Opinion

Next-generation mgmt. tools indicate more automation to come

* New trends in automated business service management minimize the FUD factor

Microsoft to let users Go Live with its Longhorn beta

* Would you test Longhorn beta on your production environment?

Web favicons add a little polish

* Adding polish to your Web site with favorite icons

Microsoft’s unified support for unified communications

* Microsoft shores up third-party support for Live Communications Server

An identity management challenger from Germany

* Beta Systems in Gartner's Magic Quadrant

No, Linuxworld.com has not been taken over by aliens

* Linuxworld.com from your friends at NetworkWorld.com

The true cost of SOX compliance

* SOX Section 404 lacks guidance

(Health) power to the people!

Update on Accellion — secure file transfer

VC: How net techs get from universities to vendors to you

More vendors join UC Berkeley’s Internet Lab

Microsoft enlists the help of scientist to outsmart Google

Spreadsheet pioneer on ‘getting Googled’

The real brains behind storage advances

Numbers and Voices

AppleBerry! AppleBerry! AppleBerry!

TV turnoff group eyeing technology

Fixing Dell problems

Your computer could help cure cancer

NetFlash: Cisco, Juniper lead charge at Globalcomm 2006

* Cisco, Juniper lead charge at Globalcomm 2006 * VMware to push further into systems infrastructure * Microsoft lays out roadmap for interim release of BizTalk, RFID support * IBM announces $6 billion investment in India * Foundry switch targets cor

VMware to push further into systems infrastructure

Raptor packs more into single-mode fiber

* Raptor Networks Technology advances in single-mode fiber, storage

Lancope adds net optimization to security appliance

* Lancope couple security and management

Hospital drops its service provider in favor of building its own optical network

* A glut of optical fiber drives enterprises to use this low-cost alternative

When five nines just won’t cut it

* Extreme availability

Unexpected consequences of HIPAA

* HIPAA's roadblock to research, and a solution based in information security

Offshoring fears are exaggerated

* Study: "Offshoring of Information Technology Jobs: Myths and Realities"

Round two

* The telecom industry convenes this week at the inaugural Globalcomm

Raritan unveils 64-port KVM switch

* Raritan claims the first 64-port KVM over IP switch

The problems with mobile messaging

* Mobile messaging is growing in most organizations - what are the gotchas?