Opinion

Online backups win converts

* Why Friedman Financial trusts eVault more than tape

Katrina triggers outpouring of support from server vendors

* Server vendors pony up for Katrina victims

NIST has busy season

* NIST cranks out draft publications over the summer

Idea for Novell: ZENworks for IM?

* Reader calls for a ZENworks module for instant messaging

VPN Consortium tests VPN products’ support of Windows Server 2000, 2003

* VPN Consortium offers SSL File Access test

Why telcos should set their sights on grid networking, Part 2

* Why are telcos not investigating grid-networking opportunities?

Should all employees have e-mail?

* Why some employees will never have employer-provided e-mail

F5 acquires Swan Labs

* Behind F5’s acquisition of Swan Labs

Cisco issues another IOS security alert

* Advisories indicate just how susceptible routers and router software are to attack

NetFlash: Q&A: Microsoft’s Allchin on Vista and beyond

* Q&A: Microsoft's Allchin on Vista and beyond * The rise of the IT architect * Sprint Nextel estimates the costs of Hurricane Katrina * ITU standardizes NAT/firewall traversal for videoconferencing * High-tech air travel soars * Security company off

Sun patches Java Web Proxy Server

* Patches from Sun, Debian, Trustix, others * Beware new Mytob variant that spreads via a message that looks like an account warning

SMC offers variety of LAN options

* SMC Networks introduces products for three different kinds of LANs

Are you too small for most storage vendors?

* It appears that small businesses are just too small for some storage vendors

Creative ships new motorized Web cams

And now a word from the dear departed …

Windows Vista and HDCP

Users: Help Desk will bail us out

Ballmer: I am not a chair thrower

Become the Tivo Ambassador

Building a better to-do list

Corporations clamor for EU domain names

* U.S. companies want .eu domain names

The perils of automated phone systems

* Suddenly systems that were designed to be more efficient look incredibly inefficient

A paper to make sense of federation protocols

* An identity federation primer

Microsoft unveils plans for Windows Small Business Server

* Roadmap for Windows Small Business Server

Wyncs syncs calendars, tasks, contacts and notes

* Wyncs Web Sync Solutions published by Athletic Organizational Aids

Mobile advice from the trenches

* Run pilots, review deals, centralize purchasing, experts say

Mailbag: Do MBAs stifle the natural curiosity of IT exes?

* More from the MBA mailbag

Nortel, Microsoft strengthen partnership

* VoiceCon news from Nortel and Microsoft

New Orleans-bound trade shows to relocate

* Rescheduled conferences * Breaking news from Microsoft PDC * News from Microsoft Business Summit * Upcoming trade shows * Free Network World Technology Tours

NetFlash: Social Security Administration migrates to a paperless office

* Social Security Administration migrates to a paperless office * Cisco tackles RFID in the network * Sigaba’s e-mail security software upgrade focuses on the outbound * Forum certifies first Carrier Ethernet systems * Router vendors address service