Enterprise technology opinions, analysis, and forecasts from Network World's experts
* Storage blades
* Novell isn’t going to make NetWare open source
* Cisco targets application performance management
* APC patch for UPS management software
* AdaptiveLink provides customized, fiber-based access bandwidth
* What the FCC decision means to VPN users
* Risk analysis of system for telling users their IDs and initial passwords
* How two IT execs are plotting their way to an all-IP world * Microsoft shifts gears on Virtual Server upgrade * New Messenger worm works in multiple languages * Intel, Cisco team up on Wi-Fi enhancements * Today on Layer 8
* Mailbag: fiber vs. copper
* Patches from Cisco, Gentoo, SuSE, others * Beware new messenger worm that works in multiple languages * F-Secure Weblog: Eye-witness account of a global virus outbreak, and other interesting reading
* U.S. VCs pumped $562 million into telecommunications start-ups in Q2
* Another municipality gets creative
* InQuira’s Intelligent Search
* Sorting out the names and codenames of Microsoft’s Windows variants
* Cultures can be barriers to offshore outsourcing
* Courion and Avatier flesh out their software offerings
* Readers weigh in on management of Linux environments
* Novell’s OpenSuSE
* Readers weigh in on importance of standards for VoIP
* Where does your courseware come from?
* Zotob worm also targets Windows XP * University overhauls student portal * Tivoli touts 'end-to-end' management * IP PBXs outsell traditional PBXs, study says * Vendors blend single sign-on, mainframe access * Today on Layer 8
* The question goes unanswered for most IT execs
