Opinion

Making sense of the Family and Medical Leave Act

Companies with teleworkers need to tread carefully when determining who’s eligible for FMLA benefits.

Road warrior’s notebook

Web site workover

CDW launches business technology makeover contest

Sign up to win $75,000 in equipment and consulting from IBM, Linksys and Intel

What to expect from the Cisco-Airespace union

* Cisco, Airespace make latest WLAN bedfellows

Linux distributors warn of security vulnerabilities, issue fixes

* Red Hat, Novell, Mandrakesoft fix Linux vulnerabilities

ROADM spurs DWDM scalability

* Reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers

Solaris Management Console password vulnerability

* Patches from Debian, Trustix, Conectiva, more * Beware new worm posing as tsunami aid appeal * Experts warn of trick to bypass IE download warnings, and other interesting reading

Wireless LANs a little too popular

* Wireless LANs a little too popular * ISPs need to stop abuse * Carriers will steer you toward managed services * Prediction review

Fibre Channel switch maker McData acquires CNT

HP, SBC team to bind telecom, IT

Cisco shuffles the WLAN deck

CA add ‘personality’ to PC mgmt. suite

WhosClickingWho? tracks pay-per-click clicks

* An auditing service for pay-per-click advertising

Converging cable and DSL access for higher reliability

* Using both cable and DSL provides a highly reliable service at a very low price

About those predictions made here last year . . .

ID mgmt. prediction rings true

* ID mgmt. vendors begin year with consolidation

Look ahead 2005 – avoid WLAN ‘pileups’

Public nannycams

Reducing the gap between the ‘digital haves’ and ‘have-nots’

* The Digital Freedom Initiative

Test driving Genesys Meeting Center

Ex-WorldCom directors agree to settle suit

U.S. Secret Service data compromised in T-Mobile hack

NetFlash: The top 10 stories of 2004

* The top 10 stories of 2004 * Today on Layer 8

Cassatt’s Collage knits everything together into on-demand environment

NetFlash: Cisco nets Airespace for $450 million

* Cisco nets Airespace for $450 million * Think like a hacker * Oracle expected to lay off thousands * George Mason University suffers security breech * Today on Layer 8

Microsoft issues three new Windows updates

* Patches from Microsoft, Debian, Gentoo, others * Beware latest Rbot variants * George Mason University suffers security breech, and other interesting reading

NIST mulls new WLAN security guidelines

* The National Institute of Standards and Technology is planning to issue new guidelines for WLANs

HP’s new all-in-one network inkjet printer is high priced, but worth it

* Cool features make the 9130 Color All-In-One OfficeJet the only printer your office will ever need

Feedback on dual cable/DSL service for SOHOs

* Reader responds to DSL/cable load balance/failover option