Enterprise technology opinions, analysis, and forecasts from Network World's experts
* Messman is toppled
* Spherion Emerging Workforce Study indicates companies are increasingly using prescreening tools to avoid costly bad hires
* Cisco adds to InfiniBand range and LMS Support for InfiniBand
* The trend of measuring performance management from the end-user's perception
* Advice for running IT at branch offices
* Also: Nortel names new CTO; and Cisco unveils products for cable operators
* Facilities management and the data center
* CC + Reply All = Trouble
* VARs have clout with their vendors that customers can benefit from
* Check Point VPN-1 UTM Edge includes a Wi-Fi access point and a print server
* Microsoft outlines broad unified communications strategy * New content filters monitor outbound traffic * IBM upgrades Sametime client to work with Microsoft software * Q&A: How one school system makes the most of open source * Backup consumes big
* Enterasys appoints CTO, executive VP of R&D
* Report says employees in the Netherlands spend almost an hour surfing World Cup sites
* Intelligent vs. random packet discard
* PolicyMaker Application Security Version 3.0
* Independence is the by-word in some identity management circles