Opinion

CompTIA’s NITAS validates an employee’s knowledge and experience

* CompTIA begins rolling out the National IT Apprenticeship System

Audit capabilities to drive identity management

* Identity management predictions from Sun's VP of Identity

Microsoft ties Outlook to Hotmail

* Microsoft Office Outlook Live

Different vendors, better security

Tech trends evoke optimism

Netcraft Toolbar helps fight phishing

* Netcraft Toolbar alerts users to phishing attempts

Possible fruits of the EarthLink, SK Telecom venture

* EarthLink, SK Telecom to further skew U.S. mobile market

At last, Bernie’s day in court

Clustering Red Hat servers

Praise for Powell doesn’t square with the facts

Is it threat or availability?

Paying the price for ‘dirt cheap’ networking

Linux goes from small to tiny

Vonage goes to the U.K.

* Vonage extends its VoIP service across the pond

The Big One: Millions and billions

Music to the bottom line

Connecting with BPL

WebEx debuts PC remote control service

Coming back to BlackBerry

PC-powered calls

A simple plan for SMB security, Part 1

The very nature of small businesses makes them vulnerable to attack.

Astaro Linux appliance beefs up detection features

* Astaro updates Linux-based security appliance

Juniper reports software flaw

* Patches from SCO, Conectiva, Gentoo, others * Beware new worm targeting MySQL installations * Warning over Microsoft Word files, and other interesting reading

NetFlash: Dawning of a new day in telecom as SBC acquires AT&T

* Dawning of a new day in telecom as SBC acquires AT&T * Taming the ever-evolving phish risk * Notes/Domino users see a bright future for the platform * NetWare-Linux combo wins approval * Network World Fusion Radio * Today on Layer 8

Rivermine puts telecom twist on asset management

* Rivermine Software applies asset management to telecom services

Juniper bugged

* Juniper warns of vulnerabilities

OS bypass eliminates overhead

* iWarp

This week on Network World Fusion, 01/31/05

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