Opinion

Parallels enters crowded virtualization software space

* Parallels Workstation virtualization tool out in beta

WAN optimization helps speed up data replication for global benefits firm

* CitiStreet cuts time to do data replication from 55 minutes to 9 minutes

Six years for success

* Study finds middle managers have just six years to prove they're senior management material

Open source: corporate playground?

* Use open source code to scratch corporate itches

Cisco pushes into the application acceleration game

* Cisco continues its acceleration efforts with products from its FineGround buy

Qwest steps up its push for the U.S. gov. to impose conditions on telecom mergers

* Also: U.S. still world's top spammer; and High-speed TCP eases WAN congestion

Aventail updates software to support server apps

* Aventail Smart Technology

Balancing work, leisure and temperature controls

* It's a fact of life: Sometimes work time is wasted and personal time gets consumed by work

EMC: Where it is and where it’s going, Part 1

* Catching up with EMC's storage strategy

VMware boosts virtualization tools

Enterasys unveils secure wireless LAN gear

* Enterasys Networks’ wireless switch, access points

NetFlash: Group urges more secure online banking, Nortel replaces CEO and more

* Advisory body calls for stronger authentication in Internet banking * Nortel replaces CEO Bill Owens * Sun official says open source needs governance * Microsoft updates Windows Vista beta * Cingular to deploy Lucent IMS * Today on Layer 8

New contest starts today

This Week in Backspin: VoIP for Soccer Moms

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Where the early adopters are

The surprising home of the world’s largest wireless cloud

Does e-mail make you fat?

The future of Vonage

Pinpointing your worth

* Salary calculators help you figure out what your worth in today's job market is

Diversity defines the market

Internet: Future shock, future tension

802.11e, 802.11n standards see action

* Wi-Fi standards demand attention

Microsoft introduces virtualization licensing plan

* Microsoft's new licensing guidelines

Developments that will shape asset management

* Service quality, cost and demand give rise to asset performance management

RealRead tackles Web publishing of large documents

* RealRead aims to simplify Web publishing of large documents

Still more questions about the FCC order on ‘Net wiretapping

When the Windows VPN doesn’t work

RSA releases integrated ESSO/two-factor authentication service

* RSA Sign-On Manager 4.5

New breed redefining ‘service provider’