Opinion

AEP looks to integrate NAC with its SSL VPN gateways

* AEP to include network access control gear in its products

Getting more granular with network optimization

* Network optimization technology gets more innovative

All Things Gibbs

Implement powerful search criteria with Lucene

Survey describes state of security management

* Survey sponsored by PortAuthority Technologies

NetFlash: 18 must-see products at DEMOfall 2006

* 18 must-see products at DEMOfall 2006 * Cisco bolsters Carrier Ethernet portfolio * Enterprise All-Stars * Skype is readying enterprise-friendly VoIP software * San Francisco to study city-owned Wi-Fi * IBM begins major revamp of its services busi

GE Security introduces hardened Ethernet switches

* GE Security's Layer 2 Ethernet switches

Ex-WorldCom CEO Ebbers to report to prison Tuesday

The 2006 Enterprise All-Stars

The 2006 Enterprise All-Stars

Fujitsu’s latest KVM switch remotely controls servers over an IP network

* Fujitsu releases Servis FX-7000NP KVM

Novell feeling the pinch from Nasdaq

* Novell just can't win

IP address management has strategic value

* IP address space is an asset, and needs to be managed accordingly

Johnson Controls re-ups with Verizon

* Verizon Business signs new five-year contract with Johnson Controls

This Week in Backspin: DRM, Consumers, and the God Chip

This Week in Gearhead: File Transfers and a Little GPS

Is your mouse making you sick?

Latest contest winner

Facebook founder disses Microsoft meeting

Top podcaster quits

More TVs than humans in US homes

Canoo’s UltraLightClient for easier RIA building

* Canoo makes it easier to build Rich Internet Applications

Enterprise All-Stars, Interop, DEMO and all the news

Here is this week's Editors' Choice; look for Readers' Choice later this week.

Software usage tools

* Getting wise about your IT assets and how best to manage them can save you money

Letters to the editor: “Real IT Guys”

Covad brings VoIP to small businesses

* Covad packages VoIP with high-speed access to very small businesses

Stirring the soup of service providers

Medicine: The next big thing

Why hospitals ban cell phones

Three successful network management acquisitions

* Network General, NetScout and QoS stand out for their fine acquisition strategies