no avoiding some lineup changes

Mystery of the Broadband Universe

Operating systems for the Web

Easy to deploy identity management providing the same benefits as ‘quick-start’ tools

* Easy to deploy is the same as quick-start, when it comes to ID mgmt. says Fischer International

2006 is a bad year for all software, Linux included

* So far this year's reported vulnerabilities for apps and operating systems already exceeds last year's total

Telecom mergers are like washers and dryers

CommuniGate advocates one address space per user for e-mail, IM, VoIP and video

* Consolidating all IP communications

Aperi simplifies storage management

* The mission of the Eclipse Aperi storage-management project is to make it easier to develop advanced storage-management applications

Is there a good open source GIS package?; Reducing the costs of a test network with virtualization