Opinion

Standardization: second step to utility

* Standardizing across data center areas

AdRem upgrades FreeCon for NetWare

* FreeCon for NetWare Version 5 supports OES

Controversy surrounds Cisco IOS router exploit talk at conference

* Also: Cisco to acquire Sheer Networks for $97 million; Senator crafts revamp of 1996 telecom law

Ramping up federal telework adoption

* Congressman wants to withhold funding from agencies that don't promote telework

In e-mail, first impressions stick

* In e-mail, you really don’t have a second chance to make a first impression

How endpoint security works

* About endpoint security

Tolly tests QoS on Cisco, Extreme switches

* Results of Tolly Group’s QoS tests of Cisco, Extreme gear

Is storage archiving child’s play?

* What to do about e-mail clutter

NetFlash: Leaked Cisco slides pulled after legal threats

* Leaked Cisco slides pulled after legal threats * Start-up to index e-mail, other unstructured content * Google now a hacker's tool * Novell issues strong answer, counterclaims to SCO suit * Today on Layer 8

Playing the CPE game

Gearhead Links: “More syncing and a back-up solution”

Gearhead Links: “Days of Winrot and OS what-not”

Gearhead Links: “PingPlotter gets even better”

Backspin Links: “Michael Lynn and Cisco: Stepping in front of the freight train”

New contest starts today

Gore launches bizarre ‘Net project

WeatherBug takes on NW

Fox TV starts podcasting

Three things that will make me happy

* Three features that Web site owners should include to put smiles on users' faces

Letters to the editor: “Competing for jobs”

Learn to love e-mail attachments again

* File transfer appliance from Accellion aims to ease e-mail attachment headaches

Firms should not strictly control employee use of mobile devices

No room for complacency in net management

Out of the crossfire, into deployment

IPv6: Time’s still not right

Readers offer opinions on Wi-Fi theft

* The 'Case of the Wi-Fi Bandit'

Reader: Where VoIP encryption is needed

* Reader argues for VoIP encryption in certain situations

Confusion is essence of Cisco’s AON

The view on Vista

* Windows Vista: How to get Beta 1 and a likely shipping schedule

Privacy bill calls