Opinion

BCI offers useful guidance

* Resources from the Business Continuity Institute

Microsoft, IBM enable servers to be remotely booted from the SAN

* Microsoft, IBM announce software-only boot from SAN drivers

SATA devices now with vastly improved MTTF numbers

* SATA are robust enough for the enterprise IT floor

The real world expense of administering SSL VPNs

* What we can learn from the SSL VPN at Aurora Health Care

NetFlash: Solarflare/Level 5 merger could yield first 10GBase-T server adapter

* Solarflare/Level 5 merger could yield first 10GBase-T server adapter * Cisco invests in content protection company * Unbreakable: The making of rugged computers * Review: SBCs keep a close eye on VoIP borders * Google points search at corporate bu

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Software, microelectronics drive IBM profit

Companies set sights on 10GBase-T adapter

* Solarflare, Level 5 merge, look ahead to 10GBase-T

Cisco invests in content protection company

The hunt for a new phone continues

* Latest Cool Tools videos: The hunt for a new phone continues: Motorola and Samsung * Latest Cool Tools Column: Wi-Fi phones could cause problems * The past 7 days on the Cool Tools Blog * Featured reader resource

Network General aids medical center’s network ills

* Network General helps children's medical center view past network performance

North America capex up 8% in 2005

* Increase driven by significant investments from Cingular, Sprint, Verizon and AT&T

Should I buy it?

They’ll have to pry my remote from my cold, dead hand

Mid-Week Security

Business throws IT under the bus

Da Vinci Code teams with Google

TurboTax reboots on tax day

Kodak to hike film prices

More on PCs as TVs: ‘We’re all adults’

Happy Spring

Verizon Business adds secure IM offering

* The Hosted Secure Instant Messaging Service from Verizon Business

Wireless convergence: Will CPE or carriers drive it?

* Different models for unifying Wi-Fi and cellular nets

CM4all creates Web content for all

* Content Management's family of Web-based content management products

BMC and RTO raise the troubleshooting bar with record and replay

* RTO announces PinPoint 2.1; BMC acquires Identify Software

The Open Group works to define the role of IT architects

* IT architect accreditation and certifications

Critical IT skills to keep in-house

* Keeping the IT crown-jewels in-house

KDE gets an update with improvements to file formats, accessibility features

* KDE gets new project management and scheduling application

OASIS releases SPML Version 2 into the wild

* Service Provisioning Markup Language Version 2 is released by OASIS

All about ACLs

* Rights and privileges to system resources